Martha and the Vandellas

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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

Transmission

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

Martha and the Vandellas — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

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David Gilmour
David Gilmour on ignoring his parents' advice to have something to fall back on
Castaway · 6 April 2003Sue Lawley

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

How a backstage chat after an Edinburgh show won Andy Hamilton his BBC break

Castaway · 27 April 1997Sue Lawley

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How a 1959 Burgundy took Jancis Robinson to another place

Castaway · 27 October 1996Sue Lawley