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What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong — Song · desert is.land

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What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong

29 episodes

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75 Years of Desert Island Discs
Beryl Vertue
Bishop John Sentamu
Christina Lamb
Dame Louise Casey
Denise Robertson
Desert Island Discs at 75
Gavin Laird
John Cleese
Karan Bilimoria
Kay Mellor
Kiri Te Kanawa
Kylie Minogue
Louis Armstrong
Malorie Blackman
Marco Pierre White
Michael Bond
Mollie Harris
Neil Simon
Nicholas Parsons
Nicole Kidman
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Searle
Simon Weston
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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

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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

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Cilla Black on being handed a mic to sing at a club at sixteen

Castaway · 28 January 2017Kirsty Young

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Kylie Minogue

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Sir Ben Ainslie

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Malorie Blackman

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Beryl Vertue

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Castaway · 20 January 2013Kirsty Young

Denise Robertson

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Nicholas Parsons

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Castaway · 4 November 2007Kirsty Young

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Ronald Searle

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Karan Bilimoria

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Karan Bilimoria

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Castaway · 13 June 2004Sue Lawley

Bishop John Sentamu

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John Sentamu on reciting Psalms as guards went for lunch

Castaway · 22 June 2003Sue Lawley

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Ronald Harwood

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Castaway · 27 August 2000Sue Lawley

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Willard White

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman on her naked handshake deal with Sam Mendes

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John Cleese

John Cleese on fleeing the Footlights desk in confusion

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Simon Weston

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Neil Simon

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Castaway · 14 May 1995Sue Lawley

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Gavin Laird

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Will Carling

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Marco Pierre White

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Mollie Harris

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Kiri Te Kanawa

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Michael Bond

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Sir Alec Rose

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Louis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong

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