Willie Nelson

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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

Willie Nelson — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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Total castaways

2010s

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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

Frank Warren on being shot and initially thinking it was a joke

Castaway · 24 January 2010Kirsty Young

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Martin Bell on what TV wouldn't broadcast from the Bosnian war

Castaway · 15 July 2001Sue Lawley