The Weather Girls — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Weather Girls — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

The Weather Girls

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

6

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dr Gwen Adshead
George Davies
Julie Walters
Sandi Toksvig
Sir Gregory Doran
Victoria Wood

Sir Gregory Doran
Gregory Doran on finding the 229th copy of Shakespeare's First Folio
Castaway · 29 June 2025Lauren Laverne
Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig on conducting an imaginary orchestra before her stand-up gigs
Castaway · 29 November 2015Kirsty Young

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

Dr Gwen Adshead

Gwen Adshead on the moment she says 'when you killed' to a patient

Castaway · 11 July 2010Kirsty Young

05°01′S 168°10′W

George Davies

George Davies on launching Per Una and taking £180,000 in an hour

Castaway · 11 June 2006Sue Lawley

21°50′S 093°11′W

Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood on writing a song after being rejected for a part in Loot

Castaway · 8 February 1987Michael Parkinson

03°00′S 172°32′W

Julie Walters

How Julie Walters had to enlist her brothers to protect her from her mother

Castaway · 2 February 1985Roy Plomley