The Rolling Stones — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Rolling Stones — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Rolling Stones

78 episodes

Chosen over the decades

78

Total castaways

2010s

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6

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Alan Pascoe
Alison Richard
Arundhati Roy
Barrie Rutter
Bill Nighy
Bob Champion
Bob Hoskins
Boris Johnson MP
Bruce Springsteen
Bruno Tonioli
Cath Kidston
Chris Boardman
Chris Patten
Christopher Bruce
Conrad Anker
David Beckham
David Linley
David Nott
David Wilkie
Dr Gwen Adshead
Dr Susan Greenfield
Eileen Atkins
Elia Kazan
Eliza Manningham-Buller
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Sir Timothy Clifford
Timothy Clifford on taking his parents on a guided tour of Rome without ever having been there
Castaway · 20 May 2001Sue Lawley
Tim Smit
Tim Smit on discovering a secret garden door in the Lost Gardens of Heligan
Castaway · 10 December 2000Sue Lawley

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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

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Peter Melchett on feeling nervous during direct action against GM crops

Castaway · 30 January 2000Sue Lawley

Christopher Bruce

12°07′S 146°44′W

Christopher Bruce

Christopher Bruce on his accent making him an outsider at Ballet Rambert

Castaway · 23 May 1999Sue Lawley

23°59′S 168°52′W

Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins on the gipsy who predicted she would be a great dancer

Castaway · 29 November 1998Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

04°00′S 026°19′W

Rt Hon Jack Straw MP

Jack Straw on sitting on a suspect until the police arrived

Castaway · 12 July 1998Sue Lawley

19°58′S 179°55′W

John Bird

John Bird on meeting a large-nosed Scotsman in a pub while on the run

Castaway · 21 June 1998Sue Lawley

Redmond O'Hanlon

20°06′S 165°29′W

Redmond O'Hanlon

Redmond O'Hanlon on losing his fetish in a Rotterdam restaurant

Castaway · 9 March 1997Sue Lawley

Dr Susan Greenfield

07°27′S 174°37′W

Dr Susan Greenfield

Susan Greenfield on her mother's question about seeing the colour red

Castaway · 2 March 1997Sue Lawley

09°13′S 165°20′W

Chris Patten

Chris Patten on predicting to John Major that he would lose his seat in Bath

Castaway · 3 November 1996Sue Lawley

00°13′S 117°57′W

Hugh Laurie

How an envelope from Stephen Fry revealed his disappearance to Hugh Laurie

Castaway · 12 May 1996Sue Lawley

04°30′S 103°58′W

Zoe Wanamaker

How Zoe Wanamaker's father stopped her from changing her name

Castaway · 12 June 1994Sue Lawley

18°53′S 119°54′W

Paul Smith

How Paul Smith discovered the Filofax maker hidden under railway arches

Castaway · 20 December 1992Sue Lawley

13°52′S 082°27′W

Raymond Blanc

Raymond Blanc on the morning he couldn't squeeze toothpaste

Castaway · 20 September 1992Sue Lawley

06°15′S 079°28′W

Imran Khan

Imran Khan on his mother's needless death from misdiagnosis

Castaway · 6 October 1991Sue Lawley

Marco Pierre White

19°15′S 038°38′W

Marco Pierre White

Marco Pierre White on the two kids who wanted chicken Kiev for their wedding

Castaway · 2 June 1991Sue Lawley

04°24′S 099°19′W

Keith Floyd

How a diner half asleep in lobsters got Keith Floyd on television

Castaway · 30 December 1990Sue Lawley

06°17′S 046°20′W

John Sessions

John Sessions on talking to himself in the kitchen

Castaway · 25 February 1990Sue Lawley

04°35′S 039°06′W

Ian Botham

Ian Botham on the bouncer that made him knock his own teeth out

Castaway · 5 November 1989Sue Lawley

Katharine Hamnett

23°01′S 011°38′W

Katharine Hamnett

How Katharine Hamnett wore a political T-shirt to meet Margaret Thatcher

Castaway · 21 May 1989Sue Lawley

08°19′S 046°15′W

Bob Champion

Bob Champion on watching the Grand National on the Pathé News aged nine

Castaway · 20 November 1988Michael Parkinson

13°43′S 107°11′W

Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins on landing a lead role while accompanying a mate to an audition

Castaway · 13 November 1988Michael Parkinson

06°51′S 145°20′W

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie on the triple whammy of being bad at games, good at studies, and foreign

Castaway · 18 September 1988Michael Parkinson

Frances Edmonds

06°49′S 063°04′W

Frances Edmonds

How a two-book deal for Phil Edmonds started his wife's writing career

Castaway · 9 August 1987Michael Parkinson

17°15′S 139°04′W

Elton John

Elton John on leaving school to work as a T-boy at Mills Music

Castaway · 1 June 1986Michael Parkinson

10°53′S 127°58′W

Elia Kazan

How seeing Eisenstein's films gave Elia Kazan his first goal

Castaway · 20 January 1979Roy Plomley

05°42′S 025°28′W

David Wilkie

David Wilkie on kicking air at the start and losing the 100m final

Castaway · 18 September 1976Roy Plomley

20°14′S 177°33′W

Alan Pascoe

Alan Pascoe on why he switched to the 400m hurdles rather than take drugs

Castaway · 10 July 1976Roy Plomley