The Sixteen

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Sixteen — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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2010s

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Anna Pavord
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Jamie Cullum
Jenny Sealey
Paul Farmer
Peter Ackroyd

Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer on the moment he saw his wife's yellow eyes
Castaway · 12 July 2026Lauren Laverne
Jenny Sealey
Jenny Sealey on the playground accident that left her unable to hear
Castaway · 17 March 2024Lauren Laverne

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

Anna Pavord

How Anna Pavord crawled out of hospital to feel grass after cancer treatment

Castaway · 17 November 2017Kirsty Young

Peter Ackroyd

08°55′S 063°40′W

Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd on his partner singing in the bath the day before he died

Castaway · 20 May 2012Kirsty Young

Jamie Cullum

07°22′S 177°24′W

Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum on finding himself at 3am in a house he didn't know

Castaway · 25 March 2012Kirsty Young

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

23°32′S 058°49′W

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Sister Paul reading his work aloud at age 11

Castaway · 21 March 2010Kirsty Young

Paul Farmer

Jenny Sealey

Peter Ackroyd

Jamie Cullum

Frank Cottrell-Boyce