The Style Council

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desert is.land

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

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

The Style Council — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ash Atalla
Ash Atalla on his father preparing him for life with a wheelchair at age five
Castaway · 13 July 2025Lauren Laverne
Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse on her father holding her first after a premature birth
Castaway · 25 June 2023Lauren 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

Martin Freeman on auditioning for the wrong role in The Office

Castaway · 31 March 2019Lauren Laverne

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Marianne Elliott on hiding under the table as a child

Castaway · 29 July 2018Kirsty Young