The Count of Monte Cristo

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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 Count of Monte Cristo — Book · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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2020s

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Toto Wolff
Toto Wolff on leaving school with his sister because tuition fees were unpaid
Castaway · 30 July 2023Lauren Laverne
Bradley Walsh
Bradley Walsh on being let go by Brentford after fracturing both ankles
Castaway · 15 May 2022Lauren Laverne
Mark Johnston

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

How an apprentice jockey told Mark Johnston he never listened to a word he said

Castaway · 21 June 2020Lauren Laverne