Hank Williams

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

Hank Williams — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1990s

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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

Jools Holland on playing piano in pubs for £7.50 a night

Castaway · 5 October 1997Sue Lawley

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Alan Yentob on his mother's objection to the term 'immigrant family'

Castaway · 8 October 1995Sue Lawley