Snorkel — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Snorkel — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Snorkel

5 episodes

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5

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1990s

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4

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Antony Gormley
Desmond Morris
Naomi Klein
Professor Corinne Le Quéré
Professor James Fenton

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Castaway · 26 November 2017Kirsty Young

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

Desmond Morris

Desmond Morris on his childhood private island during World War Two

Castaway · 3 October 2004Sue Lawley

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Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley on his wife giving him 'birth' through plaster body casts

Castaway · 10 May 1998Sue Lawley

Professor James Fenton

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Professor James Fenton

James Fenton on the Les Misérables song that made him a millionaire

Castaway · 2 October 1994Sue Lawley