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 7h ago

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941–960 of 2047

John Cale Feb 22, 2004

Sacha Distel Feb 15, 2004

Sister Frances Dominica Feb 8, 2004

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury Feb 1, 2004

Paul Dacre Jan 25, 2004

Stephen Frears Jan 18, 2004

Jimmy Tarbuck Jan 11, 2004

Martha Lane Fox Jan 4, 2004

Paul O'Grady Dec 28, 2003

Emmylou Harris Dec 21, 2003

Nicholas Grimshaw Dec 14, 2003

Pat Barker Dec 7, 2003

Henry Blofeld Nov 30, 2003

Sir Christopher Meyer Nov 23, 2003

Jeremy Clarkson Nov 16, 2003

Christopher Frayling Nov 2, 2003

Rt Hon Charles Kennedy MP Oct 26, 2003

Bill Cullen Oct 19, 2003

Herbert Kretzmer Oct 12, 2003

Nigella Lawson Oct 5, 2003

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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 #146 on the Spotify charts and #43 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 #43 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #52 🇳🇿 New Zealand #88 🇦🇺 Australia #195 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #7 Apple Trending #200 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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