Peter Pears and Julian Bream

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

Peter Pears and Julian Bream — Artist · desert is.land

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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

Julian Bream on being caught playing his father's guitar

Castaway · 9 July 1983Roy Plomley

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Peter Pears on scoring 81 not out at the Oval as a young cricketer

Castaway · 11 June 1983Roy Plomley