Swiss army knife — Luxury · desert is.land

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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Long wave 198 kHz
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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

Swiss army knife

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

2

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Dame Shirley Porter
Dwayne Fields
Felix Aprahamian
Yo-Yo Ma

Dwayne Fields
Castaway · 1 March 2026Lauren Laverne
Yo-Yo Ma
Castaway · 13 June 2021Lauren Laverne
Felix Aprahamian

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

Castaway · 19 March 1995

Dame Shirley Porter

04°40′S 088°31′W

Dame Shirley Porter

Castaway · 28 April 1991Sue Lawley

Swiss army knife — Luxury · desert is.land