Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, shares the soundtrack of his life. List of publications. In part this is … Read about our approach to external linking. Desert Island Discs in numbers: top tracks and strange luxuries. Brian Cox, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life. The choices of book and luxury can sometimes give insight into the guest's life, and the choices of guests are listed here. Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. On Remembrance Sunday (in November) the programme is not broadcast but that week's programme gets a single airing in the Friday repeat slot. Annie Nightingale, DJ, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts new programmes for approximately 42 weeks each year on Sunday mornings, usually with a repeat transmission 5 days later. Sinead Burke, disability rights activist and teacher. The most requested piece of music over the first 60 years was "Ode to Joy", the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. With Lauren Laverne. [7] Young was replaced by 6 Music presenter Lauren Laverne, who interviewed Olympic diver Tom Daley for her first show, broadcast on 30 September 2018. All episodes of Desert Island Discs. [14] One of the most remarked broadcasts was Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's 1958 selection of seven of her own recordings. Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Sec Gen, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. The episodes on BBC Radio 4 Extra have included some 60-minute versions of the show; many of these open with additional lead-in and lead-outs from presenter Kirsty Young, often featuring sections of other interview footage or recordings featuring the guest of the episode in question. The castaway has a name and job title. [1]. From mid-2011 selected episodes have been re-broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and also on BBC6 Music. Peel was only asked to appear on DID once (on occasion he wistfully cited Arthur Askey, the only personality to be on the show four times [2]), but also mentioned records he would choose if given another chance.
Find out when Desert Island Discs is on TV, including Chris Boardman. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be anything animate or indeed anything that enables the castaway to escape from the island, for instance a radio set, sailing yacht or aeroplane. [15][16] This record was subsequently beaten by British pianist Dame Moura Lympany on her second appearance on the programme on 28 July 1979 when all eight of her selections were of her own recordings. Roy Plomley[7] enforced these rules strictly. Please update the list below if others come to light. 1 Show 2 Tracklisting 3 Wish List 4 Other mentions 5 File Name Desert Island Discs Station BBC Radio Four YYYY-MM-DD 1990-01-14 Comments Peel interviewed by Sue Lawley and talks through eight records he would take to a desert island.
Full transcript appears. Desert Island Discs has people on it who are called castaways. Or use the BBC search to find a castaway. 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. Helen Fielding, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. Music chosen by listeners that has been special to them during the weeks of lockdown.
A track consists of an artist and a song. Explore releases from the Dessert Island Discs label. The choices of book and luxury can sometimes give insight into the guest's life, and the choices of guests since 2011 are listed here. Dorothy Byrne, journalist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. He remained the only guest to have chosen The Fall until 2007, or the Undertones until 2008. Professor Averil Mansfield shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. Mark Johnston, racehorse trainer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 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[18] In January 1981, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, appeared as a castaway on the show. Steve Backshall, explorer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be anything animate or indeed anything that enables the castaway to escape from the island, for instance a radio set, sailing yacht or aeroplane. This, in addition to the BBC's policy of wiping that was applied during the 1950s and 1960s, means very few episodes from the first 20 years of the show are known to exist; the earliest episode still in existence was broadcast on 25 April 1951 and features actress Margaret Lockwood. List of ''Desert Island Discs'' episodes (1981–1990), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1961–70), List of Desert Island Discs episodes (1981–90), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. On Remembrance Sunday (in November) the programme is not broadcast but that week's programme gets a single airing in the Friday repeat slot. Episode guide, trailer, review, preview, cast list and where to stream it on demand, on catch up and download. [3], In February 2019 a panel of broadcasting industry experts named Desert Island Discs the "greatest radio programme of all time". Martin Lewis, financial campaigner, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. Helen McCrory, actress, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. [23] The first episode available through the iPlayer was with Barry Manilow. Yusuf Cat Stevens, musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible – or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs – and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. However, due to music clearance issues, the music selections on the podcast versions are reduced to only playing for around 30 seconds or so (and in rare instances are unavailable, as mentioned in an announcement made by the presenter at the appropriate point of the programme). Dame Helena Morrissey, campaigner, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. More than 3,000 episodes have been recorded, with some guests having appeared more than once and some episodes featuring more than one guest. [4], Guests are invited to imagine themselves cast away on a desert island, and choose eight recordings, originally gramophone records, to take with them; discussion of their choices permits a review of their life. The sound of herring gulls has accompanied the music except for a period of time in 1964 when tropical bird sounds were used. I'd like to have a CD set of all 500 Desert Island songs - what a great eclectic mix of a lot of great music that I … Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today. The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible – or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs – and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. [17] In the early 1970s, Roy Plomley attempted to interview Alistair MacLean, but ended up speaking to somebody else with the same name – and the programme was never broadcast. Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. Hilary McGrady, Director General of the National Trust, Professor Averil Mansfield, retired surgeon, Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, former nurse, Sinead Burke, disability rights activist and teacher, Dame Helena Morrissey, financier and campaigner, Chris Riddell, illustrator, author and political cartoonist.
Each castaway appears in his or her own episode. Episodes repeated on BBC6 are those concerning musicians and figures in the music industry. The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible – or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs – and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely. Each episode has a URL on the BBC website. Popular choices include Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.
The rules state that the chosen luxury item must not be anything animate or indeed anything that enables the castaway to escape from the island, for instance a radio set, sailing ya… [8][9] The rules are, however, less strictly enforced today; for instance, Lawley allowed John Cleese to take Michael Palin with him, on the condition that he was dead and stuffed. Chris Boardman, cyclist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.