Grimethorpe Colliery Band

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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

Grimethorpe Colliery Band — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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Decades seen

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Bill Morris

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

Bill Morris on being told sawdust grows on trees

Castaway · 22 November 1998Sue Lawley

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Jimmy Knapp on having to put his coat on to use the toilet at night as a boy

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Lesley Garrett on baring her bottom to dodge a Top C

Castaway · 10 October 1993Sue Lawley