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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Football — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Football

13 episodes

Chosen over the decades

13

Total castaways

2020s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Andy Hamilton
Arsène Wenger
Bill Shankly
Brian Moore
Dave King
Jesse Armstrong
John Peel
Jon Vickers
Lewis Gilbert
Michael Holding
Michael Sheen
Sir Keir Starmer
Tony Adams

Jesse Armstrong
Jesse Armstrong on pitching Succession as Feston meets Dallas
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Michael Sheen
How Michael Sheen's father proved he was even better than Jack Nicholson
Castaway · 28 September 2025Lauren 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

Michael Holding

Michael Holding on his impromptu four-minute monologue on racism

Castaway · 12 September 2021Lauren Laverne

13°18′S 158°08′W

Arsène Wenger

Arsène Wenger on relaxing by watching other managers suffer

Castaway · 22 November 2020Lauren Laverne

Sir Keir Starmer

02°57′S 149°00′W

Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer on his mother never speaking to his children

Castaway · 15 November 2020Lauren Laverne

11°00′S 142°52′W

Brian Moore

Brian Moore on seeking out his birth mother

Castaway · 26 February 2012Kirsty Young

23°06′S 094°13′W

Tony Adams

Tony Adams on being chased by England supporters at Luton Airport

Castaway · 27 June 2010Kirsty Young

18°08′S 176°53′W

Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert on driving a car around the stage aged five

Castaway · 20 June 2010Kirsty Young

14°46′S 014°48′W

Andy Hamilton

How a backstage chat after an Edinburgh show won Andy Hamilton his BBC break

Castaway · 27 April 1997Sue Lawley

16°51′S 138°00′W

John Peel

How a phone call to a Dallas DJ made John Peel a surrogate Beatle

Castaway · 14 January 1990Sue Lawley

16°34′S 047°39′W

Jon Vickers

Jon Vickers on the ball he bounced on a nail that his father thought he'd broken on purpose

Castaway · 23 March 1968Roy Plomley

07°55′S 025°46′W

Bill Shankly

Castaway · 26 April 1965Roy Plomley

16°34′S 028°41′W

Dave King

Castaway · 26 December 1960Roy Plomley