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 2047 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 17h ago
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All episodes

821–840 of 2047
Brian Aldiss Jan 28, 2007
Ann Daniels Jan 21, 2007
Edna O'Brien Jan 14, 2007
Lady Natasha Spender Jan 7, 2007
Anthony Horowitz Dec 31, 2006
Gloria Hunniford Dec 24, 2006
Arnold Wesker Dec 17, 2006
Karl Jenkins Dec 10, 2006
Raymond Gubbay Dec 3, 2006
Matt Lucas Nov 26, 2006
Stephen King Nov 19, 2006
Lord Stevens Nov 17, 2006
Humphrey Lyttelton Nov 5, 2006
Heston Blumenthal Oct 29, 2006
Camila Batmanghelidjh Oct 22, 2006
Robert Fisk Oct 15, 2006
Jane Horrocks Oct 8, 2006
Quentin Blake Oct 1, 2006
Dame Joan Plowright Aug 27, 2006
A A Gill Aug 20, 2006
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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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7 episodes · last 30 days · avg 41 min

Sun 38Sat 7Mon 1

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 2026-09-24, Desert Island Discs ranks #145 on the Spotify charts and #51 on Apple Podcasts in Ireland, and appears on charts in 5 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 2026-09-24

🇮🇪 Ireland #51 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #60 🇳🇿 New Zealand #79 🇦🇺 Australia #195 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #8 Apple Trending #157 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart380
Countries now5
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Trending

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