Desert Island Discs Podcast
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Episodes to download
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Dr Dame Sue Ion
Sun 6 Mar 2016
Kirsty Young's castaway is the nuclear engineer and scientist Dr Dame Sue Ion.
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Professor Dame Carol Black
Sun 7 Feb 2016
Professor Dame Carol Black is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Bill Gates
Sun 31 Jan 2016
Bill Gates, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Sir Anthony Seldon
Sun 17 Jan 2016
Kirsty Young interviews educationalist and biographer Sir Anthony Seldon.
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Colm Toibin
Sun 3 Jan 2016
Colm Toibin, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Commander Chris Hadfield
Sun 20 Dec 2015
Commander Chris Hadfield is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Atul Gawande
Sun 6 Dec 2015
Atul Gawande, surgeon and writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Gurinder Chadha
Sun 22 Nov 2015
Kirsty Young talks to film-maker, writer and producer Gurinder Chadha.
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Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon
Sun 15 Nov 2015
Kirsty Young talks to Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and SNP leader.
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Lord Indarjit Singh
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Kirsty Young talks to broadcaster and religious leader Lord Indarjit Singh.
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Marjorie Wallace
Sun 1 Nov 2015
Kirsty Young talks to mental health campaigner and journalist Marjorie Wallace.
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Keith Richards
Sun 25 Oct 2015
Keith Richards is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Professor Sue Black
Sun 18 Oct 2015
Kirsty Young interviews forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black.
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Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
Sun 27 Sep 2015
Kirsty Young talks to comedy writing partners Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
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Dr Bill Frankland
Sun 9 Aug 2015
Dr Bill Frankland, allergy specialist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Professor Monica Grady
Sun 26 Jul 2015
Professor Monica Grady, scientist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Noel Gallagher
Sun 19 Jul 2015
Kirsty Young talks to Noel Gallagher, musician, songwriter and former Oasis lead guitarist
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Freddie Flintoff
Sun 5 Jul 2015
Kirsty Young talks to former England cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff.
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