Ray Noble and His 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.

The listing

Transmission

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

Ray Noble and His Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Professor J K Galbraith
J K Galbraith on interrogating Nazi leaders like Goering and Speer
Castaway · 6 February 1982Roy Plomley
Buddy Rich
How a UFO buzzed Buddy Rich's car at 4am
Castaway · 9 May 1981Roy Plomley
Alan Jay Lerner

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

How losing an eye in an accident led Alan Jay Lerner to musical theatre

Castaway · 23 September 1978Roy Plomley

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James Stewart on his disastrous debut as an accordion player

Castaway · 25 May 1974Roy Plomley

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Michael Parkinson on learning nothing about bottles and a lot about women

Castaway · 19 February 1972Roy Plomley