Spike Jones and his City Slickers

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

Spike Jones and his City Slickers — Artist · desert is.land

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5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

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1980s

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Castaways who chose this

Sir Tom Jones
Tom Jones on his father going to work in the coal mine after he bought a Jaguar
Castaway · 26 September 2010Kirsty Young
Ernie Wise
Ernie Wise on becoming a headline act overnight aged 12
Castaway · 21 October 1990Sue 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

Ruggiero Ricci on being made to wear a velvet Lord Fauntleroy suit

Castaway · 9 April 1983Roy Plomley

00°00′S 168°27′W

Joseph Cotten on his bishop warning him the stage leads to hell

Castaway · 24 October 1981Roy Plomley

06°12′S 132°43′W

Ray Reardon on being buried alive for three hours

Castaway · 24 March 1979Roy Plomley