Choir of St John's College, Cambridge — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Choir of St John's College, Cambridge — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

10 episodes

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Biddy Baxter
Gemma Jones
George Guest
Jeffrey Archer
Professor Glyn Daniel
Professor Sharon Peacock
Ronald Lockley
Simon Armitage
Sir John Wilson
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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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

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

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Professor Glyn Daniel

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Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones on being a queen's guide

Castaway · 11 December 1976Roy Plomley

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George Guest

George Guest on why he would barely last a week on a desert island

Castaway · 31 July 1976Roy Plomley

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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How Montgomery refused to give in after his mother beat him for smoking

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