Begin the Beguine — Cole Porter — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Begin the Beguine — Cole Porter

7 episodes

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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

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

·Sue Lawley

Patricia Neal

13°34′S 009°00′W

Patricia Neal

Castaway · 14 August 1988Michael Parkinson

George Abbott

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George Abbott

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Mel Brooks

03°38′S 066°32′W

Mel Brooks

Castaway · 1 July 1978Roy Plomley

Bing Crosby

00°02′S 090°43′W

Bing Crosby

Castaway · 27 December 1975Roy Plomley

Begin the Beguine — Cole Porter — Song · desert is.land

Barbara Hulanicki

Jocelyn Stevens

Sir Robin Day

Patricia Neal

George Abbott

Mel Brooks

Bing Crosby