Nicolai Ghiaurov

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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

Nicolai Ghiaurov — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

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1980s

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Frances Wood
Frances Wood on hanging upside down on a trapeze in the garden
Castaway · 5 December 2010Kirsty Young
Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna on hearing 'You will die in three months'
Castaway · 16 August 2009Kirsty Young
Willard White

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

Willard White on saying Othello's first line fifty three different ways

Castaway · 7 November 1999Sue Lawley

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How her husband's 'Well, then write' turned Rachel Billington into a novelist

Castaway · 1 January 1983Roy Plomley