The crowd at Cardiff Arms Park

Tuning in…

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

The crowd at Cardiff Arms Park — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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1990s

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Max Boyce

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

Max Boyce on blanking out while reciting a poem as a child

Castaway · 23 April 1983Roy Plomley