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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Anonymous — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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7 episodes

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1980s

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Castaways who chose this

Charles Causley
C Northcote Parkinson
David Starkey
Gerald Priestland
Neville Marriner
Raymond Briggs
Terry Hands

Raymond Briggs
How a shaken duster brought Raymond Briggs's parents together
Castaway · 20 March 2005Sue Lawley
David Starkey
David Starkey on his mother's fear that he was born disabled
Castaway · 6 February 2005Sue Lawley

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

Gerald Priestland

Gerald Priestland on being sent away to boarding school at the age of seven

Castaway · 3 March 1984Roy Plomley

Terry Hands

19°03′S 063°26′W

Terry Hands

Terry Hands on applying to RADA as an afterthought

Castaway · 8 August 1981Roy Plomley

Neville Marriner

20°05′S 041°37′W

Neville Marriner

Neville Marriner on lining up children against each other at competitive music festivals

Castaway · 13 December 1980Roy Plomley

Charles Causley

13°52′S 010°57′W

Charles Causley

How Charles Causley wrote poetry in his head while serving in the Navy

Castaway · 1 December 1979Roy Plomley

C Northcote Parkinson

20°11′S 056°50′W

C Northcote Parkinson

C. Northcote Parkinson on being too busy writing books to play discs

Castaway · 14 July 1979Roy Plomley

Raymond Briggs

David Starkey

Terry Hands

Neville Marriner

Charles Causley

C Northcote Parkinson