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 13h ago
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All episodes

881–900 of 2047
Ronald Searle Jul 10, 2005
Paulo Coelho Jul 3, 2005
Ruby Wax Jun 26, 2005
Alexander McCall Smith Jun 19, 2005
Betsy Blair Jun 12, 2005
Nigel Slater Jun 5, 2005
Satish Kumar May 29, 2005
David King May 22, 2005
Imelda Staunton May 15, 2005
Josephine Cox May 8, 2005
Katharine Whitehorn May 1, 2005
Jarvis Cocker Apr 24, 2005
Patrick Stewart Apr 17, 2005
Philippe Petit Apr 10, 2005
Lorin Maazel Apr 3, 2005
Yvonne Brewster Mar 27, 2005
Raymond Briggs Mar 20, 2005
Stephen Poliakoff Mar 13, 2005
Alison Richard Mar 6, 2005
Geoffrey Palmer Feb 27, 2005
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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 #59 🇳🇿 New Zealand #80 🇦🇺 Australia #195 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #9 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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