Chair — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Chair — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Chair

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Eddie Waring
Frank Phillips
Jack Parnell
John Thaw
Most Rev Robert Runcie
Paul Weller
Professor Géza Vermes
Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Robert Runcie
Sir Howard Stringer
Sir Isaiah Berlin
Sister Frances Dominica

Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Simon Wessely on being banned from a Spanish holiday because of fascism
Castaway · 28 March 2021Lauren Laverne
Sir Howard Stringer
Howard Stringer on having lunch with Henry VIII
Castaway · 6 January 2013Kirsty Young

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

Paul Weller

Paul Weller on wishing he was anywhere else before every gig

Castaway · 16 December 2007Kirsty Young

Sister Frances Dominica

08°49′S 156°24′W

Sister Frances Dominica

Frances Dominica on the split-second she knew she had to become a nun

Castaway · 8 February 2004Sue Lawley

Professor Géza Vermes

10°34′S 103°17′W

Professor Géza Vermes

Géza Vermes on becoming a priest because he couldn't go to university

Castaway · 4 June 2000Sue Lawley

Sir Isaiah Berlin

12°40′S 010°54′W

Sir Isaiah Berlin

Isaiah Berlin on his grandmother suggesting he change his name

Castaway · 15 March 1992Sue Lawley

13°52′S 127°13′W

John Thaw

John Thaw on being transfixed by Sibelius's first symphony

Castaway · 7 October 1990Sue Lawley

04°56′S 048°26′W

Robert Runcie

Castaway · 1 January 1989Sue Lawley

Most Rev Robert Runcie

23°17′S 019°51′W

Most Rev Robert Runcie

Robert Runcie on turning back to rescue a crewmate from a burning tank

Castaway · 1 January 1989Sue Lawley

01°34′S 099°45′W

Jack Parnell

Jack Parnell on the night Luciano Pavarotti stood in wearing jodhpurs

Castaway · 25 June 1977Roy Plomley

21°11′S 015°58′W

Eddie Waring

Eddie Waring on being the first rugby league writer to tour Australia in 1946

Castaway · 23 February 1974Roy Plomley

05°56′S 082°28′W

Frank Phillips

Frank Phillips on reading the morning news in his pajamas

Castaway · 23 November 1964Roy Plomley