Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

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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

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable — Book · desert is.land

Book

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham on how people shouted 'Black and white don't mix' at her and Paul Danqua
Castaway · 19 June 2022Lauren Laverne
Celia Imrie
Celia Imrie on being told she was too big for ballet at age 11
Castaway · 13 February 2011Kirsty Young
Quentin Crewe

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

Quentin Crewe on crossing the Sahara without missing music

Castaway · 21 January 1984Roy Plomley

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Glyn Daniel on visiting every megalithic monument in southern Britain

Castaway · 7 November 1981Roy Plomley