Hot water bottle — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Long wave 198 kHz
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Hot water bottle

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

5

Total castaways

1950s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

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Cath Kidston
Heidi Thomas
Isobel Barnett
Jan Morris
Lord Brabazon of Tara

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Castaway · 24 April 2011Kirsty Young
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Castaway · 16 June 2002

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

Lord Brabazon of Tara

03°54′S 097°40′W

Lord Brabazon of Tara

Castaway · 4 May 1959Roy Plomley

00°27′S 087°23′W

Isobel Barnett

Castaway · 29 October 1956Roy Plomley

Hot water bottle — Luxury · desert is.land