Abe Holzmann

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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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Transmission

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

Abe Holzmann — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

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1980s

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Keith Waterhouse on being beckoned into Alfred Hitchcock's presence to polish dialogue
Castaway · 30 July 1983Roy Plomley
Hugh Lloyd

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

Hugh Lloyd on his decision never to laugh at his own jokes

Castaway · 7 June 1965Roy Plomley