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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Book of quotations

19 episodes

Chosen over the decades

19

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alfred Eisenstadt
Auberon Waugh
Christopher Fry
Dame Cicely Saunders
General Frederick Coutts
Harold Abrahams
Hattie Jacques
Ian Richardson
Jilly Cooper
Jimmy Carr
Julia Foster
Minette Walters
Noel Barber
Peter West
Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Steve Race
Vincent Price
Winston Graham

Jimmy Carr
Castaway · 5 March 2017Kirsty Young
Jilly Cooper
Castaway · 31 July 2016Kirsty Young
Minette Walters

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

Castaway · 30 June 2002

Dame Cicely Saunders

00°29′S 114°00′W

Dame Cicely Saunders

Castaway · 30 January 1994Sue Lawley

00°53′S 115°52′W

Peter West

Castaway · 20 September 1987Michael Parkinson

00°23′S 155°37′W

Auberon Waugh

Castaway · 31 August 1986Michael Parkinson

Alfred Eisenstadt

12°59′S 041°54′W

Alfred Eisenstadt

Castaway · 22 September 1984Roy Plomley

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

00°45′S 126°47′W

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Castaway · 29 October 1983Roy Plomley

07°27′S 170°27′W

Ian Richardson

Castaway · 24 September 1983Roy Plomley

Christopher Fry

00°56′S 011°49′W

Christopher Fry

Castaway · 7 October 1978Roy Plomley

Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell

14°35′S 050°10′W

Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell

Castaway · 20 May 1978Roy Plomley

13°17′S 027°36′W

Winston Graham

Castaway · 26 November 1977Roy Plomley

02°34′S 148°14′W

Noel Barber

Castaway · 13 March 1976Roy Plomley

19°14′S 128°04′W

Julia Foster

Castaway · 3 January 1976Roy Plomley

21°23′S 027°53′W

Steve Race

Castaway · 27 November 1971Roy Plomley

19°44′S 025°42′W

Vincent Price

Castaway · 14 July 1969Roy Plomley

General Frederick Coutts

17°22′S 151°27′W

General Frederick Coutts

Castaway · 13 December 1965Roy Plomley

14°17′S 091°16′W

Hattie Jacques

Castaway · 16 October 1961Roy Plomley

Harold Abrahams

06°27′S 144°49′W

Harold Abrahams

Castaway · 13 July 1959Roy Plomley

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