Insect repellent — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Insect repellent — Luxury · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Luxury

Insect repellent

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

3

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

3

Decades seen

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Ann Haydon
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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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Most requested
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Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

11°10′S 146°45′W

Ann Haydon

Castaway · 26 June 1961Roy Plomley