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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Emmylou Harris
Frank Ifield
Jamie Oliver
Ray Mears
Regina Resnik
Sir Michael Tippett
Sir Terry Frost
Vladimir Ashkenazy

Ray Mears
Ray Mears on the sound of aluminium grinding in his helicopter crash
Castaway · 5 January 2014Kirsty Young
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris on the phone call that told her father was missing in action
Castaway · 21 December 2003Sue 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

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver on discovering that bread dough is alive at age ten

Castaway · 23 December 2001Sue Lawley

Sir Terry Frost

05°29′S 159°51′W

Sir Terry Frost

Terry Frost on trading caricatures for goods in a POW camp

Castaway · 19 April 1998Sue Lawley

Sir Michael Tippett

10°06′S 060°41′W

Sir Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett on serving two months in prison as a conscientious objector

Castaway · 5 January 1985Roy Plomley

Vladimir Ashkenazy

15°17′S 008°54′W

Vladimir Ashkenazy

How Vladimir Ashkenazy was told to compete or forget his career

Castaway · 2 December 1978Roy Plomley

Frank Ifield

10°13′S 117°49′W

Frank Ifield

Castaway · 18 January 1965Roy Plomley

Regina Resnik

18°20′S 020°23′W

Regina Resnik

Castaway · 27 January 1964Roy Plomley

Ray Mears

Emmylou Harris

Sir Terry Frost

Sir Michael Tippett

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Frank Ifield

Regina Resnik