John Laurie

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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

John Laurie — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Castaways who chose this

Kenneth McKellar
Kenneth McKellar on leaving forestry for a singing scholarship at the Royal College of Music
Castaway · 1 January 1977Roy Plomley
John Laurie
How John Laurie was carried from Passchendale on a stretcher, unwounded
Castaway · 15 May 1976Roy Plomley
C P Snow

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

C P Snow on conceiving his novel series at 8.30pm on 1 January 1935

Castaway · 2 August 1975Roy Plomley