Gordon Jenkins

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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

Gordon Jenkins — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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1980s

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Castaway · 20 June 1981Roy Plomley

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 a UFO buzzed Buddy Rich's car at 4am

Castaway · 9 May 1981Roy Plomley

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Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin on both saying snap to the same joke

Castaway · 12 December 1955Roy Plomley