Andrea Bocelli

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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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Transmission

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

Andrea Bocelli — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

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Decades seen

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

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

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Castaway · 25 May 2003Sue Lawley

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Robert Swan on being hooked by Scott of the Antarctic aged 11

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