As — Stevie Wonder — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

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As — Stevie Wonder — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

As — Stevie Wonder

6 episodes

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Alice Walker
Jenny Agutter
John Legend
John McEnroe
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Yusuf Cat Stevens

John Legend
John Legend on being nicknamed 'the legend' by a friend before he had a record deal
Castaway · 7 August 2022Lauren Laverne
Yusuf Cat Stevens
Yusuf Cat Stevens on being treated in the same hospital where Boris Karloff died
Castaway · 27 September 2020Lauren 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
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

John McEnroe

John McEnroe on being greeted by 'you cannot be serious' at UK immigration

Castaway · 16 July 2017Kirsty Young

13°16′S 083°40′W

Alice Walker

Alice Walker on being shot in the eye by her brother and told to lie

Castaway · 19 May 2013Kirsty Young

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

21°13′S 075°05′W

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Maggie Aderin-Pocock on vowing to be as good as any boy to prove her father wrong

Castaway · 7 March 2010Kirsty Young

23°55′S 085°25′W

Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter on the telegram that said 'not Nordic type'

Castaway · 1 May 1982Roy Plomley