Bathtub — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Bathtub — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Bathtub

18 episodes

Chosen over the decades

18

Total castaways

2010s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alison Moyet
Baroness Scotland
Claire Rayner
Dame Esther Rantzen
David Sainsbury
Davina McCall
Derek Randall
Glenda Jackson MP
James Ivory
John Mortimer QC
Kate Adie
Marianne Elliott
Mark Gatiss
Nicola Horlick
Peter Ustinov
Rebel Wilson
Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury
Sir Ernst Gombrich

Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson on moving to Hollywood with one suitcase and a duna
Castaway · 2 June 2024Lauren Laverne
Dame Esther Rantzen
How Esther Rantzen faced 50,000 calls on ChildLine's first night
Castaway · 10 March 2019Lauren 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

Marianne Elliott

Marianne Elliott on hiding under the table as a child

Castaway · 29 July 2018Kirsty Young

09°00′S 078°46′W

Davina McCall

How Davina McCall quit drugs after a friend's harsh words

Castaway · 11 December 2016Kirsty Young

11°04′S 090°27′W

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet on taking a hammer to her gold discs

Castaway · 18 May 2014Kirsty Young

14°37′S 058°51′W

Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss on his childhood enthusiasm for wartime sing-alongs

Castaway · 23 October 2011Kirsty Young

Baroness Scotland

18°44′S 179°08′W

Baroness Scotland

Patricia Scotland on meeting her husband after planning to dedicate her life to God

Castaway · 6 December 2009Kirsty Young

17°08′S 120°31′W

Nicola Horlick

Nicola Horlick on Sky vans and film crews arriving at her door

Castaway · 29 July 2007Kirsty Young

David Sainsbury

19°54′S 022°02′W

David Sainsbury

Castaway · 1 February 2004Sue Lawley

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

19°09′S 165°32′W

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

David Sainsbury on being asked to choose a Henry Moore drawing as a birthday present as a small boy

Castaway · 1 February 2004Sue Lawley

Glenda Jackson MP

10°41′S 066°07′W

Glenda Jackson MP

Glenda Jackson on polishing her Oscar to find base metal underneath

Castaway · 28 December 1997Sue Lawley

08°07′S 067°26′W

Kate Adie

Kate Adie on the Empire disappearing before she could marry a missionary

Castaway · 15 May 1994Sue Lawley

Sir Ernst Gombrich

10°21′S 027°10′W

Sir Ernst Gombrich

Ernst Gombrich on dictating The Story of Art without a draft

Castaway · 5 April 1992Sue Lawley

11°55′S 149°20′W

James Ivory

James Ivory on envying BBC's Henry James adaptations

Castaway · 19 February 1983Roy Plomley

John Mortimer QC

16°35′S 065°14′W

John Mortimer QC

John Mortimer on playing all the parts in Shakespeare as an only child, including duelling with himself

Castaway · 3 July 1982Roy Plomley

02°57′S 018°28′W

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov on being told his face would be hard to lose in a crowd

Castaway · 19 November 1977Roy Plomley

22°19′S 053°00′W

Claire Rayner

Claire Rayner on being too pregnant for a tight-waisted uniform

Castaway · 22 October 1977Roy Plomley

14°13′S 090°37′W

Derek Randall

Derek Randall on the fishy taste of strawberry jam

Castaway · 18 June 1977Roy Plomley