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 2043 recordings 17 h 1978 → today Weekly updated 5 days ago

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1341–1360 of 2043

Britt Ekland May 22, 1994

Kate Adie May 15, 1994

Sir John Wilson May 8, 1994

Garrison Keillor May 1, 1994

Trevor McDonald Apr 24, 1994

Alan Hacker Apr 17, 1994

Roger McGough Apr 10, 1994

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Apr 3, 1994

Conrad Black Mar 27, 1994

Christina Dodwell Mar 6, 1994

Frances Partridge Feb 27, 1994

Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP Feb 20, 1994

Rosemary Verey Feb 13, 1994

Douglas Adams Feb 6, 1994

Dame Cicely Saunders Jan 30, 1994

Willy Russell Jan 23, 1994

Sir Harrison Birtwistle Jan 16, 1994

Ian Hislop Jan 9, 1994

Oliver Sacks Jan 2, 1994

Lord Ashley Dec 26, 1993

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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 2026-09-18, Desert Island Discs ranks #147 on the Spotify charts and #87 on Apple Podcasts in Ireland, 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 🇮🇪 Ireland as of 2026-09-18

🇮🇪 Ireland #87 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #93 🇳🇿 New Zealand #107 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #15 Apple

Chart records

First charted2025-08-20

Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06

Days on chart374

Countries now4

CategoriesSociety & Culture

Reach & outreach

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