Utopia

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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

Utopia — Book · desert is.land

Book

3 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Professor A H Halsey
A H Halsey on learning to be bilingual between home and school
Castaway · 4 May 2003Sue Lawley
Thelma Holt
Thelma Holt on rescuing the Roundhouse with 40 rock concerts
Castaway · 23 November 1997Sue Lawley
Countess Elizabeth Longford

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

Elizabeth Longford on discovering that Queen Victoria and Albert had furious rows

Castaway · 11 August 1979Roy Plomley