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 14h ago
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All episodes

1061–1080 of 2046
Professor Peter Vanezis Mar 18, 2001
Henry Sandon Mar 11, 2001
John Lill Mar 4, 2001
Charlie Watts Feb 25, 2001
Professor Sir Richard Doll Feb 18, 2001
Griff Rhys Jones Feb 11, 2001
Sir John Mortimer Feb 4, 2001
Terry O'Neill Jan 28, 2001
Marguerite Patten Jan 21, 2001
George MacDonald Fraser Jan 14, 2001
Marquess Of Bath Jan 7, 2001
Stephen Sondheim Dec 31, 2000
Norman Painting Dec 26, 2000
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dec 24, 2000
Richard Briers Dec 17, 2000
Tim Smit Dec 10, 2000
Tina Brown Dec 3, 2000
Albie Sachs Nov 26, 2000
Des Lynam Nov 19, 2000
J K Rowling Nov 5, 2000
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Charts

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#190 Society & Culture · United States

🇮🇪 #2 · 🇬🇧 #2 · 🇳🇿 #5 · 🇿🇦 #12 · 🇦🇺 #16 · 🇮🇩 #23 · 🇫🇮 #38 · 🇮🇳 #41 · 🇰🇷 #42 · 🇨🇱 #49 · +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 2026-09-23, Desert Island Discs ranks #146 on the Spotify charts and #50 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 2026-09-23

🇮🇪 Ireland #50 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #51 🇳🇿 New Zealand #84 🇦🇺 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 chart379
Countries now5
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Trending

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