The Histories — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Histories — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Book

The Histories

2 episodes

Chosen over the decades

2

Total castaways

1980s

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1

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Castaways who chose this

HRH Princess Michael of Kent
Norman Lewis

Norman Lewis
Norman Lewis on meeting a sorrowful Ernest Hemingway
Castaway · 3 August 1986Michael Parkinson
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
Princess Michael of Kent on having a cat in her pocket when she was rescued
Castaway · 28 January 1984Roy Plomley

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