Charles Penrose

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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

Charles Penrose — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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1980s

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Hugh Grant on not seeing a profit from Four Weddings' $300 million box office
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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

Twiggy on being called Styx before becoming Twiggy

Castaway · 8 January 1989Sue Lawley

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Ray Cooney on his school joke about 'beat roots'

Castaway · 15 December 1984Roy Plomley