300 episodes

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs BBC

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.5, 7.7K Ratings

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
7.7K Ratings

7.7K Ratings

xhris496 ,

Jared Diamond

Perhaps the best yet 👍👏

george battersea ,

A Kirsty Young fan...

I LOVE Desert Island Discs but think Lauren Laverne fails to draw her interviewees out in the way Kirsty Young did so beautifully. I don’t listen to hear what the interviewees have done with their lives, I listen to understand what makes them tick.

Donman Expat ,

Emily Eavis

What a lovely lady. Superb programme which made me smile and cry. Listen. Please!

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