Johann Pachelbel — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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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Composer

Johann Pachelbel

18 episodes

Chosen over the decades

18

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

5

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Arlene Phillips
Aung San Suu Kyi
Carl Sagan
David Davis MP
Edna O'Brien
Jayne-Anne Gadhia
Joseph Allen
Lucy Irvine
Lynda La Plante
Martin Sheen
Most Rev Rt Hon Stuart Blanch
Nadiya Hussain
Patricia Cornwell
Professor Tanya Byron
Robert Fisk
Sir Terence Conran
Sir Terry Leahy
Thelma Holt

Jayne-Anne Gadhia
Castaway · 23 July 2017Kirsty Young
Nadiya Hussain
Castaway · 14 August 2016Kirsty Young
Professor Tanya Byron

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 · 27 October 2013

Sir Terry Leahy

22°52′S 108°34′W

Sir Terry Leahy

Castaway · 3 February 2013Kirsty Young

Aung San Suu Kyi

12°27′S 009°11′W

Aung San Suu Kyi

Castaway · 27 January 2013Kirsty Young

07°38′S 006°57′W

Martin Sheen

Castaway · 3 April 2011Kirsty Young

Arlene Phillips

22°38′S 152°50′W

Arlene Phillips

Castaway · 28 June 2009Kirsty Young

05°11′S 049°57′W

David Davis MP

Castaway · 16 November 2008Kirsty Young

01°07′S 041°54′W

Robert Fisk

Castaway · 15 October 2006Kirsty Young

Patricia Cornwell

13°04′S 004°26′W

Patricia Cornwell

Castaway · 29 December 2002Sue Lawley

15°05′S 127°03′W

Thelma Holt

Castaway · 23 November 1997Sue Lawley

Sir Terence Conran

13°13′S 154°17′W

Sir Terence Conran

Castaway · 1 September 1996Sue Lawley

Lynda La Plante

22°35′S 159°32′W

Lynda La Plante

Castaway · 23 October 1994Sue Lawley

04°30′S 080°20′W

Edna O'Brien

Castaway · 23 August 1987Michael Parkinson

19°21′S 038°06′W

Joseph Allen

Castaway · 13 April 1985Roy Plomley

21°33′S 084°05′W

Lucy Irvine

Castaway · 14 April 1984Roy Plomley

17°08′S 105°12′W

Carl Sagan

Castaway · 18 July 1981Roy Plomley

Most Rev Rt Hon Stuart Blanch

07°35′S 005°41′W

Most Rev Rt Hon Stuart Blanch

Castaway · 3 July 1976Roy Plomley

Johann Pachelbel — Composer · desert is.land