Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong

Tuning in…

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

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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1980s

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Michael Ffolkes
Michael Ffolkes on selling his first cartoon aged ten
Castaway · 19 October 1984Roy Plomley
Willie Rushton
Willie Rushton on writing 'vile' in a biology exam
Castaway · 18 August 1984Roy Plomley

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

How Jeffrey Archer discovered he was £427,727 in debt

Castaway · 31 January 1981Roy Plomley

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Allan Prior on knocking over his boss's inkwell to land his first job

Castaway · 13 January 1979Roy Plomley