The Koran — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Koran — Book · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Koran

6 episodes

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6

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2000s

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2

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Clive Stafford Smith
David Gilmour
James Clavell
Lord Woolf
Michael Deeley
Wangari Maathai

Michael Deeley
Michael Deeley on the secret exhilaration of surviving a shooting in Malaya
Castaway · 14 December 2008Kirsty Young
Lord Woolf
Harry Woolf on his mother's view that being a barrister was just a hobby
Castaway · 1 June 2008Kirsty Young
Wangari Maathai

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
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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

Wangari Maathai on redefining her name after being given Christian names

Castaway · 1 July 2007Kirsty Young

Clive Stafford Smith

08°22′S 147°25′W

Clive Stafford Smith

Clive Stafford Smith on seeing a picture of Joan of Arc being burnt at the stake

Castaway · 21 November 2004Sue Lawley

13°36′S 062°49′W

David Gilmour

David Gilmour on ignoring his parents' advice to have something to fall back on

Castaway · 6 April 2003Sue Lawley

05°24′S 050°23′W

James Clavell

James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW

Castaway · 14 November 1981Roy Plomley