Sandie Shaw

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

Sandie Shaw — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw on choosing waitressing over touring to keep her integrity
Castaway · 26 December 2010Kirsty Young
Nigel Nicolson
Nigel Nicolson on Virginia Woolf asking about his school lies
Castaway · 12 March 1995Sue Lawley
Quentin Crewe

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

Quentin Crewe on crossing the Sahara without missing music

Castaway · 21 January 1984Roy Plomley

17°49′S 156°52′W

Marlene Dietrich on giving up the violin because she hated doing things in halves

Castaway · 4 January 1965Roy Plomley