Don Quixote — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Don Quixote — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Book

Don Quixote

7 episodes

Chosen over the decades

7

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Antonio
Christopher Frayling
Harry Hill
Jorge Bolet
Peter Finch
Placido Domingo
Simon Rattle

Harry Hill
How Eric Burden’s “You’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place” helped Harry Hill quit medicine
Castaway · 3 August 2025Lauren Laverne
Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle on his year at Oxford without listening to music
Castaway · 13 January 2008Kirsty Young

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
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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

Christopher Frayling

Christopher Frayling on choosing Singing in the Rain over Wagner's Ring

Castaway · 2 November 2003Sue Lawley

23°22′S 027°04′W

Jorge Bolet

How Jorge Bolet's Carnegie Hall debut audience included Rachmaninoff, Horowitz and Heifetz

Castaway · 2 March 1985Roy Plomley

Placido Domingo

23°17′S 136°05′W

Placido Domingo

Placido Domingo on the tape audition that led him to the Israel Opera

Castaway · 27 December 1980Roy Plomley

18°08′S 068°55′W

Antonio

Castaway · 13 February 1961Roy Plomley

23°19′S 117°40′W

Peter Finch

Castaway · 17 December 1956Roy Plomley