Stephen Foster

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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

Stephen Foster — Composer · desert is.land

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Sister Wendy Beckett on her father's return from war and her loss of status
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Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe on holding his father as he died
Castaway · 5 June 2011Kirsty Young

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

JP Donleavy on Brendan Behan breaking into his cottage to read The Ginger Man

Castaway · 4 March 2007Kirsty Young

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Derek Tangye on being marooned on a tropical island near Tahiti

Castaway · 1 November 1980Roy Plomley

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How Sheridan Russell brought humane slaughter to Italian slaughterhouses

Castaway · 4 April 1970Roy Plomley