One Day Like This — Elbow — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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One Day Like This — Elbow — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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One Day Like This — Elbow

6 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Dame Katherine Grainger
Dawn French
Greg Jackson
Rebecca Adlington
Sir Michael Caine
Sir Philip Craven

Greg Jackson
Greg Jackson on calling his product officer at 10pm to order 5,000 electric blankets
Castaway · 8 October 2023Lauren Laverne
Dame Katherine Grainger
Katherine Grainger on the day she failed to make the senior rowing team despite being convinced she would
Castaway · 26 February 2017Kirsty Young

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

Sir Philip Craven

Philip Craven on seeing wheelchair basketball just two days after his accident

Castaway · 4 December 2016Kirsty Young

Rebecca Adlington

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Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca Adlington on the cameraman who found her parents in 17,000 people

Castaway · 14 June 2015Kirsty Young

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Dawn French

Dawn French on expecting a unicorn and a crown from the Queen Mother

Castaway · 23 December 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