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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   Jo Brand

   Jo Brand · Mar 2007

   0 votes

   Never again
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   Jo Fairley

   Jo Fairley, businesswoman · Aug 2019

   0 votes

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   Jo Malone

   Jo Malone · Jan 2015

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   Jo da Silva

   Dame Jo da Silva, engineer · Nov 2021

   0 votes

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   Joan Armatrading

   Joan Armatrading · Jan 1989

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   Joan Bakewell

   Dame Joan Bakewell · Aug 2009

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   Joan Collins

   Joan Collins · Jun 1989

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   Joan Plowright

   Dame Joan Plowright · 2 episodes

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   Joan Turner

   Joan Turner · Jul 1988

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    Joanna Lumley

    Joanna Lumley · 2 episodes

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    Joanna MacGregor

    Joanna MacGregor · Jun 1997

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    Joanna Trollope

    Joanna Trollope · Sep 1994

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    Joanne Harris

    Joanne Harris, writer · Nov 2021

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    Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell · Dec 2000

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    Jocelyn Stevens

    Jocelyn Stevens · Mar 1992

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    Joe Simpson

    Joe Simpson · Sep 2004

    0 votes

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    Joe Wicks

    Joe Wicks, fitness trainer and author · Jun 2020

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    John Agard

    John Agard · Nov 2014

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    John Banham

    John Banham · Sep 1991

    0 votes

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    John Biffen

    Rt Hon John Biffen MP · Mar 1990

    0 votes

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    John Bird

    John Bird · 2 episodes

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    John Bishop

    John Bishop · Jun 2012

    0 votes

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    John Boorman

    John Boorman · May 1993

    0 votes

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    John Boyne

    John Boyne, writer · Jun 2024

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    John Burgh

    Sir John Burgh · Dec 1984

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    John Cale

    John Cale · Feb 2004

    0 votes

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    John Caudwell

    John Caudwell, businessman · Jan 2022

    0 votes

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    John Cole

    John Cole · May 1993

    0 votes

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    John Cooper Clarke

    John Cooper Clarke, poet · Jul 2019

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    John Copley

    John Copley · Jan 2010

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    John Dankworth

    John Dankworth · Mar 1986

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    John Drummond

    John Drummond · Jun 1994

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    John Eliot Gardiner

    John Eliot Gardiner · Nov 1992

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    John Fortune

    John Fortune · Dec 2004

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    John Fowles

    John Fowles · Jan 1981

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    John Gielgud

    Sir John Gielgud · May 1981

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    John Graham

    John Graham · Jul 2011

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    John Gunter

    John Gunter · Jul 1983

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    John Hackett

    General Sir John Hackett · Jun 1980

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    John Harle

    John Harle · May 1998

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