The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

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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

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company — Artist · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1980s

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Lord Rix
Brian Rix on being told to ‘put her away, forget her and start again’
Castaway · 1 March 2009Kirsty Young
Auberon Waugh
Auberon Waugh on failing to recognise his own daughter on a train
Castaway · 31 August 1986Michael Parkinson

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

John Dankworth on pretending his saxophone was a bassoon

Castaway · 2 March 1986Michael Parkinson