The Brothers Karamazov

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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9 episodes

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2010s

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Bryan Stevenson
Donald Pleasence
John Morris
Martin Sheen
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Ronald Eyre
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Tidjane Thiam
Vidal Sassoon

Bryan Stevenson
Castaway · 8 March 2015Kirsty Young
Tidjane Thiam
Castaway · 4 November 2012Kirsty Young
Vidal Sassoon

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 · 9 October 2011

·Kirsty Young

Martin Sheen

07°38′S 006°57′W

Martin Sheen

Castaway · 3 April 2011Kirsty Young

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

04°21′S 177°29′W

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Castaway · 24 December 2000Sue Lawley

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

22°35′S 095°53′W

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Castaway · 24 January 1999Sue Lawley

Ronald Eyre

12°55′S 018°27′W

Ronald Eyre

Castaway · 24 February 1991Sue Lawley

Donald Pleasence

16°27′S 050°44′W

Donald Pleasence

Castaway · 29 March 1980Roy Plomley

John Morris

04°23′S 005°53′W

John Morris

Castaway · 16 February 1959Roy Plomley

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