English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

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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

English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard — Artist · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1970s

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Castaways who chose this

Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley on not being able to afford a stamp until pension day
Castaway · 22 April 1990Sue Lawley
Dorothy Dunnett
How running out of historical novels led Dorothy Dunnett to write her own
Castaway · 24 April 1982Roy Plomley
Brigadier Peter Young

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

Peter Young on the telegram his men sent to Hitler

Castaway · 2 April 1977Roy Plomley