Buffy Sainte-Marie

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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

Buffy Sainte-Marie — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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1980s

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Fay Weldon on the earthquake before her birth
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John Pilger on passing out in the morgue as a young cadet reporter
Castaway · 18 February 1990Sue Lawley
Fay Weldon

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

Fay Weldon on writing a television play while waiting for her second son to be born

Castaway · 23 February 1980Roy Plomley