Ray Noble

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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

Ray Noble — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

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1970s

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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

Ted Allbeury on describing a naked couple as 'a nurse attending the wounded' in an intelligence test

Castaway · 22 September 1979Roy Plomley

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How losing an eye in an accident led Alan Jay Lerner to musical theatre

Castaway · 23 September 1978Roy Plomley

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James Stewart on his disastrous debut as an accordion player

Castaway · 25 May 1974Roy Plomley