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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Golf clubs — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Golf clubs

30 episodes

Chosen over the decades

30

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Arthur Askey
Bradley Walsh
Christopher Lee
Danny Blanchflower
David Farrar
David Hughes
Dickie Henderson
Harry Carpenter
Jack Fingleton
James Prior
Jimmy Tarbuck
Joe Davis
Lord Boothby
Malcolm Gladwell
Max Bygraves
Michael Parkinson
Michael Wilding
Nat Gonella
Paul Beard
Peter Brough
Richard Murdoch
Roger Livesey
Ronnie Corbett
Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP
more

Bradley Walsh
Bradley Walsh on being let go by Brentford after fracturing both ankles
Castaway · 15 May 2022Lauren Laverne
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell on the chance roommate who unlocked American journalism for him
Castaway · 10 August 2014Kirsty 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

Sir Clive Woodward

Clive Woodward on watching the blood capsule scandal on TV

Castaway · 21 February 2010Kirsty Young

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP

09°08′S 064°53′W

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP

Menzies Campbell on the moment he was told he had a malignant tumour

Castaway · 17 October 2004Sue Lawley

04°11′S 011°56′W

Jimmy Tarbuck

Jimmy Tarbuck on being brought home by policemen for stealing apples

Castaway · 11 January 2004Sue Lawley

Sir Peter Morris

14°16′S 136°37′W

Sir Peter Morris

Peter Morris on his first kidney transplant operation on 29 January 1975

Castaway · 6 January 2002Sue Lawley

Christopher Lee

13°01′S 116°21′W

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee on being told he was playing all the parts in the play

Castaway · 26 February 1995Sue Lawley

Sir Robin Butler

02°44′S 156°01′W

Sir Robin Butler

Robin Butler on why he couldn't bring himself to become a lawyer

Castaway · 21 February 1993Sue Lawley

01°27′S 057°39′W

James Prior

How James Prior challenged the minister of food over his school pig club

Castaway · 11 January 1987Michael Parkinson

Trevor Brooking

05°58′S 048°53′W

Trevor Brooking

Trevor Brooking on being forced to practise with only his weaker foot as a child

Castaway · 2 January 1982Roy Plomley

Michael Parkinson

04°42′S 047°04′W

Michael Parkinson

Michael Parkinson on learning nothing about bottles and a lot about women

Castaway · 19 February 1972Roy Plomley

07°28′S 106°49′W

Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett on his first job issuing animal feed coupons

Castaway · 29 May 1971Roy Plomley

Harry Carpenter

18°51′S 093°58′W

Harry Carpenter

Harry Carpenter on deciding to avoid his father's fish business

Castaway · 26 September 1970Roy Plomley

10°06′S 022°47′W

Arthur Askey

How thin walls helped Arthur Askey learn the piano

Castaway · 23 December 1968Roy Plomley

21°20′S 020°42′W

Nat Gonella

Castaway · 1 August 1966Roy Plomley

09°09′S 019°32′W

Jack Fingleton

Castaway · 14 August 1961Roy Plomley

17°23′S 170°28′W

Joe Davis

Castaway · 17 July 1961Roy Plomley

Richard Murdoch

13°07′S 030°28′W

Richard Murdoch

Castaway · 12 June 1961Roy Plomley

Michael Wilding

01°45′S 047°56′W

Michael Wilding

Castaway · 20 March 1961Roy Plomley

19°51′S 119°44′W

Sidney Torch

Castaway · 17 October 1960Roy Plomley

08°19′S 177°37′W

Paul Beard

Castaway · 5 September 1960Roy Plomley

Danny Blanchflower

12°27′S 035°52′W

Danny Blanchflower

Danny Blanchflower on being banished to his room at age two to watch a football match

Castaway · 15 August 1960Roy Plomley

04°35′S 170°28′W

Lord Boothby

Castaway · 8 August 1960Roy Plomley

Dickie Henderson

05°37′S 122°54′W

Dickie Henderson

Castaway · 6 June 1960Roy Plomley

20°47′S 149°36′W

Sarah Vaughan

Castaway · 30 June 1958Roy Plomley

17°29′S 118°26′W

David Farrar

Castaway · 26 August 1957Roy Plomley

01°20′S 046°25′W

David Hughes

Castaway · 21 May 1956Roy Plomley

02°16′S 008°20′W

Max Bygraves

Castaway · 10 October 1955Roy Plomley

05°13′S 079°24′W

Roger Livesey

Castaway · 4 March 1952Roy Plomley

20°19′S 087°17′W

Peter Brough and Archie Andrews

Castaway · 5 February 1952Roy Plomley