Bob Dylan — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Bob Dylan

65 episodes

Chosen over the decades

63

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

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Alexandra Shulman
Alfie Boe
Allan Ahlberg
Andy Kershaw
Anna Ford
Arthur Edwards
Ben Elton
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Chris De Burgh
Dame Joan Bakewell
David Gilmour
Deborah Bull
Emily Eavis
Fay Maschler
Felix Dennis
Geraldine James
Hanif Kureishi
Ian Bostridge
Jack Dee
James Fox
Jenny Agutter
Jeremy Irons
Jerry Springer
John Cale
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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

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Bob Dylan — Composer · desert is.land