Thelonious Monk — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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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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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Thelonious Monk

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Plater
Jan Morris
John Hegarty
Mariana Mazzucato
Maxwell Hutchinson
Michael Heath
Neil Jordan
Paul Hogarth
Professor Colin Blakemore
Rt Hon Michael Howard MP
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Stan Tracey
Val Wilmer

Val Wilmer
Castaway · 4 February 2024Lauren Laverne
Mariana Mazzucato
Castaway · 16 December 2018Lauren Laverne
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Castaway · 1 October 2017

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

14°04′S 146°59′W

Michael Heath

Castaway · 7 August 2016Kirsty Young

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

18°39′S 077°17′W

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

Castaway · 4 July 2004Sue Lawley

23°26′S 177°51′W

Neil Jordan

Castaway · 23 January 2000Sue Lawley

13°31′S 039°43′W

Stan Tracey

Castaway · 25 April 1999Sue Lawley

13°07′S 112°17′W

Paul Hogarth

Castaway · 11 January 1998Sue Lawley

Professor Colin Blakemore

02°53′S 145°09′W

Professor Colin Blakemore

Castaway · 8 September 1996Sue Lawley

Maxwell Hutchinson

13°58′S 123°08′W

Maxwell Hutchinson

Castaway · 1 September 1991Sue Lawley

04°17′S 064°02′W

John Hegarty

Castaway · 23 June 1991Sue Lawley

06°54′S 022°50′W

Alan Plater

Castaway · 15 October 1989Sue Lawley

21°53′S 085°29′W

Jan Morris

Castaway · 26 March 1983Roy Plomley

Thelonious Monk — Artist · desert is.land