Traditional — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Traditional — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

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7 episodes

Chosen over the decades

7

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

4

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
Lubaina Himid on returning to Zanzibar for the first time
Castaway · 2 June 2019Lauren Laverne
Sir David Attenborough
David Attenborough on his father running down the allotment with the news he won a scholarship
Castaway · 29 January 2012Kirsty 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
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey on rehearsing his act during a delirious walk home

Castaway · 8 June 2008Kirsty Young

Paddy Ashdown MP

18°50′S 006°39′W

Paddy Ashdown MP

Paddy Ashdown on being asked to call himself Captain Jeremy John Durham Ashton

Castaway · 10 February 1991Sue Lawley

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

05°11′S 015°47′W

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

Ralf Dahrendorf on being called a social democrat in the Hitler Youth

Castaway · 3 February 1991Sue Lawley

Sir Crispin Tickell

22°11′S 109°41′W

Sir Crispin Tickell

Crispin Tickell on being knighted in an open-necked shirt

Castaway · 15 April 1990Sue Lawley

Danny Blanchflower

12°27′S 035°52′W

Danny Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower on being banished to his room at age two to watch a football match

Castaway · 15 August 1960Roy Plomley