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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1461–1480 of 2043
Derek Walcott Jun 9, 1991
Marco Pierre White Jun 2, 1991
Rt Hon John Smith May 26, 1991
John Simpson May 19, 1991
Cecil Lewis May 12, 1991
Dame Shirley Porter Apr 28, 1991
Dr Jonathan Sacks Apr 21, 1991
Lord King Apr 14, 1991
Naomi Mitchison Apr 7, 1991
Marti Caine Mar 24, 1991
Sir Trevor Holdsworth Mar 17, 1991
Jeffrey Bernard Mar 10, 1991
Sir Denis Forman Mar 3, 1991
Ronald Eyre Feb 24, 1991
Dame Ninette De Valois Feb 17, 1991
Paddy Ashdown MP Feb 10, 1991
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf Feb 3, 1991
Brian Eno Jan 27, 1991
Fred Zinnemann Jan 20, 1991
Adelaide Hall Jan 13, 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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