Photo album

Tuning in…

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Photo album — Book · desert is.land

Book

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Parker
Alan Parker on seeing his name misspelled as 'Alan Paker' in Paris
Castaway · 9 July 2000Sue Lawley
Boy George
Boy George on seeing his mother's sad face on the news
Castaway · 22 January 1989Sue Lawley
Michael Bond

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Michael Bond on missing a bus and buying the bear that became Paddington

Castaway · 11 September 1976Roy Plomley