A Day in the Life — The Beatles — Song · desert is.land

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desert is.land

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A Day in the Life — The Beatles — Song · desert is.land

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Song

A Day in the Life — The Beatles

16 episodes

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Abdulrazak Gurnah
Alan Parker
Alfie Boe
Charlotte Rampling
Chris Tarrant
Donald Pleasence
Frank Warren
Graham Nash
Jesse Armstrong
Nile Rodgers
Paul Merton
Ruby Wax
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Simon Pegg
Sir Hugh Greene
Tennessee Williams

Jesse Armstrong
Jesse Armstrong on pitching Succession as Feston meets Dallas
Castaway · 11 January 2026Lauren Laverne
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah on mistaking the Nobel Prize call for a cold call
Castaway · 25 May 2025Lauren Laverne

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
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About

Transmission

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

Graham Nash on his father being jailed for a stolen camera

Castaway · 7 January 2024Lauren Laverne

03°02′S 157°15′W

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg on phoning his stepdad from the set of Tintin

Castaway · 14 May 2023Lauren Laverne

15°58′S 093°35′W

Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers on saving his father's life at age seven

Castaway · 14 October 2018Lauren Laverne

03°37′S 017°00′W

Alfie Boe

Alfie Boe on holding his father as he died

Castaway · 5 June 2011Kirsty Young

16°14′S 015°39′W

Frank Warren

Frank Warren on being shot and initially thinking it was a joke

Castaway · 24 January 2010Kirsty Young

Sanjeev Bhaskar

23°03′S 101°20′W

Sanjeev Bhaskar

How a coin toss led to Sanjeev Bhaskar's big break

Castaway · 12 October 2008Kirsty Young

22°24′S 031°16′W

Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax on borrowing 100,000 pounds of jewellery to impress Imelda Marcos

Castaway · 26 June 2005Sue Lawley

16°08′S 109°23′W

Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant on his son telling him his job is just a bit of sitting down

Castaway · 22 April 2001Sue Lawley

23°29′S 065°31′W

Paul Merton

Paul Merton on conducting the Joe Loss Orchestra with a knitting needle aged two

Castaway · 19 September 1993Sue Lawley

02°04′S 082°46′W

Alan Parker

How a question from his son led Alan Parker to Bugsy Malone

Castaway · 5 January 1986Michael Parkinson

Sir Hugh Greene

23°12′S 060°31′W

Sir Hugh Greene

How Hugh Greene stood close to Hitler but was never introduced

Castaway · 19 November 1983Roy Plomley

Donald Pleasence

16°27′S 050°44′W

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence on winning a silver medal at a musical festival aged seven

Castaway · 29 March 1980Roy Plomley

Tennessee Williams

20°18′S 046°21′W

Tennessee Williams

How seeing Ibsen's Ghosts moved Tennessee Williams out of his seat

Castaway · 9 September 1978Roy Plomley

Charlotte Rampling

15°13′S 139°06′W

Charlotte Rampling

How seeing herself in Rotten to the Core left Charlotte Rampling in tears

Castaway · 3 April 1976Roy Plomley