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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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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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

6 episodes

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1990s

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Adelaide Hall
Alan Cumming
Hanif Kureishi
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Sir Nicholas Henderson
Willard White

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Castaway · 7 November 1999Sue Lawley
Hanif Kureishi
Castaway · 21 April 1996

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

·Sue Lawley

Adelaide Hall

06°43′S 081°03′W

Adelaide Hall

Castaway · 13 January 1991Sue Lawley

Sir Nicholas Henderson

06°44′S 055°18′W

Sir Nicholas Henderson

Castaway · 28 May 1989Sue Lawley

Lindsay Anderson

21°51′S 111°40′W

Lindsay Anderson

Castaway · 3 May 1980Roy Plomley

Seeds — Luxury · desert is.land

Alan Cumming

Willard White

Hanif Kureishi

Adelaide Hall

Sir Nicholas Henderson

Lindsay Anderson