Anthony Newley

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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

Anthony Newley — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Bill Kenwright
Bill Kenwright on giving his mother and aunt postcards that made them cry
Castaway · 14 June 1998Sue Lawley

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

Oliver Ford on finding himself in the middle of a minefield

Castaway · 5 March 1977Roy Plomley

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Ronnie Corbett on his first job issuing animal feed coupons

Castaway · 29 May 1971Roy Plomley