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desert is.land

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

Essays — Book · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1990s

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David Dimbleby
David Dimbleby on seeing women dance with knickers on their heads around his father
Castaway · 24 February 2008Kirsty Young
Quentin Crewe
Quentin Crewe on having to carry his umbrella flapping like a rook at Eton
Castaway · 16 June 1996Sue Lawley
Alan Yentob

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

Alan Yentob on his mother's objection to the term 'immigrant family'

Castaway · 8 October 1995Sue Lawley

12°01′S 165°03′W

Castaway · 20 August 1962Roy Plomley