The Glenn Miller 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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Transmission

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

The Glenn Miller Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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Geoffrey Smith
Geoffrey Smith on deciding at 14 to never work inside
Castaway · 7 June 1998Sue Lawley
James Stewart
James Stewart on being told to leave engineering because of his maths
Castaway · 17 December 1983Roy Plomley
Keith Waterhouse

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

Keith Waterhouse on being beckoned into Alfred Hitchcock's presence to polish dialogue

Castaway · 30 July 1983Roy Plomley

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Ted Allbeury on describing a naked couple as 'a nurse attending the wounded' in an intelligence test

Castaway · 22 September 1979Roy Plomley