Emmylou Harris

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Transmission

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

Emmylou Harris — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

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1990s

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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro on greeting his classmates with 'Howdy?'
Castaway · 17 February 2002Sue 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

Jennifer Saunders on initially repelling Dawn French

Castaway · 22 December 1996Sue Lawley

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Ben Elton on his teenage plan to leave school and sweep up backstage

Castaway · 29 September 1996Sue Lawley