Desert Island Discs

podcast

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

#190 US · Society & Culture 2048 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 2 days ago
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All episodes

341–360 of 2048
Guy Singh-Watson Jul 1, 2018
Martina Cole Jun 24, 2018
John Motson Jun 17, 2018
Professor Carlos Frenk Jun 10, 2018
Gillian Reynolds Jun 3, 2018
David Baddiel May 27, 2018
Dr Sue Black May 20, 2018
Sir Peter Lampl May 13, 2018
Abi Morgan May 6, 2018
Anne-Marie Duff Mar 25, 2018
David Byrne Mar 18, 2018
John Gray Mar 11, 2018
Matt Smith Mar 4, 2018
Dame Minouche Shafik Feb 25, 2018
Christopher Nolan Feb 18, 2018
Chi-chi Nwanoku Feb 11, 2018
Jack Whitehall Feb 4, 2018
Garry Kasparov Jan 28, 2018
Christina Lamb Jan 22, 2018
Angela Hartnett Jan 14, 2018
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Charts

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#190 Society & Culture · United States

🇮🇪 #2 · 🇬🇧 #2 · 🇳🇿 #5 · 🇿🇦 #12 · 🇦🇺 #16 · 🇮🇩 #23 · 🇫🇮 #38 · 🇮🇳 #41 · 🇰🇷 #42 · 🇦🇷 #48 · +20 more

charted in 31 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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8 episodes · last 30 days · avg 40 min

Sun 38Sat 7Fri 2

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

BBC Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr RSS Apple Spotify

Rankings

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As of 2026-09-27, Desert Island Discs ranks #162 on the Spotify charts and #59 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, and appears on charts in 4 countries.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇬🇧 United Kingdom as of 2026-09-27

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #59 🇮🇪 Ireland #65 🇳🇿 New Zealand #88 🇿🇦 South Africa #154 Society & Culture #5 Apple Society & Culture #21 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart383
Countries now4
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture

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