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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Perfume — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

6 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1950s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Cleo Laine
Grace Bumbry
Jessie Matthews
Jill Balcon
Ravi Shankar
Ruby Miller

Jill Balcon
Jill Balcon on discovering her husband's affairs through his biography
Castaway · 14 October 2007Kirsty Young
Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine on the New Year's Eve kiss with Johnny Dankworth
Castaway · 31 August 1997Sue Lawley

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

Grace Bumbry

Grace Bumbry on winning a high school singing competition in Saint Louis

Castaway · 3 December 1977Roy Plomley

Ravi Shankar

10°58′S 074°12′W

Ravi Shankar

Castaway · 27 February 1971Roy Plomley

Ruby Miller

18°45′S 021°54′W

Ruby Miller

Castaway · 28 April 1958Roy Plomley

Jessie Matthews

09°11′S 116°05′W

Jessie Matthews

Castaway · 1 October 1954Roy Plomley

Jill Balcon

Cleo Laine

Ravi Shankar

Ruby Miller

Jessie Matthews