The Undertones — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Undertones — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Undertones

6 episodes

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6

Total castaways

2000s

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4

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Castaways who chose this

Bill Bailey
Chris Packham
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
James Nesbitt
Jenny Sealey
John Peel

Jenny Sealey
Jenny Sealey on the playground accident that left her unable to hear
Castaway · 17 March 2024Lauren Laverne
Chris Packham
Chris Packham on illegally taking a kestrel from its nest
Castaway · 13 October 2013Kirsty Young
Frank Cottrell-Boyce

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

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

Castaway · 21 March 2010Kirsty Young

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James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt on his mother not speaking to him for a month

Castaway · 21 December 2008Kirsty Young

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Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey on rehearsing his act during a delirious walk home

Castaway · 8 June 2008Kirsty Young

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John Peel

How a phone call to a Dallas DJ made John Peel a surrogate Beatle

Castaway · 14 January 1990Sue Lawley