Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

desert is.landest. 1942

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

desert is.landest. 1942

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8 episodes

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1980s

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Clare Hollingworth
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John Ridgway
Lucinda Lambton
Minette Walters
Professor Sir Denis Brogan
Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

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Castaway · 28 March 2021Lauren Laverne
Minette Walters
Castaway · 30 June 2002Sue Lawley
Clare Hollingworth

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

Castaway · 10 January 1999

·Sue Lawley

Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

17°29′S 046°55′W

Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

Castaway · 19 July 1992Sue Lawley

Lucinda Lambton

08°13′S 004°34′W

Lucinda Lambton

Castaway · 1 October 1989Sue Lawley

John Ridgway

19°22′S 117°10′W

John Ridgway

Castaway · 23 November 1986Michael Parkinson

Dr Catherine Gavin

13°03′S 165°55′W

Dr Catherine Gavin

Castaway · 24 June 1978Roy Plomley

Professor Sir Denis Brogan

02°07′S 165°04′W

Professor Sir Denis Brogan

Castaway · 21 October 1967Roy Plomley

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle — Composer · desert is.land