The Swingle Singers

Tuning in…

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

The Swingle Singers — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Sherrill Milnes
Sherrill Milnes on building something substantial to escape a desert island
Castaway · 10 January 1976Roy Plomley
Patricia Hayes
Patricia Hayes on a down-and-out woman asking to sit on her lap
Castaway · 19 April 1975Roy Plomley

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

Val Doonican on asking the BBC head of Light Music for a radio series with no work lined up

Castaway · 17 January 1970Roy Plomley