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Desert Island Discs
BBC Radio 4
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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Recent Episodes
OCT 16, 2026
How Nick Cave's songs reveal themselves painfully to him
The singer songwriter Nick Cave was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2025.
3 MIN
OCT 15, 2026
Meera Syal on holding up a mirror to British society in Goodness Gracious Me
The actor and writer Meera Syal was cast away by Sue Lawley in 2003.
2 MIN
OCT 14, 2026
Why Lyse Doucet doesn't want to be called a war reporter
The BBC's international correspondent Lyse Doucet was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2022.
2 MIN
OCT 13, 2026
Gareth Southgate on putting on the England shirt for the first time
The former England manager Gareth Southgate was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2024.
3 MIN
OCT 12, 2026
Michael Sheen on his father's time as a Jack Nicholson impersonator
The actor Michael Sheen was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2025.
3 MIN
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