Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

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“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

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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2000s

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Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt on writing his earliest memory in the present tense
Castaway · 17 June 2001Sue Lawley
Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts on drawing every hotel bed he sleeps in on tour
Castaway · 25 February 2001Sue Lawley

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

Alan Plater on being the answer to a Radio Times crossword clue

Castaway · 15 October 1989Sue Lawley