Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle — Artist · desert is.land

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5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris on the phone call that told her father was missing in action
Castaway · 21 December 2003Sue Lawley

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

Margaret Atwood on writing her first poem while crossing a football field

Castaway · 13 April 2003Sue Lawley

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How failing science exams ended Jeremy Irons's dream of being a vet

Castaway · 2 November 1986Michael Parkinson

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How a row about Paradise Lost led Sinead Cusack to leave university

Castaway · 28 May 1983Roy Plomley