Marian Anderson

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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

Marian Anderson — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Decades seen

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How a badly painted sign led Ralph Koltai to art school
Castaway · 23 August 1998Sue Lawley
Catherine Cookson

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

Catherine Cookson on the schoolyard fall that made her grow up

Castaway · 8 September 1984Roy Plomley

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How the musical Breakfast at Tiffany's flopped disastrously for Richard Chamberlain

Castaway · 14 March 1970Roy Plomley