Bobby Troup

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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

Bobby Troup — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Chris Patten on predicting to John Major that he would lose his seat in Bath
Castaway · 3 November 1996Sue Lawley
Adele Leigh

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

Adele Leigh on bursting into tears after her first night applause in Follies

Castaway · 10 January 1988Michael Parkinson

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Barry Cryer on making a living out of glibness

Castaway · 22 November 1987Michael Parkinson