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 4h ago

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George Clooney Feb 23, 2003

Cornelia Parker Feb 16, 2003

Sir Ian McKellen Feb 9, 2003

Paul Whitehouse Feb 2, 2003

Sir Trevor Nunn Jan 26, 2003

Professor Baruch Blumberg Jan 19, 2003

Gillian Anderson Jan 12, 2003

George Foreman Jan 5, 2003

Patricia Cornwell Dec 29, 2002

Rowan Williams Dec 22, 2002

Sinead Cusack Dec 15, 2002

Linton Kwesi Johnson Dec 8, 2002

John Malkovich Dec 1, 2002

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP Nov 24, 2002

Christopher Ondaatje Nov 17, 2002

Marguerite Wolff Nov 15, 2002

Rt Hon Robin Cook MP Nov 3, 2002

P D James Oct 27, 2002

Carl Djerassi Oct 20, 2002

Paul Gambaccini Oct 13, 2002

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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 #53 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 #53 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #54 🇳🇿 New Zealand #73 🇦🇺 Australia #195 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #8 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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