Fix You — Coldplay — 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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Fix You — Coldplay — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Fix You — Coldplay

8 episodes

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Dame Ellen MacArthur
David Nott
John Caudwell
Jo Malone
Kevin Sinfield
Paul Hollywood
Sir Ben Ainslie
Sir David Frost

Kevin Sinfield
Kevin Sinfield on being covered in mud as a child
Castaway · 9 October 2022Lauren Laverne
John Caudwell
John Caudwell on his childhood fantasy of giving five pound notes from a Rolls-Royce
Castaway · 23 January 2022Lauren Laverne
David Nott

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

David Nott on operating on an IS fighter as six gunmen burst into the operating theatre

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Paul Hollywood

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Jo Malone

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Castaway · 11 January 2015Kirsty Young

Sir Ben Ainslie

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Sir Ben Ainslie

Ben Ainslie on returning to school as a world champion

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Dame Ellen MacArthur

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Dame Ellen MacArthur

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Sir David Frost

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Sir David Frost

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