Tape recorder — 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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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

Tape recorder

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Alistair Cooke
Brian Rix
Cyril Fletcher
Lionel Hampton

Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton on finding the vibraphone in a studio corner with Louis Armstrong
Castaway · 17 September 1983Roy Plomley
Alistair Cooke
Castaway · 11 June 1962Roy Plomley
Brian Rix

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 · 16 May 1960

21°24′S 005°11′W

Cyril Fletcher

Castaway · 2 March 1959Roy Plomley

Tape recorder — Luxury · desert is.land