Pillow — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Pillow — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Pillow

12 episodes

Chosen over the decades

12

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Baroness Ryder of Warsaw
David Puttnam
George Foreman
Jacqueline Gold
John Hurt
Karren Brady
Mario Testino
Michael Palin
Paul Hollywood
Rebecca Adlington
Richard Leakey
Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham on his dad renting The Godfather, Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter
Castaway · 17 November 2019Lauren Laverne
Jacqueline Gold
Jacqueline Gold on a board member's claim that 'women aren't even interested in sex'
Castaway · 28 October 2018Lauren 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
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca Adlington on the cameraman who found her parents in 17,000 people

Castaway · 14 June 2015Kirsty Young

13°01′S 067°43′W

Paul Hollywood

How a £500 bribe got Paul Hollywood into baking

Castaway · 29 March 2015Kirsty Young

05°51′S 021°38′W

Karren Brady

Karren Brady on being asked for her vital statistics at her first press conference

Castaway · 30 December 2007Kirsty Young

10°02′S 026°37′W

Mario Testino

Mario Testino on being screamed abuse and beaten up for his flamboyant clothes

Castaway · 23 October 2005Sue Lawley

04°02′S 157°02′W

George Foreman

George Foreman on hoping Joe Frazier wouldn't see his knees shaking

Castaway · 5 January 2003Sue Lawley

Baroness Ryder of Warsaw

19°46′S 149°27′W

Baroness Ryder of Warsaw

Castaway · 25 January 1987Michael Parkinson

07°00′S 161°29′W

David Puttnam

David Puttnam on seeing Chariots of Fire without music

Castaway · 17 November 1984Roy Plomley

21°01′S 067°18′W

John Hurt

John Hurt on first stepping on stage at age nine

Castaway · 29 September 1984Roy Plomley

16°21′S 008°44′W

Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey on his father’s view of him as useless hands

Castaway · 13 June 1981Roy Plomley

19°49′S 138°09′W

Michael Palin

How a terrible piano lesson put Michael Palin off playing

Castaway · 17 November 1979Roy Plomley