My Way — Frank Sinatra — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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My Way — Frank Sinatra — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

My Way — Frank Sinatra

21 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Alan Minter
Anthony Grey
Arsène Wenger
Barry John
David Broome
Doris Stokes
Ed Mirvish (Honest)
Edna Adan Ismail
Geoff Boycott
Harry Carpenter
Hilary Devey
Jimmy Tarbuck
John Caudwell
Lord Tebbit
Mohamed Amin
Norman Bailey
Sir Michael Caine
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
Sir Stanley Kalms
Stewart Granger
Wilbur Smith

John Caudwell
John Caudwell on his childhood fantasy of giving five pound notes from a Rolls-Royce
Castaway · 23 January 2022Lauren Laverne
Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger on relaxing by watching other managers suffer
Castaway · 22 November 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

Edna Adan Ismail

Edna Adan Ismail on delivering the first baby at her own maternity hospital

Castaway · 22 October 2017Kirsty Young

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Hilary Devey

Hilary Devey on discovering her father was already married with four children

Castaway · 28 October 2012Kirsty Young

Sir Michael Caine

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Sir Michael Caine

Michael Caine on his mother still working as a cleaner after he became a millionaire

Castaway · 20 December 2009Kirsty Young

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Jimmy Tarbuck

Jimmy Tarbuck on being brought home by policemen for stealing apples

Castaway · 11 January 2004Sue Lawley

Sir Stanley Kalms

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Sir Stanley Kalms

Stanley Kalms on his headmaster saying he was lucky to pass his exams

Castaway · 1 July 2001Sue Lawley

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Lord Tebbit

Norman Tebbit on the moment the Brighton bomb brought down his hotel room

Castaway · 29 November 1992Sue Lawley

Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

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Sir Peregrine Worsthorne

How a four-letter word on TV cost Peregrine Worsthorne the Sunday Telegraph editorship

Castaway · 19 July 1992Sue Lawley

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Mohamed Amin

How a chance phone call put Mohamed Amin through to Idi Amin

Castaway · 12 July 1992Sue Lawley

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Doris Stokes

Doris Stokes on seeing spirit children as a young girl after rheumatic fever

Castaway · 6 April 1985Roy Plomley

Ed Mirvish (Honest)

06°35′S 110°29′W

'Honest' Ed Mirvish

Ed Mirvish on buying a theatre 3,000 miles away sight unseen

Castaway · 24 March 1984Roy Plomley

21°16′S 109°58′W

Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith on writing his first novel on government stationery

Castaway · 25 September 1982Roy Plomley

Stewart Granger

04°18′S 173°32′W

Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger on the guilt of surviving his battalion's annihilation

Castaway · 25 April 1981Roy Plomley

14°15′S 109°41′W

David Broome

David Broome on first being lifted into the saddle aged two and a quarter

Castaway · 14 February 1981Roy Plomley

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Alan Minter

Alan Minter on holding the school record for canings

Castaway · 29 November 1980Roy Plomley

04°57′S 179°46′W

Barry John

Barry John on deciding to quit rugby at his peak

Castaway · 9 December 1978Roy Plomley

21°26′S 121°16′W

Norman Bailey

How Norman Bailey would use a pocket calculator to count grains of sand

Castaway · 23 October 1976Roy Plomley

00°45′S 062°09′W

Geoff Boycott

Geoff Boycott on teaching monkeys to bowl coconuts

Castaway · 10 April 1971Roy Plomley

Harry Carpenter

18°51′S 093°58′W

Harry Carpenter

Harry Carpenter on deciding to avoid his father's fish business

Castaway · 26 September 1970Roy Plomley

02°57′S 056°22′W

Anthony Grey

Anthony Grey on renaming Desert Island Discs 'Donatitis Discs'

Castaway · 1 November 1969Roy Plomley