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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1421–1440 of 2043
Duncan Goodhew Jun 7, 1992
Prunella Scales May 31, 1992
Lord Chief Justice Taylor May 24, 1992
Michael Grade May 17, 1992
Will Carling May 10, 1992
Henrietta, Marchioness Of Tavistock May 3, 1992
Anthony Rolfe Johnson Apr 26, 1992
Sir Ernst Gombrich Apr 5, 1992
Lady Soames Mar 22, 1992
Sir Isaiah Berlin Mar 15, 1992
Jocelyn Stevens Mar 8, 1992
Dr Steve Jones Mar 1, 1992
Elvis Costello Feb 23, 1992
Sir Roger Bannister Feb 16, 1992
Robbie Coltrane Feb 9, 1992
J G Ballard Feb 2, 1992
John Major Jan 26, 1992
Reverend David Jenkins Jan 19, 1992
Steven Berkoff Jan 12, 1992
Gorden Kaye Dec 22, 1991
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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 2026-09-16, Desert Island Discs ranks #161 on the Spotify charts and #66 on Apple Podcasts in the United Kingdom, 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 🇬🇧 United Kingdom as of 2026-09-16

🇬🇧 United Kingdom #66 🇮🇪 Ireland #69 🇳🇿 New Zealand #80 🇦🇺 Australia #188 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #8 Apple Society & Culture #21 Spotify Trending #199 Spotify
Chart records
First charted2025-08-20
Best ever#12 on Apple Podcasts (Ireland) · 2026-04-06
Days on chart372
Countries now5
CategoriesSociety & Culture · Society & Culture · Trending

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