The Alchemist

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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

The Alchemist — Book · desert is.land

Book

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ebony Rainford-Brent on the day police came to say her brother was in intensive care
Castaway · 8 December 2024Lauren Laverne
Nicola Horlick
Nicola Horlick on Sky vans and film crews arriving at her door
Castaway · 29 July 2007Kirsty Young

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

Karan Bilimoria on being called an 'import-export waller' by his family

Castaway · 13 June 2004Sue Lawley

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Sacha Distel on playing the piano as police took his mother

Castaway · 15 February 2004Sue Lawley