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

421–440 of 2048
Nadiya Hussain Aug 14, 2016
Michael Heath Aug 7, 2016
Jilly Cooper Jul 31, 2016
Professor Dame Ann Dowling Jul 24, 2016
Levi Roots Jul 17, 2016
Nicole Farhi Jul 10, 2016
Matthew Barzun Jul 3, 2016
Sara Khan Jun 26, 2016
Barrie Rutter Jun 19, 2016
Warwick Davis Jun 12, 2016
David Nott Jun 5, 2016
Professor Louise Richardson May 31, 2016
Berry Gordy May 22, 2016
Inga Beale May 15, 2016
Tom Hanks, actor May 8, 2016
John Timpson Mar 27, 2016
Gloria Steinem Mar 20, 2016
Yinka Shonibare Mar 13, 2016
Dr Dame Sue Ion Mar 6, 2016
Hugh Bonneville Feb 28, 2016
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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 #60 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 #60 🇮🇪 Ireland #72 🇳🇿 New Zealand #94 🇿🇦 South Africa #181 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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