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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Television — Luxury · desert is.land

Luxury

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1950s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine on learning from her mother that she was conceived by rape
Castaway · 11 June 2023Lauren Laverne
Michael Green
Michael Green on choosing playing cards over O levels
Castaway · 16 May 1999Sue Lawley
Jack Johnson

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Castaway · 29 February 1960Roy Plomley

21°42′S 160°16′W

Castaway · 5 August 1957Roy Plomley