Essays — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Essays

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

4

Total castaways

1990s

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3

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Alan Yentob
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Edith Day
Quentin Crewe

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Castaway · 16 June 1996Sue Lawley
Alan Yentob
Castaway · 8 October 1995

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

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

12°01′S 165°03′W

Edith Day

Castaway · 20 August 1962Roy Plomley

Essays — Book · desert is.land