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 18h ago
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All episodes

741–760 of 2048
Ruth Padel Jan 11, 2009
Simon Murray Jan 4, 2009
Baroness Haleh Afshar Dec 28, 2008
James Nesbitt Dec 21, 2008
Michael Deeley Dec 14, 2008
Marcus du Sautoy Dec 7, 2008
Michael Eavis Nov 30, 2008
Janet Street-Porter Nov 23, 2008
David Davis MP Nov 16, 2008
Allan Ahlberg Nov 14, 2008
Shami Chakrabarti Nov 2, 2008
Ian Bostridge Oct 26, 2008
Randy Newman Oct 19, 2008
Sanjeev Bhaskar Oct 12, 2008
David McVicar Oct 5, 2008
Miriam Margolyes Sep 28, 2008
Ruthie Henshall Aug 17, 2008
AC Grayling Aug 10, 2008
Richard Ingrams Aug 3, 2008
Antonia Fraser Jul 27, 2008
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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 2026-09-25, Desert Island Discs ranks #146 on the Spotify charts and #52 on Apple Podcasts in Ireland, 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 🇮🇪 Ireland as of 2026-09-25

🇮🇪 Ireland #52 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #65 🇳🇿 New Zealand #97 🇿🇦 South Africa #181 Society & Culture #9 Apple Trending #178 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart381
Countries now4
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Trending

Reach & outreach

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