Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtra
Stephen Merchant first came to fame with the TV sitcom The Office, which he co-wrote and co-directed
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 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
Kimberley Motley is an American attorney and the first foreign lawyer to practise in Afghanistan.Bor
Russell T Davies is one of the U.K.’s most successful television writers. He spent his teenage year
Wendell Pierce is an American actor best known for his role as Bunk Moreland in the television serie
Dame Glenys Stacey has spent 40 years in public service, including high profile work as a regulator
Baroness Arminka Helić is credited with persuading William Hague, the former foreign secretary, and
Lin-Manuel Miranda is best known as the composer, lyricist and original star of the multi-award-winn
Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton is the Chief Fire Officer for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. She is o
Thom Yorke has been the front man of Radiohead, one of Britain’s most successful British bands, for
Jo Fairley is a businesswoman and writer. She co-founded the Green & Black’s chocolate company w
Sir Tim Waterstone is the founder of the bookshop chain that bears his name. Born in May 1939, he wa
Dame Sally Davies is the outgoing Chief Medical Officer for England. She will take up her next post
John Cooper Clarke first achieved fame with his poetry during the punk rock era of the late 1970s. B
Marcus Wareing is a prize-winning chef, restaurateur, TV presenter and cookery book writer, who gain
