Ewan MacColl

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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

Ewan MacColl — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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Total castaways

2000s

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Castaways who chose this

Michael Rosen
How a 200-yard walk made Michael Rosen realise he'd been fired from the BBC
Castaway · 6 August 2006Sue Lawley
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger on being dressed in model's gear to meet Ewan MacColl
Castaway · 8 July 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

Peter Melchett on feeling nervous during direct action against GM crops

Castaway · 30 January 2000Sue Lawley

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Jacob Bronowski on telling the BBC he didn't mean to make a science series like Kenneth Clark's

Castaway · 5 January 1974Roy Plomley