Ravi Shankar

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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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Composer

9 episodes

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Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

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Castaways who chose this

Ann Leslie
Dr Jonathan Miller
Les Murray
Rabbi Hugo Gryn
Russell Brand
Saeed Jaffrey
Salman Rushdie
Satish Kumar
Sir Arthur Bliss

Russell Brand
Castaway · 21 July 2013Kirsty Young
Satish Kumar
Castaway · 29 May 2005Sue Lawley
Dr Jonathan Miller

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 · 23 January 2005

·Sue Lawley

Ann Leslie

18°10′S 090°17′W

Ann Leslie

Castaway · 7 November 2004Sue Lawley

Les Murray

03°13′S 109°51′W

Les Murray

Castaway · 16 August 1998Sue Lawley

Saeed Jaffrey

03°26′S 005°40′W

Saeed Jaffrey

Castaway · 20 April 1997Sue Lawley

Rabbi Hugo Gryn

01°40′S 058°44′W

Rabbi Hugo Gryn

Castaway · 10 July 1994Sue Lawley

Salman Rushdie

06°51′S 145°20′W

Salman Rushdie

Castaway · 18 September 1988Michael Parkinson

Sir Arthur Bliss

08°09′S 000°37′W

Sir Arthur Bliss

Castaway · 29 July 1972Roy Plomley

Ravi Shankar — Composer · desert is.land