Tina Turner — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Tina Turner

24 episodes

Chosen over the decades

24

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alec Jeffreys
Barrie Rutter
Barry Hearn
Dame Katherine Grainger
Dr Nicola Fox
Gordon Ramsay
Heather Hallett
Heather Rabbatts
Ian Wright
Jasper Conran
Josephine Cox
Julie Goodyear
Ken Livingstone MP
Lucy Gannon
Marcus Wareing
Marina Abramović
Michael Green
Pam Ayres
Professor Corinne Le Quéré
Professor Dame Lesley Regan
Sir Digby Jones
Sir Gulam Noon
Tessa Sanderson
Tina Brown

Julie Goodyear
Castaway · 11 January 2026Lauren Laverne
Marina Abramović
Castaway · 3 December 2023Lauren Laverne
Dr Nicola Fox

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

Castaway · 26 November 2023

·Lauren Laverne

Professor Dame Lesley Regan

16°32′S 114°14′W

Professor Dame Lesley Regan

Castaway · 29 October 2023Lauren Laverne

Professor Corinne Le Quéré

08°27′S 012°27′W

Professor Corinne Le Quéré

Castaway · 29 January 2023Lauren Laverne

14°46′S 164°08′W

Barry Hearn

Castaway · 20 November 2022Lauren Laverne

Heather Hallett

11°44′S 171°56′W

Heather Hallett

Castaway · 6 June 2021Lauren Laverne

12°01′S 022°55′W

Ian Wright

Castaway · 16 February 2020Lauren Laverne

05°51′S 036°38′W

Marcus Wareing

Castaway · 14 July 2019Lauren Laverne

22°16′S 136°44′W

Pam Ayres

Castaway · 5 August 2018Kirsty Young

Dame Katherine Grainger

08°40′S 010°49′W

Dame Katherine Grainger

Castaway · 26 February 2017Kirsty Young

19°28′S 028°55′W

Barrie Rutter

Castaway · 19 June 2016Kirsty Young

Heather Rabbatts

10°20′S 061°40′W

Heather Rabbatts

Castaway · 24 July 2011Kirsty Young

20°50′S 175°14′W

Alec Jeffreys

Castaway · 9 December 2007Kirsty Young

Sir Digby Jones

19°36′S 069°47′W

Sir Digby Jones

Castaway · 21 May 2006Sue Lawley

07°26′S 057°40′W

Josephine Cox

Castaway · 8 May 2005Sue Lawley

21°35′S 163°12′W

Sir Gulam Noon

Castaway · 7 March 2004Sue Lawley

23°55′S 138°32′W

Gordon Ramsay

Castaway · 31 March 2002Sue Lawley

17°01′S 168°21′W

Tina Brown

Castaway · 3 December 2000Sue Lawley

00°51′S 048°51′W

Michael Green

Castaway · 16 May 1999Sue Lawley

14°57′S 142°28′W

Lucy Gannon

Castaway · 30 August 1998Sue Lawley

Tessa Sanderson

11°31′S 148°04′W

Tessa Sanderson

Castaway · 17 November 1996Sue Lawley

02°03′S 131°42′W

Jasper Conran

Castaway · 25 June 1995Sue Lawley

Ken Livingstone MP

08°40′S 103°13′W

Ken Livingstone MP

Castaway · 7 March 1993Sue Lawley

Tina Turner — Artist · desert is.land