John Walter Bratton

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
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

desert is.landest. 1942

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6 episodes

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1980s

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David Shepherd
John Harle
Lucia Popp
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Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine
Willy Russell

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John Harle
Castaway · 24 May 1998Sue Lawley
Willy Russell
Castaway · 23 January 1994

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

·Sue Lawley

Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine

20°47′S 167°10′W

Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine

Castaway · 17 January 1988Michael Parkinson

Lucia Popp

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Lucia Popp

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David Shepherd

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David Shepherd

Castaway · 11 September 1971Roy Plomley

John Walter Bratton — Composer · desert is.land

Nigel Slater

John Harle

Willy Russell

Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine

Lucia Popp

David Shepherd