Bridge Over Troubled Water — Paul Simon — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Bridge Over Troubled Water — Paul Simon — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Bridge Over Troubled Water — Paul Simon

6 episodes

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Brian Cox
Gareth Malone
Jonathon Porritt
Lord Montagu
Marti Webb
Phil Edmonds

Brian Cox
Brian Cox on his sister presenting him from behind a coal bunker curtain
Castaway · 29 March 2020Lauren Laverne
Gareth Malone
Gareth Malone on the painful moment he couldn't sing, with his father and teacher joining in
Castaway · 25 December 2016Kirsty Young

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

Jonathon Porritt

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Lord Montagu

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Phil Edmonds

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Castaway · 19 October 1986Michael Parkinson

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Marti Webb

Marti Webb on how a friend’s suggestion led to her taking over as Evita

Castaway · 22 May 1982Roy Plomley