Desert Island Discs

podcast

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 8h ago
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All episodes

1101–1120 of 2046
Claire Tomalin Apr 9, 2000
Harold Evans Apr 2, 2000
Adrian Noble Mar 26, 2000
Al Alvarez Mar 19, 2000
Colin Montgomerie Mar 12, 2000
Robert McCrum Mar 5, 2000
Sheila Hancock Feb 27, 2000
Michael Holroyd Feb 20, 2000
Professor Stuart Hall Feb 13, 2000
Simon Callow Feb 6, 2000
Peter Melchett Jan 30, 2000
Neil Jordan Jan 23, 2000
Ian McEwan Jan 16, 2000
Dr Jane Goodall Jan 9, 2000
Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Dec 31, 1999
Michael Crawford Dec 24, 1999
Michael Nyman Dec 19, 1999
Oz Clarke Dec 12, 1999
Sir Richard Sykes Dec 5, 1999
Warren Mitchell Nov 28, 1999
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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 #175 on the Spotify charts and #51 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, 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 🇬🇧 United Kingdom as of 2026-09-23

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #51 🇮🇪 Ireland #52 🇳🇿 New Zealand #92 🇦🇺 Australia #195 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #7 Apple Society & Culture #21 Spotify Trending #198 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart379
Countries now5
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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