The Shadows

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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 Shadows — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Professor Stephen Westaby
How a rugby head injury made Stephen Westaby fearless
Castaway · 15 March 2026Lauren Laverne
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler on his sister turning his tennis racket guitar the right way
Castaway · 4 August 2024Lauren 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

How a broken collarbone saved Ian Stewart for mathematics

Castaway · 15 March 1998Sue Lawley

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Richard Noble on seeing John Cobb's Crusader as a boy

Castaway · 15 February 1998Sue Lawley

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How lying drunk in an Innsbruck field gave Douglas Adams his Hitchhiker's idea

Castaway · 6 February 1994Sue Lawley