Whitney Houston — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Tuning in…

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

desert is.landest. 1942

Find a castaway Most requested Browse the archive About Report a fault

Artist

Whitney Houston

16 episodes

Chosen over the decades

16

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alison Balsom
Dame Sue Campbell
Denise Lewis
Edna Adan Ismail
Frank Bruno
Jacqueline Gold
Jill Scott
Jo Malone
Lulu
Mina Smallman
Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu
Rebel Wilson
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Saeed Jaffrey
Sir Salman Rushdie
Tessa Sanderson

Sir Salman Rushdie
Castaway · 23 November 2025Lauren Laverne
Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu
Castaway · 18 May 2025Lauren Laverne
Mina Smallman

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 · 16 February 2025

·Lauren Laverne

06°05′S 037°49′W

Rebel Wilson

Castaway · 2 June 2024Lauren Laverne

18°03′S 161°38′W

Jill Scott

Castaway · 16 July 2023Lauren Laverne

Ronnie O'Sullivan

10°48′S 051°42′W

Ronnie O'Sullivan

Castaway · 28 May 2023Lauren Laverne

Dame Sue Campbell

16°39′S 167°23′W

Dame Sue Campbell

Castaway · 19 January 2020Lauren Laverne

Jacqueline Gold

13°40′S 111°51′W

Jacqueline Gold

Castaway · 28 October 2018Lauren Laverne

Edna Adan Ismail

21°36′S 081°57′W

Edna Adan Ismail

Castaway · 22 October 2017Kirsty Young

14°19′S 001°57′W

Alison Balsom

Castaway · 4 October 2015Kirsty Young

16°08′S 105°55′W

Jo Malone

Castaway · 11 January 2015Kirsty Young

01°35′S 043°29′W

Denise Lewis

Castaway · 5 February 2012Kirsty Young

03°26′S 005°40′W

Saeed Jaffrey

Castaway · 20 April 1997Sue Lawley

Tessa Sanderson

11°31′S 148°04′W

Tessa Sanderson

Castaway · 17 November 1996Sue Lawley

20°24′S 005°20′W

Frank Bruno

Castaway · 6 June 1993Sue Lawley

01°48′S 025°37′W

Lulu

Castaway · 4 October 1987Michael Parkinson

Whitney Houston — Artist · desert is.land