Toto — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Toto — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Toto

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Chris De Burgh
Frank Bough
Marti Caine
Peter Schmeichel
Zoe Ball

Peter Schmeichel
Peter Schmeichel on not remembering Manchester United’s 1999 Champions League victory
Castaway · 31 October 2021Lauren Laverne
Zoe Ball
Zoe Ball on being taken to the BBC as a child and seeing it as a wonderland
Castaway · 9 February 2020Lauren Laverne

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
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

Chris De Burgh on not wanting to be a grandfather saying he could have been a great singer

Castaway · 26 July 1998Sue Lawley

16°33′S 163°55′W

Marti Caine

How a gardening book gave Marti Caine her stage name

Castaway · 24 March 1991Sue Lawley

09°54′S 168°01′W

Frank Bough

Frank Bough on the 'crud from the sports department' remark

Castaway · 26 April 1987Michael Parkinson