Help! — The Beatles — 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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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Help! — The Beatles — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Help! — The Beatles

6 episodes

Castaways who chose this

David Jason OBE
Derek Jameson
Gerry Cottle
Gorden Kaye
Jeffrey Archer
Leo McKern

David Jason OBE
David Jason on a lonely Christmas dinner in a panto boarding house
Castaway · 25 December 1994Sue Lawley
Derek Jameson
How Derek Jameson's invented war-hero father story collapsed when he did the maths
Castaway · 3 July 1994Sue Lawley

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

Gorden Kaye on threatening to jump off a balcony if his secret was exposed

Castaway · 22 December 1991Sue Lawley

23°20′S 050°02′W

Gerry Cottle

How Gerry Cottle skipped school to catch a train to Newcastle for the circus

Castaway · 15 September 1984Roy Plomley

20°38′S 174°19′W

Leo McKern

Leo McKern on receiving the Rumpole script out of the blue

Castaway · 28 April 1984Roy Plomley

16°34′S 092°25′W

Jeffrey Archer

How Jeffrey Archer discovered he was £427,727 in debt

Castaway · 31 January 1981Roy Plomley