Jackie Wilson

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desert is.land

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

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Transmission

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

Jackie Wilson — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy on writing 'To Be Loved' after his wife kicked him out
Castaway · 22 May 2016Kirsty Young
Pauline Quirke

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

Pauline Quirke on having a plaster cast made for The Sculptress

Castaway · 5 May 1996Sue Lawley

01°20′S 173°22′W

Leslie Grantham on buying cat food for a cat he didn't have

Castaway · 9 April 1989Sue Lawley

05°58′S 048°53′W

Trevor Brooking on being forced to practise with only his weaker foot as a child

Castaway · 2 January 1982Roy Plomley