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Desert Island Discs

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About Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by Roy Plomley. Since 2018 the programme has been presented by Lauren Laverne.

Top Tracks

1

Thom Yorke, musician

77 plays
2

Bob Mortimer, comedian

52 plays
3

Louis Theroux

59 plays
4

Simon Pegg, actor

46 plays
5

Daniel Radcliffe, actor

49 plays
6

Ian Wright, former footballer and broadcaster

48 plays
7

David Byrne

40 plays
8

Stephen Fry

35 plays
9

Martin Freeman, actor

37 plays
10

Noel Gallagher

29 plays

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