George Harrison — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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George Harrison — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

George Harrison

9 episodes

Chosen over the decades

9

Total castaways

1970s

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3

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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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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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Barry Sheene

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Eric Idle on being banned in Rutland

Castaway · 27 November 1976Roy Plomley

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Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg on being addicted to reading anything from sauce bottles to the Old Testament

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