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desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

10 episodes

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10

Total castaways

1990s

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3

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Castaways who chose this

Chris Bonnington
Clarkson Rose
Henrietta
Hubert Gregg
Lord Tebbit
Marchioness of Tavistock
Margaret Kelly - Miss Bluebell
Peter Alliss
Sir Alan Cobham
Sir Michael Hordern

Chris Bonnington
Castaway · 6 June 1999Sue Lawley
Lord Tebbit
Norman Tebbit on the moment the Brighton bomb brought down his hotel room
Castaway · 29 November 1992Sue Lawley
Marchioness of Tavistock

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Castaway · 3 May 1992

00°33′S 084°18′W

Henrietta

How a banana thrown across the room proved to Henrietta her husband was recovering

Castaway · 3 May 1992Sue Lawley

Margaret Kelly - Miss Bluebell

22°06′S 150°54′W

Margaret Kelly - Miss Bluebell

Miss Bluebell on hiding her husband in an attic for two and a half years in Nazi-occupied Paris

Castaway · 7 February 1988Michael Parkinson

05°16′S 023°33′W

Peter Alliss

Peter Alliss on nearly killing someone in the RF regiment

Castaway · 29 March 1987Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Hordern

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Sir Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern on being compared to an Armenian carpet seller

Castaway · 15 February 1987Michael Parkinson

15°10′S 015°33′W

Hubert Gregg

Castaway · 4 April 1966Roy Plomley

09°36′S 129°37′W

Clarkson Rose

Castaway · 24 December 1962Roy Plomley

Sir Alan Cobham

08°18′S 124°30′W

Sir Alan Cobham

Castaway · 28 May 1962Roy Plomley