David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh

Tuning in…

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

David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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1970s

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Alan Coren
Alan Coren on selling his first piece to Punch
Castaway · 21 January 1978Roy Plomley
John Curry
John Curry on winning the Hop, Skip and a Jump Competition
Castaway · 12 February 1977Roy Plomley
Henry Cecil

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

How a bottle of aspirin would be Henry Cecil's means of escape

Castaway · 8 July 1972Roy Plomley