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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Broadcasting since 1942
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

Writing materials

105 episodes

Chosen over the decades

105

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

8

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Adam Kay
Alan Bullock
Alan Pascoe
Alan Plater
Andrew Motion
Anna Pavord
Anne Fine
Anthony Newley
A S Byatt
Baroness Arminka Helić
Beryl Bainbridge
Bill Fraser
Bransby Williams
Carroll Gibbons
Chris Haskins
Christina Lamb
Clarkson Rose
Coco the Clown
Dame Joan Bakewell
Dame Prue Leith
Daniel Radcliffe
David Almond
Dawn Addams
Denise Robertson
more

Mantovani
Castaway · 24 June 1957Roy Plomley
Dora Labbette
Castaway · 14 May 1956Roy Plomley
Vic Oliver
Castaway · 14 November 1955Roy Plomley

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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

18°11′S 045°56′W

Tony Mottram

Castaway · 14 June 1955Roy Plomley

Carroll Gibbons

11°18′S 034°08′W

Carroll Gibbons

Castaway · 8 January 1952Roy Plomley