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 2046 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 21h ago
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All episodes

1041–1060 of 2046
Lord Deedes Aug 5, 2001
Claudia Roden Jul 29, 2001
Cormac Murphy O'Connor Jul 22, 2001
Martin Bell Jul 15, 2001
Peggy Seeger Jul 8, 2001
Sir Stanley Kalms Jul 1, 2001
Sir Harry Kroto Jun 24, 2001
Frank McCourt Jun 17, 2001
Sir Kyffin Williams Jun 10, 2001
Sir Thomas Allen Jun 3, 2001
Courtney Pine May 27, 2001
Sir Timothy Clifford May 20, 2001
Sir John Sulston May 13, 2001
Margaret Drabble May 6, 2001
Tasmin Little Apr 29, 2001
Chris Tarrant Apr 22, 2001
Ronald Blythe Apr 15, 2001
Tanni Grey Thompson Apr 8, 2001
Sir Alec Broers Apr 1, 2001
Shirley Hughes Mar 25, 2001
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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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6 episodes · last 30 days · avg 43 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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