The Lark Ascending — Ralph Vaughan Williams — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

The Lark Ascending — Ralph Vaughan Williams

27 episodes

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A G Street
Alan Titchmarsh
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Christine McVie
Dame Cicely Saunders
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Hilary McGrady
John Osborne
Joss Ackland
Judi Dench
Julie Andrews
Leslie Gilbert Illingworth
Lord Deedes
Most Rev Robert Runcie
Peter Sallis
Phil Redmond
Professor Barry Cunliffe
Professor Sharon Peacock
Richard Mabey
Rosalind Plowright
Rosemary Sutcliff
Sir Gordon Russell
Sonia Friedman
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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
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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Joss Ackland

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Judi Dench

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Richard Mabey

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Julie Andrews

Castaway · 18 October 1992Sue Lawley

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Rosalind Plowright

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Rosemary Sutcliff

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John Osborne

Castaway · 27 February 1982Roy Plomley

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Frank Muir

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Professor Barry Cunliffe

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Sir Gordon Russell

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Leslie Gilbert Illingworth

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The Lark Ascending — Ralph Vaughan Williams — Song · desert is.land