St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

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Transmission

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

St. Paul's Cathedral Choir — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy on not reading a novel until 23 because the TV was always on
Castaway · 12 June 2011Kirsty Young
Bishop John Sentamu
John Sentamu on reciting Psalms as guards went for lunch
Castaway · 22 June 2003Sue Lawley
Sir Christopher Leaver

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

Christopher Leaver on his earliest memory of a ship's cabin flooding

Castaway · 13 February 1982Roy Plomley