Desert Island Discs

Supporting Content

• Guess the celebrity's favourite song

  Can you guess who picked what song to take to their desert island?

  

• The Desert Island Discs podcast

  Subscribe or download individual episodes.

  • Explore all of the Desert Island Discs podcasts

  

• Listen to over 2,000 programmes

  Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

  • Or use the BBC search to find a castaway. To search, type ‘Desert Island Discs’ plus the castaway’s name.

  

• Articles

  Read the surprising things we've learned about some stand-out castaways.

  

• Telescopes as a Luxury

  Castaways who chose a telescope as their luxury on their Desert Island Discs.

  

• What would you take on your Desert Island Discs?

  New to the programme? Here’s how it works…

  

• The 75th anniversary of Desert Island Discs

  Featuring David Beckham, the funniest and most moving moments, animations and quizzes.

  

• The Lark Ascending – The People’s Desert Island Disc

  Why does Vaughan Williams’s masterpiece appeal to so many castaways?

  

  Duration: 2:28

• Nine of the most moving Desert Island Discs

  Many castaways have shared moving moments of difficulty, regret, disappointment and loss.

  

• Seven of the funniest Desert Island Discs

  Memorable castaways that have raised a smile, or caused a chuckle, along the way…

  

• Who were the first castaways to pick these Desert Island Discs?

  Take the quiz and find out.

  

• About Desert Island Discs

  A history of the programme, facts & figures and profiles of presenters past and present.