Tommy Steele

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

Tommy Steele — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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2000s

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Danny Baker
Dr Steve Jones
George Fenton
Harold Fielding
Martin Evans
Norris McWhirter
Professor Peter Vanezis

Danny Baker
Danny Baker on leaving school at 14 to work in a record shop
Castaway · 31 July 2011Kirsty Young
Martin Evans
Martin Evans on receiving his Nobel Prize call in his oldest clothes with a sander
Castaway · 17 February 2008Kirsty 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

George Fenton

George Fenton on the Daily Telegraph advert that got him a part in Forty Years On

Castaway · 11 May 2003Sue Lawley

Professor Peter Vanezis

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Professor Peter Vanezis

Peter Vanezis on eyeballing Ötzi the Iceman eye to eye

Castaway · 18 March 2001Sue Lawley

Dr Steve Jones

14°58′S 172°38′W

Dr Steve Jones

Steve Jones on the schoolteacher Mr Simpson who inspired him at age 13

Castaway · 1 March 1992Sue Lawley

Harold Fielding

22°22′S 110°06′W

Harold Fielding

Harold Fielding on the contract demand that got him a police car ride with Sinatra

Castaway · 17 June 1990Sue Lawley

Norris McWhirter

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Norris McWhirter

Norris McWhirter on running the 100 yards in just over 10 seconds

Castaway · 10 February 1979Roy Plomley

Danny Baker

Martin Evans

Professor Peter Vanezis

Dr Steve Jones

Harold Fielding

Norris McWhirter