Thelonious Monk — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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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

Thelonious Monk

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Plater
Elton John
John Hegarty
Maxwell Hutchinson
Michael Heath
Neil Jordan
Norman Mailer
Peter Carey
Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP
Rt Hon Michael Howard MP
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Wendell Pierce

Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Castaway · 28 March 2021Lauren Laverne
Wendell Pierce
Castaway · 27 October 2019Lauren Laverne
Siddhartha Mukherjee

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 · 1 October 2017

14°04′S 146°59′W

Michael Heath

Castaway · 7 August 2016Kirsty Young

14°38′S 051°26′W

Peter Carey

Castaway · 20 June 2008Kirsty Young

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

18°39′S 077°17′W

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

Castaway · 4 July 2004Sue Lawley

23°26′S 177°51′W

Neil Jordan

Castaway · 23 January 2000Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP

09°31′S 140°24′W

Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP

Castaway · 20 February 1994Sue Lawley

Maxwell Hutchinson

13°58′S 123°08′W

Maxwell Hutchinson

Castaway · 1 September 1991Sue Lawley

04°17′S 064°02′W

John Hegarty

Castaway · 23 June 1991Sue Lawley

06°54′S 022°50′W

Alan Plater

Castaway · 15 October 1989Sue Lawley

17°15′S 139°04′W

Elton John

Castaway · 1 June 1986Michael Parkinson

15°11′S 173°41′W

Norman Mailer

Castaway · 15 December 1979Roy Plomley

Thelonious Monk — Composer · desert is.land