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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtra
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Total: 2016
Professor Averil Mansfield, retired surgeon
2020/10/18
37:47
Averil Mansfield is a retired vascular surgeon and was the first female Professor of Surgery in the
Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE
2020/10/15
36:09
Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE is a Trinidadian-British broadcaster, writer and politician. She becam
Samantha Morton, actor
2020/10/4
45:26
Samantha Morton is an actor and director. She has appeared in films directed by Woody Allen and Stev
Yusuf Cat Stevens, musician
2020/9/27
35:05
Yusuf Cat Stevens is a singer-songwriter who first enjoyed success more than 50 years ago. He was b
Bernardine Evaristo, writer
2020/9/20
36:46
Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel, Girl, Woman, Other. She is Professor
Your Desert Island Discs
2020/8/11
51:00
Listeners choose the music that has been special to them during the weeks of lockdown. With Jane Mo
Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate
2020/8/10
35:13
Maria Balshaw is the Director of Tate, overseeing four major art galleries: Tate Britain, Tate Liver
Steve Backshall, explorer
2020/8/2
35:44
Steve Backshall is an explorer, naturalist and broadcaster. His BAFTA-winning programmes bring vie
Sharon Horgan, writer, actor, producer
2020/7/26
36:07
Sharon Horgan is a writer, actor and producer best known for co-writing and co-starring in the Chann
Annie Nightingale, DJ
2020/7/19
35:04
Annie Nightingale was BBC Radio 1’s first female presenter and is its longest-serving DJ, celebratin
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO
2020/7/12
35:04
Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary General of NATO and a former Prime Minister of Norway. Although he
Helen Fielding, author
2020/7/5
38:00
Helen Fielding, writer and journalist, is best known for creating Bridget Jones, who first appeared
Helen McCrory, actress
2020/6/28
38:57
Helen McCrory shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would want to take with her if cast away
Mark Johnston, racehorse trainer
2020/6/21
39:04
Racehorse trainer Mark Johnston is a lynchpin of British flat racing. In August 2018 - when 20-1 sh
Joe Wicks, fitness trainer and author
2020/6/14
38:17
Joe Wicks, professionally known as The Body Coach, is a fitness and nutrition coach. Since the lockd
Martin Lewis, financial campaigner
2020/6/7
36:25
Martin Lewis is a financial journalist, campaigner and broadcaster. His high-profile campaigns on ba
Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, former nurse
2020/5/31
36:44
Elizabeth Anionwu is a retired nurse, campaigner and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University
Charles Hazlewood, conductor
2020/5/24
38:20
Charles Hazlewood is a conductor and the founder of Paraorchestra, the world's first professional en
Sinead Burke, disability rights activist and teacher
2020/5/17
38:15
Sinead Burke is a disability rights activist and teacher. She has combined her love of education and
Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate
2020/5/10
39:57
Simon Armitage was appointed Poet Laureate in 2019. His poems celebrate the everyday and the ordina
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