The Real Thing

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

The Real Thing — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

David Morrissey
David Morrissey on being born in a house with an outside toilet and a tin bath
Castaway · 10 May 2026Lauren Laverne
Shirley Ballas
Shirley Ballas on the extra roast potato at free school dinners
Castaway · 10 December 2023Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Helen Newlove on her daughters pulling her husband’s tongue out to save him

Castaway · 22 July 2018Kirsty Young