Rebecca

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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

Rebecca — Book · desert is.land

Book

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage on the light bulb moment when music clicked aged nine
Castaway · 5 January 2025Lauren Laverne
Jacqueline de Rojas
Jacqueline de Rojas on being told we simply don't have women on the leadership team
Castaway · 24 March 2019Lauren Laverne

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

How a phone call while pulling pints led Betty Driver to Coronation Street

Castaway · 23 January 2011Kirsty Young

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James Bowman on his voice packing up in the studio

Castaway · 9 April 1995Sue Lawley