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 12h ago
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All episodes

1241–1260 of 2044
Bruce Forsyth Dec 1, 1996
Rt Hon Tony Blair MP Nov 24, 1996
Tessa Sanderson Nov 17, 1996
Sir Laurens Van Der Post Nov 10, 1996
Chris Patten Nov 3, 1996
Jancis Robinson Oct 27, 1996
Jackie Charlton Oct 20, 1996
Rumer Godden Oct 13, 1996
Lewis Wolpert Oct 6, 1996
Ben Elton Sep 29, 1996
Fran Landesman Sep 22, 1996
Kevin Whately Sep 15, 1996
Professor Colin Blakemore Sep 8, 1996
Sir Terence Conran Sep 1, 1996
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Aug 25, 1996
André Previn Aug 18, 1996
Quentin Crewe Jun 16, 1996
Peggy Mount Jun 9, 1996
Gerry Robinson Jun 2, 1996
Michael White May 26, 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 2026-09-21, Desert Island Discs ranks #168 on the Spotify charts and #54 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, and appears on charts in 3 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 2026-09-21

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #54 🇮🇪 Ireland #68 🇳🇿 New Zealand #81 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 chart377
Countries now3
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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