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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Every guest on Desert Island Discs

1863 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Demis Hassabis

   Demis Hassabis · May 2017

   0 votes

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   Mike Leigh

   Mike Leigh OBE · Sep 1997

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   Tim Robbins

   Tim Robbins · Jul 2010

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   Brian Cox

   Brian Cox, actor · 2 episodes

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   Emma Thompson

   Emma Thompson · Mar 2010

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   Tom Hanks

   Tom Hanks, actor · May 2016

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   Cillian Murphy

   Cillian Murphy, actor · Mar 2024

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   Ricky Gervais

   Ricky Gervais · Jun 2007

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   Stephen Graham

   Stephen Graham, actor · Nov 2019

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    Gordon Ramsay

    Gordon Ramsay · Mar 2002

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    Brian Greene

    Brian Greene · May 2021

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    Jimmy Carr

    Jimmy Carr · Mar 2017

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    Louis Theroux

    Louis Theroux · May 2019

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    Gloria Steinem

    Gloria Steinem · Mar 2016

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    James Dyson

    James Dyson · Jun 1999

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    Tony Blair

    Rt Hon Tony Blair MP · Nov 1996

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    Jung Chang

    Jung Chang · Nov 2007

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    Jimmy Wales

    Jimmy Wales · May 2015

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    Fiona Hill

    Fiona Hill, foreign affairs specialist · Jun 2022

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    Martin Rees

    Sir Martin Rees · May 1997

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    Rick Rubin

    Rick Rubin, music producer · Nov 2022

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    Robert Langer

    Dr Robert Langer · Oct 2016

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    Richard Dawkins

    Dr Richard Dawkins · Jan 1995

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    Roger Penrose

    Sir Roger Penrose · Jul 2000

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    Malcolm Gladwell

    Malcolm Gladwell · Aug 2014

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    Piers Morgan

    Piers Morgan · Jun 2009

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    Rory Stewart

    Rory Stewart · Jan 2008

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    John Barry

    John Barry · Jun 1999

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    Steven Pinker

    Steven Pinker · Jun 2013

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    Hugh Grant

    Hugh Grant · Apr 1995

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    Gillian Anderson

    Gillian Anderson · Jan 2003

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    David Beckham

    David Beckham · Jan 2017

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    John McEnroe

    John McEnroe · Jul 2017

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    Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig, writer and director · Jan 2024

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    Simon Pegg

    Simon Pegg, actor · Jun 2023

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    Steven Spielberg

    Steven Spielberg, director · Dec 2022

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    James Cameron

    James Cameron · May 1979

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    John Legend

    John Legend, musician · Sep 2022

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    Michael Lewis

    Michael Lewis, writer · Jan 2020

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    Cate Blanchett

    Cate Blanchett, actor · Jan 2023

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