Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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

Tess of the d'Urbervilles — Book · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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Pat Albeck
Pat Albeck on watching people ignore her dress in Fenwick's window
Castaway · 22 March 2015Kirsty Young
Twiggy
Twiggy on being called Styx before becoming Twiggy
Castaway · 8 January 1989Sue Lawley
Jane Asher

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

Jane Asher on becoming an actress because of her red hair

Castaway · 3 April 1988Michael Parkinson

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How Richard Buckle spent £75,000 to save Diaghilev's costumes

Castaway · 15 September 1979Roy Plomley