Charles Dibdin — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Charles Dibdin

5 episodes

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5

Total castaways

1980s

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4

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Castaway · 11 June 1983

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

18°34′S 054°15′W

P D James

Castaway · 20 November 1982Roy Plomley

Charles Causley

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Charles Causley

Castaway · 1 December 1979Roy Plomley

Charles Dibdin — Composer · desert is.land