The Complete Plays

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desert is.land

“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

The Complete Plays — Book · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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1980s

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Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Brandreth on applying to become an MP the day his youngest daughter became a teenager
Castaway · 9 January 2011Kirsty Young
Paul Abbott
Paul Abbott on knocking on his mother's door and discovering he'd been swapped
Castaway · 11 February 2007Kirsty Young

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

Chris Haskins on getting paid £5 to write about the Aldermaston march

Castaway · 14 December 1997Sue Lawley

11°36′S 148°55′W

Vlado Perlemuter on improvising piano for silent films

Castaway · 14 July 1984Roy Plomley