Three Men in a Boat — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Three Men in a Boat — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Book

Three Men in a Boat

8 episodes

Chosen over the decades

8

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Dora Bryan
George Thalben-Ball
Jeremy Lloyd
June Spencer
Lord Soper
Robert McCrum
Sidney Torch
Vic Reeves

June Spencer
June Spencer on climbing to the highest point of a desert island to shout Hallelujah
Castaway · 22 December 2024Lauren Laverne
Vic Reeves
Vic Reeves on getting on stage because he didn't know how to book anyone
Castaway · 9 March 2003Sue Lawley
Robert McCrum

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Robert McCrum on crawling downstairs after his stroke

Castaway · 5 March 2000Sue Lawley

07°35′S 005°17′W

Dora Bryan

Dora Bryan on naming herself after a box of matches

Castaway · 15 March 1987Michael Parkinson

16°26′S 031°15′W

Jeremy Lloyd

How Jeremy Lloyd became an old person at 12 and a half

Castaway · 18 January 1987Michael Parkinson

03°21′S 132°23′W

Lord Soper

Castaway · 2 May 1966Roy Plomley

19°51′S 119°44′W

Sidney Torch

Castaway · 17 October 1960Roy Plomley

George Thalben-Ball

22°24′S 151°01′W

George Thalben-Ball

George Thalben-Ball on accidentally triggering every organ effect during the national anthem

Castaway · 26 October 1959Roy Plomley