Fred E. Ahlert

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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

Fred E. Ahlert — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

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Decades seen

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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

Patrick Lichfield on his first photography session with Jacqueline Bissett and Charlotte Rampling

Castaway · 31 October 1981Roy Plomley

09°55′S 123°50′W

Ben Travers on being too sorry for a fish to keep it

Castaway · 10 May 1975Roy Plomley