Collected Poems

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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15 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

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Castaways who chose this

Alan Parker
Anne Fine
Carl Djerassi
David Walliams
John Banham
Michael Rosen
Miklos Rozsa
Monty Don
Natalie Wood
Nicole Kidman
Rod Steiger
Rowan Williams
Rt Hon Shirley Williams
Tennessee Williams

David Walliams
Castaway · 22 February 2009Kirsty Young
Michael Rosen
Castaway · 6 August 2006Sue Lawley
Monty Don

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 · 9 July 2006

·Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

11°25′S 099°36′W

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

Castaway · 29 January 2006Sue Lawley

Rowan Williams

02°43′S 175°18′W

Rowan Williams

Castaway · 22 December 2002Sue Lawley

Carl Djerassi

08°51′S 123°56′W

Carl Djerassi

Castaway · 20 October 2002Sue Lawley

Anne Fine

22°55′S 089°02′W

Anne Fine

Castaway · 16 December 2001Sue Lawley

Rod Steiger

15°13′S 045°56′W

Rod Steiger

Castaway · 25 July 1999Sue Lawley

Nicole Kidman

21°40′S 006°08′W

Nicole Kidman

Castaway · 15 November 1998Sue Lawley

John Banham

15°17′S 106°52′W

John Banham

Castaway · 15 September 1991Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

14°33′S 084°21′W

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

Castaway · 23 March 1986Michael Parkinson

Alan Parker

02°04′S 082°46′W

Alan Parker

Castaway · 5 January 1986Michael Parkinson

Miklos Rozsa

09°19′S 143°13′W

Miklos Rozsa

Castaway · 1 December 1984Roy Plomley

Natalie Wood

10°31′S 103°32′W

Natalie Wood

Castaway · 10 May 1980Roy Plomley

Tennessee Williams

20°18′S 046°21′W

Tennessee Williams

Castaway · 9 September 1978Roy Plomley

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