O soave fanciulla (La Bohème) — Giacomo Puccini — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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O soave fanciulla (La Bohème) — Giacomo Puccini — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

O soave fanciulla (La Bohème) — Giacomo Puccini

13 episodes

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David Almond
Jeremy Bowen
Kate Adie
Ken Loach
Lauren Bacall
Lesley Manville
Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
Michael Bond
Most Rev Robert Runcie
Simon Murray
Sir Malcolm Walker
Sir Terence Rattigan
Trevor McDonald

Jeremy Bowen
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Lesley Manville
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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

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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