When I'm Cleaning Windows — George Formby

Tuning in…

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

When I'm Cleaning Windows — George Formby — Song · desert is.land

Song

3 episodes

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Peter Layton
Peter Layton on his year in Israel with Habonim
Castaway · 7 June 2026Lauren Laverne
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson on finding he didn’t enjoy power as editor of the New Statesman
Castaway · 15 January 2012Kirsty Young
Janet Street-Porter

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Janet Street-Porter on her childhood fantasy of being a swapped baby

Castaway · 23 November 2008Kirsty Young