I Just Called to Say I Love You — Stevie Wonder — Song · desert is.land

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I Just Called to Say I Love You — Stevie Wonder — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

I Just Called to Say I Love You — Stevie Wonder

11 episodes

Castaways who chose this

Antony Gormley
Dennis Skinner
General Sir Charles Guthrie
Jackie Stewart
Kaffe Fassett
Ken Dodd
Lenny Henry
Maya Angelou
Phil Edmonds
Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP
Virginia Holgate

General Sir Charles Guthrie
How a bombing raid seemed frightfully exciting to a young Charles Guthrie
Castaway · 30 July 2000Sue Lawley
Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley on his wife giving him 'birth' through plaster body casts
Castaway · 10 May 1998Sue Lawley
Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Virginia Bottomley on being told she didn't enjoy being a child

Castaway · 3 October 1993Sue Lawley

20°03′S 127°22′W

Kaffe Fassett

How a fellow passenger taught Kaffe Fassett to knit on a train

Castaway · 1 July 1990Sue Lawley

00°41′S 092°50′W

Ken Dodd

How Ken Dodd sent away for itching powder and stink bombs

Castaway · 3 June 1990Sue Lawley

03°12′S 147°08′W

Dennis Skinner

Dennis Skinner on being chased by bullies with a penknife

Castaway · 7 January 1990Sue Lawley

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Lenny Henry

How a postcard from Vegas made Lenny Henry glad he lost New Faces

Castaway · 7 May 1989Sue Lawley

19°29′S 054°56′W

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou on the moment poetry gave her back her voice

Castaway · 2 August 1987Michael Parkinson

02°05′S 161°50′W

Phil Edmonds

Phil Edmonds on his family being ostracized as 'Kaffa Booties' in Zambia

Castaway · 19 October 1986Michael Parkinson

Virginia Holgate

07°06′S 019°17′W

Virginia Holgate

Virginia Holgate on her mother's ultimatum: eat or stop riding

Castaway · 10 August 1986Michael Parkinson

02°17′S 166°28′W

Jackie Stewart

Jackie Stewart on learning about timing from a deer stalker on Loch Lomond

Castaway · 22 June 1986Michael Parkinson