City of London Sinfonia

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

City of London Sinfonia — Artist · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1990s

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Irene Thomas

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

Irene Thomas on being dismissed as a 'jamped up chorus girl' by Round Britain Quiz

Castaway · 26 January 1997Sue Lawley