Lead Belly

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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

Lead Belly — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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How Fred Zinnemann's violin playing made his baby brother cry and his dog howl
Castaway · 20 January 1991Sue Lawley
Tom Sharpe

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

Tom Sharpe on losing £36,555 in his first month as a bank clerk

Castaway · 3 November 1984Roy Plomley

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John Hurt on first stepping on stage at age nine

Castaway · 29 September 1984Roy Plomley