Boris Christoff

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

Boris Christoff — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

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1950s

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John Tooley on accepting he lacked the talent to be a singer
Castaway · 11 October 1980Roy Plomley
Boris Christoff

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

Boris Christoff on being mistaken for dead by his singing teacher

Castaway · 18 August 1979Roy Plomley

00°42′S 167°04′W

Earl of Harewood on reading Grove's musical dictionary up to the letter S as a POW

Castaway · 25 December 1965Roy Plomley

11°31′S 151°52′W

John Osborne on how Laurence Olivier jokingly asked for a part in The Entertainer

Castaway · 19 January 1959Roy Plomley