La Mer — Charles Trenet — Song

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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La Mer — Charles Trenet — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

La Mer — Charles Trenet

13 episodes

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Anne Reid
Celia Birtwell
Denise Robertson
Elspeth Huxley
Gerald Scarfe
Henrietta
Jill Balcon
Peter Mansfield
Philip Hope-Wallace
Robert Dougall
Robert Harris
Sir Stanley Kalms
Sir Tim Waterstone

Sir Tim Waterstone
Tim Waterstone on being fired from WH Smith
Castaway · 4 August 2019Lauren Laverne
Anne Reid
Anne Reid on crying in the hedge while caring for her family
Castaway · 13 July 2014Kirsty Young
Celia Birtwell

desert is.land

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

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Most requested
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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

Celia Birtwell on being hopeless with a needle and thread

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Denise Robertson

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Denise Robertson

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Robert Harris

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Robert Harris

Robert Harris on politics being his father's football

Castaway · 28 November 2010Kirsty Young

Jill Balcon

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Castaway · 14 October 2007Kirsty Young

Peter Mansfield

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Peter Mansfield

Peter Mansfield on climbing into his prototype MRI scanner in complete darkness

Castaway · 18 June 2006Sue Lawley

Sir Stanley Kalms

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Sir Stanley Kalms

Stanley Kalms on his headmaster saying he was lucky to pass his exams

Castaway · 1 July 2001Sue Lawley

Henrietta

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Henrietta

How a banana thrown across the room proved to Henrietta her husband was recovering

Castaway · 3 May 1992Sue Lawley

Gerald Scarfe

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Gerald Scarfe

How Gerald Scarfe couldn't draw what he saw in Vietnam

Castaway · 12 March 1989Sue Lawley

Elspeth Huxley

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Elspeth Huxley

Elspeth Huxley on not hearing proper music until she was eighteen

Castaway · 17 October 1981Roy Plomley

Robert Dougall

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Robert Dougall

Robert Dougall on watching wax models writhe in a fire during the Blitz

Castaway · 8 January 1977Roy Plomley

Philip Hope-Wallace

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Philip Hope-Wallace

How Philip Hope-Wallace was laughed at for naming Handel and Verdi as favourite composers at Oxford

Castaway · 30 March 1974Roy Plomley