Mandy Patinkin

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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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Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Mandy Patinkin — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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2010s

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Blanche Marvin
Blanche Marvin on being killed off as Superman’s girlfriend to meet a man in Paris
Castaway · 16 November 2012Kirsty Young
Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon on telling her mother she'd never get married
Castaway · 6 November 2011Kirsty Young
Stephen Sondheim

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

How a lie from his mother led Stephen Sondheim to live with his father at 15

Castaway · 31 December 2000Sue Lawley

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David Hare on writing a play in four days after a playwright let him down

Castaway · 26 February 1989Sue Lawley