Die Fledermaus — Johann Strauss II — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Die Fledermaus — Johann Strauss II — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Die Fledermaus — Johann Strauss II

15 episodes

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Arthur English
Arthur Fiedler
Barbara Pym
Dame Beryl Grey
Eric Shilling
Frankie Howerd
HRH Princess Michael of Kent
Jonas Kaufmann
Kaye Webb
Peter Shaffer
Ronald Searle
Roy Plomley
Sir Nicholas Henderson
Sir Paul Gore-Booth

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Castaway · 10 July 2005Sue Lawley

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

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