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 2045 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 12h ago

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1181–1200 of 2045

Antony Gormley May 10, 1998

Susan Blackmore May 3, 1998

Sir Ernest Hall Apr 26, 1998

Sir Terry Frost Apr 19, 1998

Judi Dench Apr 12, 1998

Gavin Bryars Apr 5, 1998

Alice Thomas Ellis Mar 29, 1998

Andrew Motion Mar 22, 1998

Ian Stewart Mar 15, 1998

Sir Anthony Dowell Mar 8, 1998

Archie Norman MP Mar 1, 1998

David Pountney Feb 22, 1998

Richard Noble Feb 15, 1998

Colin Dexter Feb 1, 1998

Helena Kennedy QC Jan 25, 1998

John Tomlinson Jan 18, 1998

Paul Hogarth Jan 11, 1998

Professor Heinz Wolff Jan 4, 1998

Glenda Jackson MP Dec 28, 1997

Sir Harry Secombe Dec 21, 1997

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Charts

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#190 Society & Culture · United States

🇬🇧 #2 · 🇮🇪 #2 · 🇳🇿 #5 · 🇿🇦 #12 · 🇦🇺 #16 · 🇮🇩 #23 · 🇫🇮 #38 · 🇮🇳 #41 · 🇰🇷 #42 · 🇨🇦 #51 · +20 more

charted in 31 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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5 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 2026-09-22, Desert Island Discs ranks #176 on the Spotify charts and #52 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 2026-09-22

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #52 🇮🇪 Ireland #52 🇳🇿 New Zealand #80 🇿🇦 South Africa #185 🇦🇺 Australia #195 Society & Culture #6 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 chart378

Countries now5

CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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