Bart Howard

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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

Bart Howard — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1980s

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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 researching Parisian tarts nearly made Shirley MacLaine quit acting

Castaway · 5 November 1983Roy Plomley

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Allan Prior on knocking over his boss's inkwell to land his first job

Castaway · 13 January 1979Roy Plomley