Desert Island Discs
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Notable Guests
Episodes (2024)
Richard E Grant, actor
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Professor Angela Gallop, forensic scientist
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Rick Rubin, music producer
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Maxine Peake, actor
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Kevin Sinfield, rugby player
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Dr Waheed Arian, doctor
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Jay Blades, presenter and furniture restorer
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Sue Barker, presenter and tennis player
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John Legend, musician
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Clare Smyth, chef
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Kate Moss, model
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Kate Ewart-Biggs, Deputy Chief Executive, British Council
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Andrew Ramroop, tailor
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Adele, singer and songwriter
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Bono, singer and songwriter
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Rita Tushingham, actor
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Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC
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Jon Ronson, writer and broadcaster
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David Harewood, actor and presenter
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Ellie Simmonds, swimmer
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Bradley Walsh, presenter and actor
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Fiona Hill, foreign affairs specialist
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Desert Island Discoveries
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Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Unaids
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Alan Cumming, actor
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Robert Plant, singer and songwriter
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Oti Mabuse, dancer
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Professor Nick Webborn, Chair of the British Paralympic Association
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Anne Tyler, writer
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Leslie Caron, actress
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Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, statistician
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Lyse Doucet, journalist
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John Caudwell, businessman
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Deborah Levy, writer
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Simon Reeve, broadcaster and writer
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Richard Osman, writer and broadcaster
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Dame Prue Leith, writer and broadcaster
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Jack Thorne, screenwriter
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Helen Macdonald, writer and naturalist
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Neil Gaiman, writer
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Carl Hester, dressage rider
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Dame Jo da Silva, engineer
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Joanne Harris, writer
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Peter Schmeichel, footballer
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Michael Sandel, philosopher
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Deborah Meaden, businesswoman
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Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
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Tom Ilube, entrepreneur
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Tracey Ullman, actor and comedian
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Baroness Hale of Richmond, former judge
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