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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1401–1420 of 2043

Carmen Callil Dec 6, 1992

Lord Tebbit Nov 29, 1992

John Eliot Gardiner Nov 22, 1992

Christabel Bielenberg Nov 8, 1992

General H Norman Schwarzkopf Nov 1, 1992

Gavin Laird Oct 25, 1992

Julie Andrews Oct 18, 1992

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury Oct 11, 1992

Juliet Stevenson Oct 4, 1992

Chad Varah Sep 27, 1992

Raymond Blanc Sep 20, 1992

Penelope Leach Sep 13, 1992

Bob Geldof Sep 6, 1992

Rt Hon David Mellor MP Jul 26, 1992

Sir Peregrine Worsthorne Jul 19, 1992

Mohamed Amin Jul 12, 1992

Clare Short MP Jul 5, 1992

Vivienne Westwood Jun 28, 1992

Terry Waite Jun 21, 1992

Robert Lindsay Jun 14, 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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