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 3 days ago
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1441–1460 of 2043
Sue Townsend Dec 8, 1991
Fred Dibnah Dec 1, 1991
Dilys Powell Nov 24, 1991
James Lovelock Nov 17, 1991
Lord Delfont Nov 10, 1991
E P Thompson Nov 3, 1991
Alan Alda Oct 27, 1991
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll Oct 20, 1991
John Schlesinger Oct 13, 1991
Imran Khan Oct 6, 1991
David Bailey Sep 29, 1991
Klaus Tennstedt Sep 22, 1991
John Banham Sep 15, 1991
Bernice Rubens Sep 8, 1991
Maxwell Hutchinson Sep 1, 1991
Alan Bleasdale Aug 25, 1991
Lord Shawcross Jul 7, 1991
Ron Todd Jun 30, 1991
John Hegarty Jun 23, 1991
A S Byatt Jun 16, 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 #58 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 #58 🇮🇪 Ireland #63 🇳🇿 New Zealand #88 🇦🇺 Australia #188 🇿🇦 South Africa #197 Society & Culture #7 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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