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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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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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7 episodes

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Total castaways

1990s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Bill Bailey
Danny Blanchflower
Lubaina Himid
Paddy Ashdown MP
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf
Sir Crispin Tickell
Sir David Attenborough

Lubaina Himid
Castaway · 2 June 2019Lauren Laverne
Sir David Attenborough
Castaway · 29 January 2012Kirsty Young
Bill Bailey

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

Castaway · 8 June 2008

·Kirsty Young

Paddy Ashdown MP

18°50′S 006°39′W

Paddy Ashdown MP

Castaway · 10 February 1991Sue Lawley

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

05°11′S 015°47′W

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

Castaway · 3 February 1991Sue Lawley

Sir Crispin Tickell

22°11′S 109°41′W

Sir Crispin Tickell

Castaway · 15 April 1990Sue Lawley

Danny Blanchflower

12°27′S 035°52′W

Danny Blanchflower

Castaway · 15 August 1960Roy Plomley

Traditional — Artist · desert is.land

Lubaina Himid

Sir David Attenborough

Bill Bailey

Paddy Ashdown MP

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

Sir Crispin Tickell

Danny Blanchflower