Frederica von Stade

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

Frederica von Stade — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1980s

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Tom Sharpe on losing £36,555 in his first month as a bank clerk
Castaway · 3 November 1984Roy Plomley

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

Gloria Swanson on being fired by Charlie Chaplin

Castaway · 4 July 1981Roy Plomley

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Glen Tetley on how a few movements earned him a contract from Jerome Robbins

Castaway · 7 July 1979Roy Plomley