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 5h ago
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All episodes

1201–1220 of 2045
Chris Haskins Dec 14, 1997
Paula Rego Dec 7, 1997
Loyd Grossman Nov 30, 1997
Thelma Holt Nov 23, 1997
Anthony Minghella Nov 9, 1997
John Julius Norwich Nov 2, 1997
Richard Mabey Oct 26, 1997
Richard Rodney Bennett Oct 19, 1997
Rose Tremain Oct 12, 1997
Jools Holland Oct 5, 1997
Peter O'Sullevan Sep 28, 1997
Mike Leigh OBE Sep 21, 1997
Ursula Owen Sep 14, 1997
Sir Frank Kermode Sep 7, 1997
Cleo Laine Aug 31, 1997
Iain Banks Aug 24, 1997
Eric Sykes Jun 22, 1997
Christina Noble Jun 15, 1997
Benjamin Zephaniah Jun 8, 1997
Joanna MacGregor Jun 1, 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 46 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 #168 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 #61 🇳🇿 New Zealand #85 🇿🇦 South Africa #185 🇦🇺 Australia #195 Society & Culture #5 Apple Society & Culture #22 Spotify Trending #182 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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