T.S. Eliot

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
P L Travers
Rory Stewart
Sue Lawley
Terry Hands
Warren Mitchell

Rory Stewart
Castaway · 20 January 2008Kirsty Young
Warren Mitchell
Castaway · 28 November 1999Sue Lawley
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

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
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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

Castaway · 19 June 1988

·Michael Parkinson

Sue Lawley

10°50′S 051°01′W

Sue Lawley

Castaway · 8 November 1987Michael Parkinson

Terry Hands

19°03′S 063°26′W

Terry Hands

Castaway · 8 August 1981Roy Plomley

P L Travers

10°36′S 126°09′W

P L Travers

Castaway · 21 May 1977Roy Plomley

T.S. Eliot — Composer · desert is.land

Rory Stewart

Warren Mitchell

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies

Sue Lawley

Terry Hands

P L Travers