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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Eight castaways whose moving stories left us with a little more hope than we had before.
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Read the surprising things we've learned about some stand-out castaways.
Castaways who chose a telescope as their luxury on their Desert Island Discs.
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Featuring David Beckham, the funniest and most moving moments, animations and quizzes.
Why does Vaughan Williams’s masterpiece appeal to so many castaways?
Many castaways have shared moving moments of difficulty, regret, disappointment and loss.
Memorable castaways that have raised a smile, or caused a chuckle, along the way…
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A history of the programme, facts & figures and profiles of presenters past and present.
