Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra

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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

Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

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Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies on being pushed off stage in the chorus
Castaway · 19 June 1988Michael Parkinson
Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright on turning down a seven-year film contract
Castaway · 24 January 1981Roy Plomley

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

Barry Norman on being hurled into a racial maelstrom as a 19-year-old journalist

Castaway · 25 August 1979Roy Plomley

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Dudley Moore on going spare after two days alone in Positano

Castaway · 15 November 1969Roy Plomley