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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Whisky — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Whisky

11 episodes

Chosen over the decades

11

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

7

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

BC Hilliam
Boyd Neel
Eric Newby
James Graham
Jimmy Knapp
Kingsley Amis
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth
Lt-Colonel John Blashford-Snell
Madhur Jaffrey
R C Sherriff
Rt Hon David Cameron MP

James Graham
James Graham on being asked why he wasn't wearing a coat by his therapist
Castaway · 10 March 2024Lauren Laverne
Rt Hon David Cameron MP
David Cameron on driving home from hospital after his son's diagnosis
Castaway · 28 May 2006Sue Lawley
Jimmy Knapp

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

Jimmy Knapp on having to put his coat on to use the toilet at night as a boy

Castaway · 19 February 1995Sue Lawley

17°03′S 135°26′W

Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis on his youthful plan to be a poet, not a novelist

Castaway · 9 November 1986Michael Parkinson

14°20′S 001°40′W

Madhur Jaffrey

Madhur Jaffrey on being lured into acting by hot chocolate at age five

Castaway · 26 January 1985Roy Plomley

03°56′S 074°22′W

Eric Newby

Eric Newby on climbing the rigging in slippery shoes

Castaway · 19 June 1982Roy Plomley

Lt-Colonel John Blashford-Snell

10°05′S 112°08′W

Lt-Colonel John Blashford-Snell

John Blashford-Snell on forming a private army at 14 to defend Herefordshire

Castaway · 30 October 1976Roy Plomley

11°39′S 092°06′W

Boyd Neel

Castaway · 1 July 1963Roy Plomley

Leslie Gilbert Illingworth

14°01′S 078°19′W

Leslie Gilbert Illingworth

Leslie Illingworth on opening his father's bound volumes of Punch

Castaway · 25 March 1963Roy Plomley

02°44′S 107°23′W

BC Hilliam

Castaway · 3 August 1959Roy Plomley

14°32′S 028°19′W

R C Sherriff

Castaway · 23 August 1955Roy Plomley