Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

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“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

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Castaway · 13 December 1998Sue Lawley
Sir Ian Trethowan
Ian Trethowan on being told he was not a star by BBC Television boss Hugh Weldon
Castaway · 4 March 1990Sue Lawley
John Harvey-Jones

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

John Harvey-Jones on his fifth birthday with a state band playing Happy Birthday out of tune

Castaway · 19 January 1985Roy Plomley