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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1281–1300 of 2043
Barbara Dickson Dec 17, 1995
Alison Steadman Dec 3, 1995
George Martin Nov 19, 1995
Umberto Eco Nov 12, 1995
Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP Nov 5, 1995
Elizabeth Jane Howard Oct 29, 1995
Don Black Oct 22, 1995
Richard Hoggart Oct 15, 1995
Alan Yentob Oct 8, 1995
Jenny Pitman Oct 1, 1995
Maurice Saatchi Sep 24, 1995
Max Nicholson Sep 17, 1995
John Updike Sep 10, 1995
Wendy Richard Jul 9, 1995
Duke Of Westminster Jul 2, 1995
Jasper Conran Jun 25, 1995
Sir Magdi Yacoub Jun 18, 1995
John Lee Hooker Jun 11, 1995
Brian Blessed Jun 4, 1995
Marianne Faithfull May 28, 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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