Fishing rod

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Fishing rod — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

8 episodes

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2010s

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Castaways who chose this

Barry Hearn
David Nott
Ian Botham
Jackie Charlton
Lord Cobbold
Lord David Cobbold
Loyd Grossman
Ray Winstone

Barry Hearn
How making up stories saved Barry Hearn's business in 1989
Castaway · 20 November 2022Lauren Laverne
David Nott
David Nott on operating on an IS fighter as six gunmen burst into the operating theatre
Castaway · 5 June 2016Kirsty 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

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone on weeing on Ronnie Kray's raincoat

Castaway · 28 December 2014Kirsty Young

Lord Cobbold

17°14′S 162°20′W

Lord Cobbold

Castaway · 8 August 2010Kirsty Young

Lord David Cobbold

01°25′S 076°57′W

Lord David Cobbold

David Cobbold on sending a Girl Guide leader to talk to Mick Jagger

Castaway · 8 August 2010Kirsty Young

Loyd Grossman

06°03′S 101°39′W

Loyd Grossman

How being mistaken for Bevis Hillier got Loyd Grossman on TV

Castaway · 30 November 1997Sue Lawley

Jackie Charlton

12°27′S 057°49′W

Jackie Charlton

Jackie Charlton on fighting for the warmest spot in his childhood bed

Castaway · 20 October 1996Sue Lawley

Ian Botham

04°35′S 039°06′W

Ian Botham

Ian Botham on the bouncer that made him knock his own teeth out

Castaway · 5 November 1989Sue Lawley

Barry Hearn

David Nott

Lord Cobbold

Lord David Cobbold

Loyd Grossman

Jackie Charlton

Ian Botham