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 4h ago

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1121–1140 of 2046

Clarissa Dickson Wright Nov 21, 1999

William Gibson Nov 19, 1999

Willard White Nov 7, 1999

Ralph Fiennes Oct 31, 1999

Rita Dove Aug 22, 1999

Sir Roger Norrington Aug 15, 1999

Patricia Routledge Aug 8, 1999

Rick Stein Aug 1, 1999

Rod Steiger Jul 25, 1999

Martin Pipe Jul 18, 1999

Paddy Moloney Jul 11, 1999

Igor Aleksander Jul 4, 1999

Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe MP Jun 27, 1999

James Dyson Jun 20, 1999

John Barry Jun 13, 1999

Chris Bonington Jun 6, 1999

Anthony Howard May 30, 1999

Christopher Bruce May 23, 1999

Michael Green May 16, 1999

Richard Dreyfuss May 9, 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 45 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 #50 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 #50 🇮🇪 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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