Bob Marley — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Bob Marley — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Bob Marley

14 episodes

Chosen over the decades

14

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

4

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Andrea Levy
Barbara Hulanicki
Bill Morris
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Denise Lewis
Diane Abbott
Emily Eavis
Martin Freeman
Max Boyce
Michael White
Professor Stuart Hall
Sandie Shaw
Tidjane Thiam
Yoko Ono

Emily Eavis
Emily Eavis on driving home from Glastonbury in just bin bags and pants
Castaway · 23 June 2019Lauren Laverne
Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman on auditioning for the wrong role in The Office
Castaway · 31 March 2019Lauren Laverne

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

Barbara Hulanicki

Barbara Hulanicki on never saying goodbye to her father

Castaway · 8 December 2013Kirsty Young

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Tidjane Thiam

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Denise Lewis

Denise Lewis on the emptiness she felt after winning Olympic gold

Castaway · 5 February 2012Kirsty Young

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Andrea Levy

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

Castaway · 12 June 2011Kirsty Young

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Sandie Shaw

Sandie Shaw on choosing waitressing over touring to keep her integrity

Castaway · 26 December 2010Kirsty Young

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Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott on her civil service interview answer: 'Because I want power'

Castaway · 18 May 2008Kirsty Young

11°50′S 126°51′W

Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono on not recognising John Lennon when they first met

Castaway · 10 June 2007Kirsty Young

Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Camila Batmanghelidjh

How a 13-year-old drug runner brought his younger siblings to Camila Batmanghelidjh

Castaway · 22 October 2006Kirsty Young

Professor Stuart Hall

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Professor Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall on watching his father being patronised in colonial Jamaica

Castaway · 13 February 2000Sue Lawley

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Bill Morris

Bill Morris on being told sawdust grows on trees

Castaway · 22 November 1998Sue Lawley

22°54′S 134°13′W

Michael White

Michael White on why we never saw his show 'I'

Castaway · 26 May 1996Sue Lawley

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Max Boyce

Max Boyce on blanking out while reciting a poem as a child

Castaway · 23 April 1983Roy Plomley