Joni Mitchell — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Joni Mitchell — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Joni Mitchell

14 episodes

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14

Total castaways

2000s

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5

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Brian Cox
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David Gilmour
Dr Richard Dawkins
Jude Kelly
Kim Cattrall
Lord Indarjit Singh
Mark McCormack
Michael Ball
Michael Pollan
Renee Fleming
Wendell Pierce

Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan on the only Christmas she remembers as a child
Castaway · 16 August 2026Lauren Laverne
Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan on his ego dissolving into blue post-it notes
Castaway · 22 January 2023Lauren 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

Brian Cox

Brian Cox on his sister presenting him from behind a coal bunker curtain

Castaway · 29 March 2020Lauren Laverne

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Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce on grabbing the biggest kid in a school fight

Castaway · 27 October 2019Lauren Laverne

Lord Indarjit Singh

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Lord Indarjit Singh

How Indarjit Singh refused to be a token Sikh in the House of Lords

Castaway · 13 November 2015Kirsty Young

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Michael Ball

How a Miss England cabaret helped Michael Ball overcome his stage fright

Castaway · 2 March 2008Kirsty Young

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Andy Kershaw

Andy Kershaw on being the Radio 1 DJ who covered the Rwandan genocide

Castaway · 11 March 2007Kirsty Young

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Renee Fleming

Renee Fleming on meeting Placido Domingo for the first time mid-scene

Castaway · 18 November 2005Sue Lawley

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Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall on her childhood ambition to sing Jingle Bells in a Christmas pageant

Castaway · 26 December 2004Sue Lawley

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David Gilmour

David Gilmour on ignoring his parents' advice to have something to fall back on

Castaway · 6 April 2003Sue Lawley

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Jude Kelly

Jude Kelly on making up plays in the back garden as a child

Castaway · 5 May 2002Sue Lawley

Dr Richard Dawkins

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Dr Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins on comparing God to Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy

Castaway · 22 January 1995Sue Lawley

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Brian Keenan

Brian Keenan on driving his fellow hostage insane with his unmelodic singing

Castaway · 23 December 1990Sue Lawley

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Mark McCormack

Mark McCormack on being hit by a car at six and taking up golf

Castaway · 2 July 1989Sue Lawley