Pearl Bailey

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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

Pearl Bailey — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

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1960s

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Margaret Drabble on swallowing paracetamol out of bad temper
Castaway · 6 May 2001Sue Lawley

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

Adelaide Hall on accidentally inventing scat while humming to Ellington's 'Creole Love Call'

Castaway · 13 January 1991Sue Lawley

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Cliff Richard on how his stage name was invented over cider

Castaway · 31 October 1960Roy Plomley