On the Origin of Species

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“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

On the Origin of Species — Book · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1990s

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Dr Max Perutz
Max Perutz on developing his picture with his heart in his throat
Castaway · 25 June 2000Sue Lawley
Susan Blackmore
Susan Blackmore on her out-of-body experience at Oxford
Castaway · 3 May 1998Sue Lawley
Sir George Christie

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

George Christie on his son asking to see a hostess's opera house

Castaway · 16 October 1994Sue Lawley