The Stone Roses — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

The Stone Roses — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

The Stone Roses

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dame Sarah Storey
Damien Hirst
David Beckham
Jimmy Carr
Lily Allen
Marianne Elliott
Maxine Peake
Michael Eavis
Nigel Slater
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Zoe Ball

Dame Sarah Storey
Sarah Storey on being told by her GP she needed a jam sandwich
Castaway · 19 May 2024Lauren Laverne
Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake on watching her dad laugh at The Goodies and wanting to make him laugh
Castaway · 16 October 2022Lauren 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
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Zoe Ball on being taken to the BBC as a child and seeing it as a wonderland

Castaway · 9 February 2020Lauren Laverne

Marianne Elliott

09°37′S 144°52′W

Marianne Elliott

Marianne Elliott on hiding under the table as a child

Castaway · 29 July 2018Kirsty Young

19°01′S 018°57′W

Jimmy Carr

How Jimmy Carr went from not reading until age 10 to Cambridge

Castaway · 5 March 2017Kirsty Young

04°03′S 045°21′W

David Beckham

David Beckham on running off before his free kick had gone in

Castaway · 29 January 2017Kirsty Young

Sir Bradley Wiggins

08°37′S 006°47′W

Sir Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins on being mobbed while taking his daughter to buy a mini iPod

Castaway · 10 May 2015Kirsty Young

17°01′S 037°39′W

Lily Allen

Lily Allen on her singing teacher hearing her sing an Oasis song

Castaway · 29 June 2014Kirsty Young

17°28′S 046°38′W

Damien Hirst

How a Richard Serra sculpture gave Damien Hirst the idea for a walk-through cow

Castaway · 12 May 2013Kirsty Young

11°07′S 176°09′W

Michael Eavis

Michael Eavis on being told to take his hands off Marc Bolan's car

Castaway · 30 November 2008Kirsty Young

11°04′S 022°08′W

Nigel Slater

Nigel Slater on how unwrapping a chocolate flake unlocked childhood memories

Castaway · 5 June 2005Sue Lawley