Turlough O'Carolan

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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

Turlough O'Carolan — Composer · desert is.land

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3 episodes

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1990s

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Brian Keenan

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

Brian Keenan on driving his fellow hostage insane with his unmelodic singing

Castaway · 23 December 1990Sue Lawley