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desert is.land

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

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Luxury

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain on filling a vacuum created by her father's leaving home
Castaway · 12 October 1997Sue Lawley
Sarah Miles
Sarah Miles on losing her virginity to a record
Castaway · 4 February 1990Sue Lawley
Lucinda Lambton

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

Lucinda Lambton on swimming to an island with a saw between her teeth

Castaway · 1 October 1989Sue Lawley

16°41′S 107°14′W

Malcolm Bradbury on avoiding games by writing books

Castaway · 20 August 1983Roy Plomley