Arnold Bax

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“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

Arnold Bax — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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1980s

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Vernon Handley

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

Vernon Handley on how his walk earned him the nickname Todd

Castaway · 10 November 1984Roy Plomley

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Ron Goodwin on discovering his love of music at a school orchestra

Castaway · 11 August 1984Roy Plomley