Poetry anthology — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Poetry anthology

21 episodes

Chosen over the decades

21

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Andor Foldes
Antal Dorati
Dame Anne Owers
Geraint Evans
Harold Pinter
James Gunn RA
James Lovelock
Kenneth Horne
Len Goodman
Leslie A. Hutchinson
Linda Esther Gray
Marianne Elliott
Mitch Miller
Paul Theroux
Penelope Wilton
Professor Jean Golding
Rt Hon David Blunkett MP
Rt Hon John Smith
Thea Musgrave
Tyrone Guthrie
William Rushton

Professor Jean Golding
Castaway · 18 November 2022Lauren Laverne
Thea Musgrave
Castaway · 7 October 2018Lauren Laverne
Marianne Elliott

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 · 29 July 2018

01°18′S 034°16′W

Len Goodman

Castaway · 19 June 2011Kirsty Young

Dame Anne Owers

20°17′S 177°49′W

Dame Anne Owers

Castaway · 27 February 2011Kirsty Young

Penelope Wilton

07°46′S 014°29′W

Penelope Wilton

Castaway · 30 March 2008Kirsty Young

07°39′S 152°27′W

James Lovelock

Castaway · 17 November 1991Sue Lawley

Rt Hon John Smith

08°55′S 029°30′W

Rt Hon John Smith

Castaway · 26 May 1991Sue Lawley

Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

11°01′S 101°58′W

Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

Castaway · 27 May 1990Sue Lawley

William Rushton

11°36′S 009°48′W

William Rushton

Castaway · 18 August 1984Roy Plomley

Linda Esther Gray

11°05′S 135°55′W

Linda Esther Gray

Castaway · 22 October 1983Roy Plomley

04°53′S 130°58′W

Paul Theroux

Castaway · 27 March 1976Roy Plomley

06°19′S 083°15′W

Mitch Miller

Castaway · 31 October 1966Roy Plomley

05°31′S 054°04′W

Harold Pinter

Castaway · 14 June 1965Roy Plomley

11°40′S 085°57′W

Geraint Evans

Castaway · 15 July 1963Roy Plomley

16°48′S 018°32′W

James Gunn RA

Castaway · 1 January 1962Roy Plomley

04°48′S 074°10′W

Kenneth Horne

Castaway · 9 January 1961Roy Plomley

01°06′S 026°44′W

Antal Dorati

Castaway · 25 July 1960Roy Plomley

20°29′S 028°40′W

Andor Foldes

Castaway · 14 December 1959Roy Plomley

00°54′S 059°27′W

Tyrone Guthrie

Castaway · 20 April 1959Roy Plomley

Leslie A. Hutchinson

05°06′S 030°02′W

Leslie A. Hutchinson

Castaway · 28 August 1953Roy Plomley

Poetry anthology — Book · desert is.land