Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink

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desert is.land

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

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Haitink — Artist · desert is.land

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1980s

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John Bird on performing when no one else would for the money
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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders on initially repelling Dawn French
Castaway · 22 December 1996Sue Lawley
Rachel Billington

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 her husband's 'Well, then write' turned Rachel Billington into a novelist

Castaway · 1 January 1983Roy Plomley