Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic 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.

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Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

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2 episodes

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Total castaways

1960s

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Lavinia Young on mumbling 'Man's inhumanity to man' as bombs fell
Castaway · 21 December 1964Roy Plomley

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