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Desert Island Discs

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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Sir Tim Waterstone, businessman

Sir Tim Waterstone, businessman

Sir Tim Waterstone is the founder of the bookshop chain that bears his name. Born in May 1939, he was the youngest of th... Read more

4 Aug 2019

40mins

Ranked #2

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Charles Hazlewood, conductor

Charles Hazlewood, conductor

Charles Hazlewood is a conductor and the founder of Paraorchestra, the world's first professional ensemble of disabled m... Read more

24 May 2020

38mins

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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO

Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary General of NATO and a former Prime Minister of Norway. Although he was born into a pol... Read more

12 Jul 2020

35mins

Ranked #4

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Classic Desert Island Discs: Stephen Hawking

Classic Desert Island Discs: Stephen Hawking

Another chance to listen to the theoretical physicist speaking to Sue Lawley in 1992. Stephen Hawking wrote the best-sel... Read more

15 Apr 2018

41mins

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Mark Strong, actor

Mark Strong, actor

Mark Strong has appeared in more than 60 films, along with numerous TV dramas and plays. His career took off after he wo... Read more

7 Mar 2021

34mins

Ranked #6

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Classic Desert Island Discs: Ricky Gervais

Classic Desert Island Discs: Ricky Gervais

Another chance to listen to the comedian, Ricky Gervais speaking to Kirsty Young in 2007.In just twelve episodes, his sh... Read more

7 Apr 2019

33mins

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Rupert Everett, actor

Rupert Everett, actor

Rupert Everett is an actor, writer and director whose breakthrough came in 1981 when he was cast as a gay schoolboy in A... Read more

9 Jan 2020

37mins

Ranked #8

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Heidi Thomas, screenwriter

Heidi Thomas, screenwriter

Heidi Thomas is a screenwriter and playwright best known for Call the Midwife. The BBC TV series, which began in 2012, ... Read more

15 Dec 2019

53mins

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Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux is a television documentary maker. He has received two BAFTAs and a Royal Television Society Award for his... Read more

12 May 2019

51mins

Ranked #10

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Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, is Kirsty Young's castaway. She worked for Google at the beginning... Read more

30 Jul 2017

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