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 3 days ago

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1381–1400 of 2043

Lord Weinstock May 23, 1993

Eva Burrows May 16, 1993

John Cole May 9, 1993

John Boorman May 2, 1993

Baroness Blackstone Apr 25, 1993

Anton Edelmann Apr 18, 1993

Lord Oaksey Apr 11, 1993

Richard Gregory Apr 4, 1993

David Croft Mar 14, 1993

Ken Livingstone MP Mar 7, 1993

Elijah Moshinsky Feb 28, 1993

Sir Robin Butler Feb 21, 1993

Anthony Storr Jan 31, 1993

Evelyn Glennie Jan 24, 1993

Dervla Murphy Jan 17, 1993

Barbara Mills QC Jan 10, 1993

Elizabeth Jennings Jan 3, 1993

Stephen Hawking Dec 25, 1992

Paul Smith Dec 20, 1992

Professor Ghillean Prance Dec 13, 1992

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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 2026-09-17, Desert Island Discs ranks #144 on the Spotify charts and #61 on Apple Podcasts in Ireland, and appears on charts in 5 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 2026-09-17

🇮🇪 Ireland #61 🇬🇧 United Kingdom #67 🇳🇿 New Zealand #84 🇦🇺 Australia #188 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #11 Apple Trending #159 Spotify

Chart records

First charted2025-08-20

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

Days on chart373

Countries now5

CategoriesSociety & Culture · Trending

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