Jerusalem — Sir Hubert Parry — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Jerusalem — Sir Hubert Parry — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Jerusalem — Sir Hubert Parry

28 episodes

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Ara Darzi
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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Jack Rosenthal
Katharine Hamnett
Kevin Sinfield
Lord Joffe
Lord King
Lord Stevens
Martin Gilbert
Michael Green
Mike Harding
Miriam Margolyes
Nicole Kidman
Noel Edmonds
Oliver Ford
Professor Barry Cunliffe
Rocco Forte
Roy Hattersley
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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

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Most requested
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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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