Desert Island Discs

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

Episodes

Total: 2016

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

Stephen Merchant first came to fame with the TV sitcom The Office, which he co-wrote and co-directed

Heidi Thomas, screenwriter

2019/12/15

Heidi Thomas is a screenwriter and playwright best known for Call the Midwife. The BBC TV series, w

Professor Russell Foster is head of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University

Asif Kapadia is an Academy Award-winning film director, renowned for his documentaries about the mus

Isabella Tree is a conservationist and writer of the award-winning book Wilding: the Return of Natur

Stephen Graham, actor

2019/11/17

Stephen Graham is an actor, whose credits include key roles in films including This is England and T

Hear stories & track choices from castaways including Len Goodman, Maya Angelou and Stephen Hawk