Desert Island Discs

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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.

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

481–500 of 2048
Bryan Stevenson Mar 8, 2015
Julia Samuel Mar 1, 2015
Jonas Kaufmann Feb 22, 2015
Mark Rylance Feb 15, 2015
Dan Pearson Feb 8, 2015
Professor Angie Hobbs Feb 1, 2015
Professor Peter Piot Jan 25, 2015
Julia Cleverdon Jan 18, 2015
Jo Malone Jan 11, 2015
Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell Jan 4, 2015
Ray Winstone Dec 28, 2014
The Most Reverend Justin Welby Dec 21, 2014
Sarah Millican Dec 14, 2014
Julie Bentley Dec 7, 2014
Damian Lewis Nov 30, 2014
Rt Hon Theresa May Nov 23, 2014
John Agard Nov 16, 2014
Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown Nov 14, 2014
Wendy Dagworthy Nov 2, 2014
Roger Graef Oct 26, 2014
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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 #62 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 #62 🇮🇪 Ireland #74 🇳🇿 New Zealand #91 🇿🇦 South Africa #181 Society & Culture #6 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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