Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess) — George Gershwin

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess) — George Gershwin

7 episodes

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David Bailey
Frank Phillips
George Martin
Hal Prince
Julia McKenzie
Michael Crawford
Sir Trevor Nunn

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Michael Crawford
Castaway · 24 December 1999Sue Lawley
George Martin
Castaway · 19 November 1995

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

David Bailey

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David Bailey

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Hal Prince

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Hal Prince

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Julia McKenzie

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Julia McKenzie

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Frank Phillips

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Frank Phillips

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Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess) — George Gershwin — Song · desert is.land

Sir Trevor Nunn

Michael Crawford

George Martin

David Bailey

Hal Prince

Julia McKenzie

Frank Phillips