Stephen Foster — 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

Stephen Foster

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

2010s

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4

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JP Donleavy
Sheridan Russell
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Alfie Boe
Castaway · 5 June 2011Kirsty Young
JP Donleavy

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 · 4 March 2007

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Derek Tangye

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Sheridan Russell

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Sheridan Russell

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Stephen Foster — Composer · desert is.land