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

Kate Atkinson, novelist

2018/11/25

Kate Atkinson won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for her 1995 debut novel Behind the Scenes at

Tracey Thorn, musician and writer, is best known as one half of the duo Everything but the Girl. Bro

Vanley Burke is a Jamaican-born photographer often described as the Godfather of Black British Photo

Jacqueline Gold

2018/10/28

Jacqueline Gold is the CEO of the retail brands Ann Summers and Knickerbox. She joined the business

Venki Ramakrishnan

2018/10/21

Venki Ramakrishnan is a Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist. He is most renowned for his researc

Nile Rodgers

2018/10/14

Nile Rodgers is a Grammy-winning composer, musician, and producer. With his own band, Chic, he's bee

Thea Musgrave

2018/10/7

Composer Thea Musgrave celebrated her 90th birthday this year, an event marked by celebrations and c

Tom Daley

2018/9/30

Tom Daley started diving aged seven and by the age of 14 was representing Great Britain at the 2008

Henry Marsh

2018/9/23

Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon, who pioneered a technique of operating on the brain while the patient

Danielle de Niese

2018/9/16

Danielle de Niese is a soprano who has taken starring roles with leading opera companies around the

Pam Ayres

2018/8/5

Pam Ayres is a poet and broadcaster.Pam was born in the Vale of the White Horse and retains her char

Marianne Elliott

2018/7/29

Marianne Elliott is the first woman to win two Tony awards for theatre direction: the first for War

Baroness Newlove

2018/7/22

Baroness Newlove is the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales. She became a campaigner after h

Billie Jean King

2018/7/15

Billie Jean King won 39 Grand Slams and a total of 20 Wimbledon titles and is regarded as one of the

Philip Treacy

2018/7/8

Philip Treacy is one of the most prolific and acclaimed hat designers working in the UK. His work wa

Guy Singh-Watson

2018/7/1

Guy Singh-Watson is an organic farmer and founder of Riverford, a major British supplier of organic

Martina Cole

2018/6/24

Martina Cole is a British crime writer, known to her fans as the Queen of Crime. Martina has written

John Motson

2018/6/17

John Walker Motson, OBE, also known as Motty, has been commentating on football since 1971. He cover

Professor Carlos Frenk

2018/6/10

Professor Carlos Frenk is a cosmologist and one of the originators of the Cold Dark Matter theory fo

Gillian Reynolds

2018/6/3

Gillian Reynolds spent 42 years as the radio critic of the Daily Telegraph before she was headhunted