Heartbreak Hotel — Elvis Presley — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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Heartbreak Hotel — Elvis Presley — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Heartbreak Hotel — Elvis Presley

12 episodes

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Ben Elton
Charlotte Rampling
Cliff Richard
Harvey Smith
James Bolam
Maria Aitken
Paul McCartney
Salman Rushdie
Sir Cliff Richard
Suzi Quatro
Terry Gilliam
Terry Wogan

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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

Ben Elton

Ben Elton on his teenage plan to leave school and sweep up backstage

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Maria Aitken

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Maria Aitken

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Salman Rushdie

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Salman Rushdie

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Castaway · 18 September 1988Michael Parkinson

Suzi Quatro

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Suzi Quatro

Suzi Quatro on being left the bass guitar in her all-girl band

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Terry Wogan

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Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan on his most awkward interview with Jerry Lee Lewis

Castaway · 21 May 1983Roy Plomley

Paul McCartney

09°36′S 013°21′W

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney on swapping his trumpet for a guitar and discovering he was left-handed

Castaway · 30 January 1982Roy Plomley

James Bolam

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James Bolam

James Bolam on having his on-screen family murdered while being assessed for a comedy part

Castaway · 12 March 1977Roy 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

Harvey Smith

23°52′S 130°25′W

Harvey Smith

Harvey Smith on his first success in a novice competition at Nelson

Castaway · 13 February 1971Roy Plomley

Cliff Richard

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Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard on how his stage name was invented over cider

Castaway · 31 October 1960Roy Plomley