The Stranglers — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Stranglers — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Stranglers

6 episodes

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2010s

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4

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Brian Moore
Darcey Bussell
Lord Victor Adebowale
Marco Pierre White
Professor Dame Carol Robinson

Professor Dame Carol Robinson
Carol Robinson on escaping out of her bedroom window as a child
Castaway · 10 August 2025Lauren Laverne
Ant and Dec
Ant and Dec on the stunned silence after being written out of Byker Grove
Castaway · 29 December 2013Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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

Brian Moore on seeking out his birth mother

Castaway · 26 February 2012Kirsty Young

Lord Victor Adebowale

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Lord Victor Adebowale

Victor Adebowale on the casual cruelty he observed as a street sweeper

Castaway · 30 October 2011Kirsty Young

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Darcey Bussell

How Darcey Bussell nearly died from preeclampsia

Castaway · 14 May 2006Sue Lawley

Marco Pierre White

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Marco Pierre White

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

Castaway · 2 June 1991Sue Lawley