Vera Lynn — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Vera Lynn — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Vera Lynn

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

14

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Arthur Hailey
Ben Lyon
Clare Hollingworth
Dame Vera Lynn
Group Captain Peter Townsend
Joan Collins
Judy Grinham
Lord Ashley
Lord Deedes
Lord Montagu
Sir Douglas Bader
Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Ken Adam
Tony Greig

Sir Ken Adam
Ken Adam on a boy shouting 'Jubo' and learning he was Jewish
Castaway · 23 May 2004Sue Lawley
Lord Deedes
How a gun deal landed Bill Deedes his first journalism job
Castaway · 5 August 2001Sue Lawley

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

Clare Hollingworth

Clare Hollingworth on the gust of wind that revealed Nazi tanks

Castaway · 10 January 1999Sue Lawley

20°20′S 136°32′W

Lord Ashley

Jack Ashley on hearing his grandson say 'They're not flies, grandad'

Castaway · 26 December 1993Sue Lawley

09°58′S 127°47′W

Dame Vera Lynn

Vera Lynn on the Dutchman who hid in a hay rick to hear her banned broadcasts

Castaway · 3 September 1989Sue Lawley

05°21′S 162°19′W

Joan Collins

Joan Collins on fingerprinting her family as a wannabe detective

Castaway · 25 June 1989Sue Lawley

15°51′S 089°28′W

Lord Montagu

Montagu on the greatest dilemma of his life: choosing eight records

Castaway · 30 August 1987Michael Parkinson

20°29′S 031°33′W

Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey on his mother making up stories to tell him as a boy

Castaway · 6 April 1986Michael Parkinson

Sir Douglas Bader

07°42′S 032°07′W

Sir Douglas Bader

Douglas Bader on landing on one leg after his prosthetic came off during a parachute jump

Castaway · 28 November 1981Roy Plomley

Sir Edmund Hillary

20°47′S 032°20′W

Sir Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary on concluding that the Yeti is mythological

Castaway · 14 April 1979Roy Plomley

09°54′S 168°25′W

Tony Greig

How a garden boy nicknamed Tackies taught Tony Greig cricket

Castaway · 22 May 1976Roy Plomley

Group Captain Peter Townsend

20°55′S 059°45′W

Group Captain Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend on taking seven days to cover 24 miles in the Burmese jungle

Castaway · 25 November 1972Roy Plomley

18°14′S 015°32′W

Judy Grinham

Judy Grinham on the ten-minute wait for her Olympic gold result

Castaway · 9 March 1959Roy Plomley

04°11′S 131°41′W

Ben Lyon

Ben Lyon on naming Marilyn Monroe after a stage star

Castaway · 17 February 1958Roy Plomley