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)
Michael Holding, cricketer
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Nazir Afzal, lawyer
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Robert Macfarlane, writer
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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, athlete
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Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinary surgeon
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Paul Costelloe, fashion designer
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Margaret Busby, publisher
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Richard Wilson, actor and director
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Yo-Yo Ma, musician
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Heather Hallett, former judge and crossbench peer
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Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, charity CEO
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Alexei Sayle, comedian
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Brian Greene
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Billie Piper, actor
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Professor Sir Simon Wessely
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Maggie O'Farrell, writer
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Dame Louise Casey, crossbench peer
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Mark Strong, actor
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Claire Horton, charity worker
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Sophia Loren
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Malala Yousafzai, activist
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George McGavin, entomologist and broadcaster
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Monica Galetti, chef and restaurateur
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Tim Peake, astronaut
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Samantha Power
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David Olusoga, historian and broadcaster
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Colonel Lucy Giles
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Sir Cliff Richard
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Minette Batters
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Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar
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Helen Oxenbury
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Arsène Wenger, former football manager
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Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition
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David Mitchell, novelist
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Hilary McGrady, Director General of the National Trust
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Chris Boardman, cyclist
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Professor Averil Mansfield, retired surgeon
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Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE
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Samantha Morton, actor
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Yusuf Cat Stevens, musician
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Bernardine Evaristo, writer
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Your Desert Island Discs
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Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate
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Steve Backshall, explorer
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Sharon Horgan, writer, actor, producer
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Annie Nightingale, DJ
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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO
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Helen Fielding, author
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Helen McCrory, actress
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Mark Johnston, racehorse trainer
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