Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie

14 episodes

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Anna Raeburn
Annie Nightingale
Delia Smith
Helen Bradley
Herbert Kretzmer
Ian Stewart
John Gray
Lea Salonga
Michael Holroyd
Ned Sherrin
Penelope Keith
Philippe Petit
Professor George Steiner
Sir Frederick Ashton

Delia Smith
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Annie Nightingale

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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Ian Stewart

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Professor George Steiner

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Ned Sherrin

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Sir Frederick Ashton

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Anna Raeburn

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Penelope Keith

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Helen Bradley

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Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie — Song · desert is.land