The Sleeping Beauty — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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The Sleeping Beauty — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

The Sleeping Beauty — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

18 episodes

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Alec Robertson
Alicia Markova
Charlotte Rampling
Dame Alicia Markova
Dame Beryl Grey
Dame Ninette De Valois
John Copley
June Spencer
Leonard Rosoman
Leslie Baily
Lord Killanin
Marguerite Wolff
Marianela Núñez
Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP
Sir Roy Strong
Sue MacGregor
Terry Scott
Vivienne Westwood

Marianela Núñez
Marianela Núñez on choosing a plane ticket over her quinceañera
Castaway · 29 December 2024Lauren Laverne
June Spencer
June Spencer on climbing to the highest point of a desert island to shout Hallelujah
Castaway · 22 December 2024Lauren Laverne

desert is.land

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

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Broadcasting since 1942
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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

Roy Strong on feeling he was where he should have been from the start

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John Copley

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Marguerite Wolff

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Dame Alicia Markova

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Leonard Rosoman

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Dame Beryl Grey

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Sue MacGregor

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Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP

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Vivienne Westwood

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Dame Ninette De Valois

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Castaway · 17 February 1991Sue Lawley

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Lord Killanin

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Castaway · 11 October 1987Michael Parkinson

Charlotte Rampling

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Alec Robertson

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Terry Scott

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Leslie Baily

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Alicia Markova

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