Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by David Willcocks

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

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by David Willcocks — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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Castaway · 5 December 1981Roy 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

Neville Marriner on lining up children against each other at competitive music festivals

Castaway · 13 December 1980Roy Plomley

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J H Plumb on wrapping himself in the family standard to keep warm

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