Peter, Paul and Mary — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Peter, Paul and Mary — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Peter, Paul and Mary

6 episodes

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6

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2010s

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4

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Kate Atkinson
Marianne Elliott
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Marianne Elliott
Marianne Elliott on hiding under the table as a child
Castaway · 29 July 2018Kirsty Young

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Sir Philip Craven

Philip Craven on seeing wheelchair basketball just two days after his accident

Castaway · 4 December 2016Kirsty Young

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Jerry Springer

Jerry Springer on resigning from Cincinnati City Council after visiting a prostitute

Castaway · 1 November 2009Kirsty Young

Shirley MacLaine

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Shirley MacLaine

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Sir Edmund Hillary

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Sir Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary on concluding that the Yeti is mythological

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