Domenico Scarlatti — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Domenico Scarlatti — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Domenico Scarlatti

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David Mitchell
Dr Elsie Hall
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Henry Marsh
Jean Plaidy
John Fortune
Peter Pears
Richard Buckle
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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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

Find a castaway
Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

John Fortune on the English master who changed his life by reading T.S. Eliot

Castaway · 12 December 2004Sue Lawley

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Jean Plaidy

How Hampton Court inspired Jean Plaidy to become a historical novelist

Castaway · 24 June 1972Roy Plomley

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Peter Pears

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Castaway · 21 July 1969Roy Plomley

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Dr Elsie Hall

Elsie Hall on refusing to play in uniform for South African troops

Castaway · 28 April 1969Roy Plomley