Marmite — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Marmite — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Marmite

6 episodes

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6

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2010s

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3

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Archie Norman MP
John Gray
Jonathan Agnew
Lawrence Dallaglio
Nadiya Hussain
Professor Dame Lesley Regan

Professor Dame Lesley Regan
Lesley Regan on her mother calling school to say goodbye
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John Gray
John Gray on hearing Isaiah Berlin's firsthand account of the Russian revolutions
Castaway · 11 March 2018Kirsty Young
Nadiya Hussain

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

Nadiya Hussain on the stranger who said her Bake Off final helped her leave the house

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Lawrence Dallaglio

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Lawrence Dallaglio

Lawrence Dallaglio on the morning he learned his sister was missing

Castaway · 20 February 2011Kirsty Young

Archie Norman MP

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Archie Norman MP

Archie Norman on creating a standing room to prevent dozing during meetings

Castaway · 1 March 1998Sue Lawley