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 2044 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 22h ago
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1221–1240 of 2044
Harry Enfield May 18, 1997
David Wynne May 11, 1997
Sir Martin Rees May 4, 1997
Andy Hamilton Apr 27, 1997
Saeed Jaffrey Apr 20, 1997
Virginia Ironside Mar 30, 1997
Peter Blake Mar 23, 1997
Nina Campbell Mar 16, 1997
Redmond O'Hanlon Mar 9, 1997
Dr Susan Greenfield Mar 2, 1997
Nico Ladenis Feb 23, 1997
Mary Benson Feb 16, 1997
Terry Pratchett Feb 9, 1997
Gene Wilder Feb 2, 1997
Irene Thomas Jan 26, 1997
John Cleese Jan 5, 1997
Martin Amis Dec 29, 1996
Jennifer Saunders Dec 22, 1996
Ian Dury Dec 15, 1996
Robert Winston Dec 8, 1996
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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 #54 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, and appears on charts in 4 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 #54 🇳🇿 New Zealand #68 🇮🇪 Ireland #69 🇦🇺 Australia #195 Society & Culture #7 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 now4
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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