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desert is.landest. 1942

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Language learning book — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Language learning book

6 episodes

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6

Total castaways

2000s

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4

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Angela Gheorghiu
Christopher Bruce
Frank Skinner
Gareth Malone
Nigel Hawthorne
Yvonne Brewster

Gareth Malone
Gareth Malone on the painful moment he couldn't sing, with his father and teacher joining in
Castaway · 25 December 2016Kirsty Young
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner on being expelled for embezzling school dinner tickets
Castaway · 13 June 2010Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

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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

Yvonne Brewster

Yvonne Brewster on being put out in the garden after showing her native costumes

Castaway · 27 March 2005Sue Lawley

Angela Gheorghiu

01°13′S 128°40′W

Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu on witnessing the fall of Ceaușescu

Castaway · 4 April 2004Sue Lawley

Christopher Bruce

12°07′S 146°44′W

Christopher Bruce

Christopher Bruce on his accent making him an outsider at Ballet Rambert

Castaway · 23 May 1999Sue Lawley

Nigel Hawthorne

08°01′S 108°02′W

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne on looking at people upside down through his legs

Castaway · 30 November 1986Michael Parkinson