Jimmy Forrest

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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

Jimmy Forrest — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

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Total castaways

2000s

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Martin Amis

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

Martin Amis on attending more than a dozen schools as a child

Castaway · 29 December 1996Sue Lawley