I Want to Hold Your Hand — The Beatles — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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I Want to Hold Your Hand — The Beatles — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

I Want to Hold Your Hand — The Beatles

8 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Bruce Springsteen
Felicity Green
George Martin
Jerry Springer
Kaffe Fassett
Mary Archer
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sir Terry Leahy

Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen on putting on his father's clothes on stage
Castaway · 18 December 2016Kirsty Young
Sir Terry Leahy
Terry Leahy on being the class clown at school
Castaway · 3 February 2013Kirsty Young
Felicity Green

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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