John Dankworth

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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

John Dankworth — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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Total castaways

1970s

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Cleo Laine
Cleo Laine on the New Year's Eve kiss with Johnny Dankworth
Castaway · 31 August 1997Sue Lawley

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

John Dankworth on pretending his saxophone was a bassoon

Castaway · 2 March 1986Michael Parkinson

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Derek Jacobi on portraying old Claudius before young Claudius

Castaway · 10 June 1978Roy Plomley