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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541–560 of 2048
Sir Ken Robinson Nov 3, 2013
Professor Tanya Byron Oct 27, 2013
Jeremy Hutchinson Oct 20, 2013
Chris Packham Oct 13, 2013
Carolyn McCall Oct 6, 2013
Lee Mack Sep 29, 2013
Zadie Smith Sep 22, 2013
Daniel Kahneman Aug 11, 2013
Eve Stewart Aug 4, 2013
Mary Robinson Jul 28, 2013
Russell Brand Jul 21, 2013
Val McDermid Jul 14, 2013
Jane Somerville Jul 7, 2013
Steven Pinker Jun 30, 2013
Hugh Laurie Jun 23, 2013
Alexandra Shulman Jun 16, 2013
Conrad Anker Jun 9, 2013
Sir Mervyn King Jun 2, 2013
Deborah Bull May 26, 2013
Alice Walker May 19, 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 #66 🇳🇿 New Zealand #86 🇿🇦 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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