Mantovani and his Orchestra

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

Mantovani and his Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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9 episodes

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1960s

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Al Read
Arthur English
Barbara Woodhouse
Eddie Waring
Eve Stewart
Gracie Fields
Jon Vickers
Ray Cooney
Ray Reardon

Eve Stewart
How Eve Stewart's father went to a party and never came back
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Ray Cooney
Ray Cooney on his school joke about 'beat roots'
Castaway · 15 December 1984Roy Plomley
Arthur English

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

How Arthur English went from Windmill audition to show in two hours

Castaway · 7 May 1983Roy Plomley

Barbara Woodhouse

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Barbara Woodhouse

Barbara Woodhouse on riding her cows after they stopped giving milk

Castaway · 28 June 1980Roy Plomley

Ray Reardon

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Ray Reardon

Ray Reardon on being buried alive for three hours

Castaway · 24 March 1979Roy Plomley

Eddie Waring

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Eddie Waring

Eddie Waring on being the first rugby league writer to tour Australia in 1946

Castaway · 23 February 1974Roy Plomley

Jon Vickers

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Jon Vickers

Jon Vickers on the ball he bounced on a nail that his father thought he'd broken on purpose

Castaway · 23 March 1968Roy Plomley

Al Read

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Al Read

Al Read on the decorator who told him his wall was bellying

Castaway · 19 April 1965Roy Plomley

Gracie Fields

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Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields on sitting on a step and singing for pennies

Castaway · 25 December 1961Roy Plomley