Richard Dimbleby

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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

Richard Dimbleby — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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1950s

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David Dimbleby on receiving letters that say his father would be ashamed of him
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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

Richard Dimbleby on his first broadcast being an interview with a cow

Castaway · 13 October 1958Roy Plomley