Desert Island Discs

Oct 26 2024 2000 ep. 36 mins 81.2k

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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.

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Adrian Edmondson - Extended Edit

Oct 26 2024 51 mins

This is an extended version of a programme first broadcast on Sunday 17 September 2023.Adrian Edmondson first shot to national fame in 1982, playing the studded punk Vyvyan in the TV sitcom The Young Ones, set in a seedy student flat. The cast largely came from the developing alternative comedy scene, and included Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle. Adrian was born in Bradford in 1957. He

James Graham - Extended Edit

Oct 20 2024 50 mins

This is an extended version of a programme first broadcast on Sunday 10 March 2024.James Graham is an award-winning dramatist whose plays include This House, Ink and Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes as the England football manager Gareth Southgate. His acclaimed television productions include Sherwood and Quiz, based on the story of the so-called coughing Major Charles Ingram w

Classic Desert Island Discs - Edna O'Brien

Oct 13 2024 34 mins

Kirsty Young talks to Irish novelist, playwright and poet Edna O'Brien, in a programme first broadcast in 2007. Edna O'Brien died in July 2024, aged 93.

Classic Desert Island Discs - Adele

Oct 06 2024 35 mins

Lauren Laverne talks to singer-songwriter Adele in a programme first broadcast in 2022.

Classic Desert Island Discs - Donald Sutherland

Sep 29 2024 34 mins

Sue Lawley talks to actor Donald Sutherland in a programme first broadcast in 2000. Donald Sutherland died in June 2024, aged 88.

Classic Desert Island Discs - Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE

Sep 22 2024 34 mins

Lauren Laverne talks to Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE in a programme first broadcast in 2020.

Classic Desert Island Discs - Lord Coe

Sep 15 2024 37 mins

Kirsty Young talks to the Olympic gold medallist and president of World Athletics Sebastian Coe in a programme first broadcast in 2009.

Steven Knight, writer

Sep 07 2024 50 mins

Steven Knight CBE is a screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He is best known for creating the TV series Peaky Blinders but he has also turned his hand to feature films, novels, comedy and even gameshows. He co-created the global TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. His first film, Dirty Pretty Things, was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at t

Mark Knopfler, musician

Aug 31 2024 48 mins

Mark Knopfler OBE is one of the UK’s most successful rock musicians and composers. He co-founded the band Dire Straits and their album Brothers in Arms is one of the bestselling albums of all time with 30 million copies sold. Alongside the many successes of Dire Straits, Mark has also composed hit songs for other artists like Private Dancer for Tina Turner and many soundtracks in

Sarah Raven, gardener and writer

Aug 24 2024 51 mins

Sarah Raven is one of Britain’s best known gardeners. Since her debut book, The Cutting Garden in 1996 she has written for national newspapers and magazines and shared her gardening knowledge as a broadcaster. Sarah’s love for gardening started with her family. Her father John was a Classics scholar at Cambridge and a keen amateur botanist and her mother Faith introduced Sarah