Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

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

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles — Artist · desert is.land

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4 episodes

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Total castaways

2000s

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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy on writing 'To Be Loved' after his wife kicked him out
Castaway · 22 May 2016Kirsty Young
Brian May
How a Concorde flight to Madison Square Garden won over Brian May's father
Castaway · 15 September 2002Sue Lawley
Betty Jackson

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

Betty Jackson on driving into a tree after her car's steering failed

Castaway · 28 April 2002Sue Lawley

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

Castaway · 2 January 1982Roy Plomley