Peter Hurford

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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

Peter Hurford — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

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Leon Brittan on not being arrogant but seeming arrogant
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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

Janet Baker on working in a bank after leaving school

Castaway · 7 August 1982Roy Plomley