Dancing Queen — ABBA — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Dancing Queen — ABBA — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Dancing Queen — ABBA

14 episodes

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Ann Daniels
Britt Ekland
Clive Stafford Smith
Jonathan Agnew
Karren Brady
Kate Mosse
Kylie Minogue
Marianela Núñez
Martina Navratilova
Professor Michele Dougherty
Rt Hon Theresa May
Samantha Power
Sir Ian McKellen
Trevor Sorbie

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Marianela Núñez
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Castaway · 29 December 2024Lauren Laverne

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

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Jonathan Agnew

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Castaway · 17 February 2013Kirsty Young

Martina Navratilova

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Karren Brady

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Ann Daniels

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Clive Stafford Smith

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Sir Ian McKellen

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Britt Ekland

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