Jacques Offenbach — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Jacques Offenbach — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Jacques Offenbach

18 episodes

Chosen over the decades

16

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

6

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Eric Shilling
Felicity Lott
Gordon Pirie
John Reed
Lord Roll
Margaret Atwood
Max Nicholson
Professor Eric Hobsbawm
Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP
Sir Francis McLean

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Castaway · 7 December 2025Lauren Laverne
Felicity Lott
Castaway · 13 July 2008Kirsty Young
Brian Aldiss

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 · 28 January 2007

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Castaway · 5 March 1995Sue Lawley

Christopher Lee

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Christopher Lee

Castaway · 26 February 1995Sue Lawley

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Castaway · 13 June 1993Sue Lawley

14°58′S 172°38′W

Dr Steve Jones

Castaway · 1 March 1992Sue Lawley

Arthur Scargill

09°50′S 003°31′W

Arthur Scargill

Castaway · 10 April 1988Michael Parkinson

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Eric Shilling

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19°53′S 123°39′W

Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Castaway · 20 September 1980Roy Plomley

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Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson

Castaway · 28 January 1978Roy Plomley

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John Reed

Castaway · 23 September 1972Roy Plomley

Sir Francis McLean

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Sir Francis McLean

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Dame Maggie Teyte

Castaway · 15 April 1968Roy Plomley

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Gordon Pirie

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