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 17h ago
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761–780 of 2048
John Stefanidis Jul 20, 2008
Felicity Lott Jul 13, 2008
Antonio Carluccio Jul 6, 2008
Posy Simmonds Jun 29, 2008
Ara Darzi Jun 22, 2008
Peter Carey Jun 20, 2008
Bill Bailey Jun 8, 2008
Lord Woolf Jun 1, 2008
Howard Goodall May 25, 2008
Diane Abbott May 18, 2008
Annie Lennox May 11, 2008
Penelope Wilton Mar 30, 2008
Stanley McMurtry Mar 23, 2008
Tariq Ali Mar 16, 2008
Liz Smith Mar 9, 2008
Michael Ball Mar 2, 2008
David Dimbleby Feb 24, 2008
Martin Evans Feb 17, 2008
Oleg Gordievsky Feb 10, 2008
Beryl Bainbridge Feb 3, 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

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