Victor Borge

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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

Victor Borge — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1950s

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Decades seen

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Castaway · 19 March 1977Roy 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

George Thalben-Ball on accidentally triggering every organ effect during the national anthem

Castaway · 26 October 1959Roy Plomley

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How a fallen brick got Benno Moiseiwitsch expelled from school

Castaway · 27 October 1958Roy Plomley