Orchestra of La Scala Milan

Tuning in…

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

Orchestra of La Scala Milan — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1990s

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Michael Green
Michael Green on choosing playing cards over O levels
Castaway · 16 May 1999Sue Lawley
J G Ballard
J G Ballard on waiting 40 years to write his autobiography
Castaway · 2 February 1992Sue Lawley
Rt. Hon. Lord Shinwell

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

Shinwell on the generals who threatened to resign when he arrived at the War Office

Castaway · 20 May 1978Roy Plomley

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Léon Goossens on getting a bullet on the fifth of November 1918

Castaway · 15 February 1960Roy Plomley