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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Suntan lotion — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Suntan lotion

7 episodes

Chosen over the decades

7

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

6

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alan Parker
Joan Bennett
John Caudwell
Lauren Bacall
Mark McCormack
Sue MacGregor
Ursula Jeans

John Caudwell
John Caudwell on his childhood fantasy of giving five pound notes from a Rolls-Royce
Castaway · 23 January 2022Lauren Laverne
Sue MacGregor
Sue MacGregor on crying privately over Brian Redhead's behaviour
Castaway · 24 February 2002Sue Lawley
Mark McCormack

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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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

Mark McCormack on being hit by a car at six and taking up golf

Castaway · 2 July 1989Sue Lawley

02°04′S 082°46′W

Alan Parker

How a question from his son led Alan Parker to Bugsy Malone

Castaway · 5 January 1986Michael Parkinson

21°11′S 105°19′W

Lauren Bacall

How a phone call to Howard Hawks saved Lauren Bacall’s crooked eyebrows

Castaway · 3 March 1979Roy Plomley

01°20′S 125°44′W

Joan Bennett

Castaway · 4 November 1963Roy Plomley

14°48′S 104°16′W

Ursula Jeans

Castaway · 19 July 1955Roy Plomley