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 2043 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 6 days ago
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1261–1280 of 2043
Hugh Laurie May 12, 1996
Pauline Quirke May 5, 1996
Mitsuko Uchida Apr 28, 1996
Hanif Kureishi Apr 21, 1996
Viscount Rothermere Apr 14, 1996
Dickie Bird Apr 7, 1996
Simon Weston Mar 31, 1996
Kyra Vayne Mar 24, 1996
Lord Alexander Mar 17, 1996
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP Mar 3, 1996
Sir Roy Calne Feb 25, 1996
Professor George Steiner Feb 18, 1996
Susan Hill Feb 11, 1996
Eve Arnold Feb 4, 1996
Julian Barnes Jan 28, 1996
Chili Bouchier Jan 21, 1996
Jimmy McGovern Jan 14, 1996
Christopher Hampton Jan 7, 1996
Lady Margaret Tebbit Dec 31, 1995
Petula Clark Dec 24, 1995
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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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4 episodes · last 30 days · avg 48 min

Sun 38Sat 7Fri 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 2026-09-19, Desert Island Discs ranks #160 on the Spotify charts and #72 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 2026-09-19

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #72 🇮🇪 Ireland #81 🇳🇿 New Zealand #102 Society & Culture #9 Apple Society & Culture #18 Spotify Trending #199 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart375
Countries now3
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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