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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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10 episodes

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1970s

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Castaways who chose this

Andrea Levy
Barbara Hulanicki
Bing Crosby
Bobby Robson
Daniel Kahneman
Hayley Mills
Jacqueline Du Pre
Noel Edmonds
Shirley MacLaine
Ted Willis

Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki on never saying goodbye to her father
Castaway · 8 December 2013Kirsty Young
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman on being hugged by an SS soldier as a boy
Castaway · 11 August 2013Kirsty Young

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

Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy on not reading a novel until 23 because the TV was always on

Castaway · 12 June 2011Kirsty Young

Bobby Robson

06°54′S 130°56′W

Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson on learning he was sacked by Fulham from a newspaper

Castaway · 25 May 1986Michael Parkinson

Shirley MacLaine

09°46′S 152°11′W

Shirley MacLaine

How researching Parisian tarts nearly made Shirley MacLaine quit acting

Castaway · 5 November 1983Roy Plomley

Noel Edmonds

11°16′S 019°57′W

Noel Edmonds

Noel Edmonds on quitting a £3,000-a-year job at 19 with nothing to fall back on

Castaway · 14 October 1978Roy Plomley

Jacqueline Du Pre

20°21′S 038°14′W

Jacqueline Du Pre

Jacqueline Du Pre on nearly drowning out the music with her tears

Castaway · 19 March 1977Roy Plomley

Bing Crosby

00°02′S 090°43′W

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby on quitting law school to play in a band at a Chinese restaurant

Castaway · 27 December 1975Roy Plomley

Hayley Mills

06°54′S 153°48′W

Hayley Mills

Castaway · 10 May 1965Roy Plomley

Ted Willis

01°21′S 087°27′W

Ted Willis

Ted Willis on being the only man called up twice for the army

Castaway · 8 April 1963Roy Plomley