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.
Episodes to download
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Matt Smith
Sun 4 Mar 2018
Matt Smith, actor, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Dame Minouche Shafik
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Dame Minouche Shafik, economist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Christopher Nolan
Sun 18 Feb 2018
Christopher Nolan, film director, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Chi-chi Nwanoku
Sun 11 Feb 2018
Musician Chi-chi Nwanoku is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Jack Whitehall
Sun 4 Feb 2018
Jack Whitehall, comedian and actor, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs
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Garry Kasparov
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Christina Lamb
Sun 21 Jan 2018
Christina Lamb, journalist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Angela Hartnett
Sun 14 Jan 2018
Angela Hartnett, chef, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Charlie Brooker
Sun 7 Jan 2018
Charlie Brooker, satirist and writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Bruno Tonioli
Christmas Eve 2017
Bruno Tonioli, Strictly judge, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Christine McVie
Sun 17 Dec 2017
Listen again to Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie's Desert Island Discs.
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Tim Martin
Sun 3 Dec 2017
Tim Martin, JD Wetherspoon founder, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs
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Naomi Klein
Sun 26 Nov 2017
Naomi Klein, writer and activist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Micky Flanagan
Sun 19 Nov 2017
Micky Flanagan, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Anna Pavord
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Writer and gardener Anna Pavord is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Professor Phil Scraton
Sun 5 Nov 2017
Professor Phil Scraton, academic, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Kay Mellor
Sun 29 Oct 2017
Kay Mellor, writer and producer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Jane Gardam
Sun 15 Oct 2017
Jane Gardam, novelist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Sir James MacMillan
Sun 8 Oct 2017
Sir James MacMillan, composer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Sun 1 Oct 2017
Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Professor Dame Jane Francis
Sun 24 Sep 2017
Professor Dame Jane Francis is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Paul Greengrass
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Paul Greengrass, film director, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Sheryl Sandberg
Sun 30 Jul 2017
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Jayne-Anne Gadhia
Sun 23 Jul 2017
Jayne-Anne Gadhia, banker, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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John McEnroe
Sun 16 Jul 2017
John McEnroe, tennis player, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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