Desert Island Discs

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtra

Episodes

Total: 2003

Racehorse trainer Mark Johnston is a lynchpin of British flat racing. In August 2018 - when 20-1 sh

Joe Wicks, professionally known as The Body Coach, is a fitness and nutrition coach. Since the lockd

Martin Lewis is a financial journalist, campaigner and broadcaster. His high-profile campaigns on ba

Elizabeth Anionwu is a retired nurse, campaigner and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University

Charles Hazlewood is a conductor and the founder of Paraorchestra, the world's first professional en

Sinead Burke is a disability rights activist and teacher. She has combined her love of education and

Simon Armitage was appointed Poet Laureate in 2019. His poems celebrate the everyday and the ordina

Brian Cox, actor

2020/3/29

Brian Cox CBE is a Scottish actor whose career spans almost 60 years, from his early days sweeping t

Dame Helena Morrissey is a former City fund manager and chief executive of a major investment compan

Daniel Radcliffe, actor

2020/3/15

Daniel Radcliffe reached a global audience in the title role of the hugely successful Harry Potter f

Chris Riddell is an illustrator, author of children’s books and a political cartoonist. From 2015 to

Dorothy Byrne is the head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4, and has worked in journalism for

Melanie C

2020/2/23

Melanie Chisholm - known as Melanie C - is a singer and songwriter who found global fame as one fift

Ian Wright is a former professional footballer and now a football pundit on TV and radio. He began h

Zoe Ball, broadcaster

2020/2/9

Zoe Ball is a radio and television presenter. She became the first woman to present the BBC Radio 1

Sonita Alleyne is the Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, the first woman to hold the post and - mor

Anne Enright, writer

2020/1/26

Anne Enright won the Booker Prize for her fourth novel, The Gathering, in 2007, and was appointed th

Dame Sue Campbell is the Director of Women’s Football at the Football Association. The women’s game

Michael Lewis, writer

2020/1/12

Michael Lewis is a best-selling non-fiction writer and journalist. He initially worked for an invest

Rupert Everett, actor

2020/1/9

Rupert Everett is an actor, writer and director whose breakthrough came in 1981 when he was cast as