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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521–540 of 2048
Dame Claire Bertschinger Mar 23, 2014
Murray Walker Mar 16, 2014
Lord Richards of Herstmonceux Mar 9, 2014
Mairi Hedderwick Mar 2, 2014
Professor Hugh Montgomery Feb 23, 2014
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean Feb 16, 2014
Dame Elish Angiolini Feb 9, 2014
Bob Harris Feb 2, 2014
Sir Ben Ainslie Jan 26, 2014
Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin Jan 19, 2014
Nicola Benedetti Jan 12, 2014
Ray Mears Jan 5, 2014
Ant and Dec Dec 29, 2013
Miranda Hart Dec 22, 2013
Gillian Clarke Dec 15, 2013
Barbara Hulanicki Dec 8, 2013
Clare Balding Dec 1, 2013
Rt Hon Ed Miliband Nov 24, 2013
Malorie Blackman Nov 17, 2013
Alfred Brendel Nov 15, 2013
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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 2026-09-26, Desert Island Discs ranks #162 on the Spotify charts and #61 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 2026-09-26

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #61 🇮🇪 Ireland #70 🇳🇿 New Zealand #87 🇿🇦 South Africa #181 Society & Culture #5 Apple Society & Culture #21 Spotify Trending #197 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart382
Countries now4
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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