I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) — George Frideric Handel

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) — George Frideric Handel

10 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Anne Fine
Bernard Levin
Dorothy Byrne
Gwen Berryman
Lord Elwyn-Jones
Mina Smallman
Most Rev Rt Hon Stuart Blanch
Ronnie Corbett
Rt Hon. Denis Healey
Sir Robin Butler

Mina Smallman
Castaway · 16 February 2025Lauren Laverne
Dorothy Byrne
Castaway · 1 March 2020Lauren Laverne
Anne Fine

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

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Sir Robin Butler

02°44′S 156°01′W

Sir Robin Butler

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Bernard Levin

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Bernard Levin

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Lord Elwyn-Jones

17°53′S 089°50′W

Lord Elwyn-Jones

Castaway · 11 February 1984Roy Plomley

Rt Hon. Denis Healey

11°53′S 175°28′W

Rt Hon. Denis Healey

Castaway · 26 August 1978Roy Plomley

Most Rev Rt Hon Stuart Blanch

07°35′S 005°41′W

Most Rev Rt Hon Stuart Blanch

Castaway · 3 July 1976Roy Plomley

Gwen Berryman

01°00′S 172°21′W

Gwen Berryman

Castaway · 1 January 1972Roy Plomley

Ronnie Corbett

07°28′S 106°49′W

Ronnie Corbett

Castaway · 29 May 1971Roy Plomley

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Messiah) — George Frideric Handel — Song · desert is.land