The Mikado — Arthur Sullivan — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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The Mikado — Arthur Sullivan — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Mikado — Arthur Sullivan

16 episodes

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Alfred Hitchcock
Cormac Murphy O'Connor
Diana Athill
Dr Bill Frankland
Eve Stewart
Fay Maschler
Frances Edmonds
Glynis Johns
Jane Asher
John Allegro
Mike Leigh OBE
Owen Brannigan
Professor Russell Foster
Sir Frank Francis
Tristan Jones
Valerie Masterson

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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
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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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