Val Doonican

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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

Val Doonican — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

4 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1960s

Peak decade

Decades seen

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Virginia McKenna on her father keeping a snake called George and two bush babies
Castaway · 26 September 2004Sue 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

Douglas Bader on landing on one leg after his prosthetic came off during a parachute jump

Castaway · 28 November 1981Roy Plomley

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How thin walls helped Arthur Askey learn the piano

Castaway · 23 December 1968Roy Plomley