Neil Young

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Neil Young — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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2000s

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Robert Plant on driving to a rehearsal with a bandmate and driving back without him
Castaway · 13 March 2022Lauren 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
Report a fault

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

Jack Dee

Jack Dee on being called thick in front of the entire school

Castaway · 11 May 2014Kirsty Young

Alan Johnson

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How a teacher made Alan Johnson say 'Free, sir' every week

Castaway · 7 October 2007Kirsty Young

Ricky Gervais

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Ricky Gervais on not knowing he was poor until university

Castaway · 24 June 2007Kirsty Young

Emmylou Harris

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Emmylou Harris on the phone call that told her father was missing in action

Castaway · 21 December 2003Sue Lawley

David Gilmour

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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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Ricky Gervais

Emmylou Harris

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