Sailing — Rod Stewart — Song

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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Sailing — Rod Stewart — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Sailing — Rod Stewart

6 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Bob Champion
Captain Eric Brown (Winkle)
Derek Randall
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Hammond Innes
Martin Clunes

Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown
Eric Brown on interrogating Hermann Goering
Castaway · 14 November 2014Kirsty Young
Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes on learning his father had left his family before he died
Castaway · 18 September 2011Kirsty 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

Bob Champion

Bob Champion on watching the Grand National on the Pathé News aged nine

Castaway · 20 November 1988Michael Parkinson

Elisabeth Soderstrom

02°32′S 002°49′W

Elisabeth Soderstrom

Elisabeth Soderstrom on her son inviting friends to watch 'mummy, she's so funny'

Castaway · 8 December 1979Roy Plomley

Derek Randall

14°13′S 090°37′W

Derek Randall

Derek Randall on the fishy taste of strawberry jam

Castaway · 18 June 1977Roy Plomley

Hammond Innes

15°03′S 056°12′W

Hammond Innes

Hammond Innes on writing Attack Alarm on a gun site during the Battle of Britain

Castaway · 26 February 1972Roy Plomley

Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown

Martin Clunes

Elisabeth Soderstrom

Derek Randall

Hammond Innes