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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   Rosemary Sutcliff

   Rosemary Sutcliff · Oct 1983

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   Never again
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   Rosemary Verey

   Rosemary Verey · Feb 1994

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   Roula Khalaf

   Roula Khalaf, journalist · Mar 2026

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   Rowan Atkinson

   Rowan Atkinson · May 1988

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   Rowan Williams

   Rowan Williams · Dec 2002

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   Roy Calne

   Sir Roy Calne · Feb 1996

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   Roy Hattersley

   Roy Hattersley · Jan 1986

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   Roy Jenkins

   Lord Roy Jenkins · Apr 1989

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   Roy Strong

   Sir Roy Strong · Oct 2014

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    Ruby Wax

    Ruby Wax · Jun 2005

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    Ruggiero Ricci

    Ruggiero Ricci · Apr 1983

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    Rumer Godden

    Rumer Godden · Oct 1996

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    Rupert Everett

    Rupert Everett, actor · Jan 2020

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    Russell Foster

    Professor Russell Foster, professor of circadian neuroscience · Dec 2019

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    Russell Harty

    Russell Harty · Mar 1981

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    Russell T Davies

    Russell T Davies, screenwriter · Nov 2019

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    Ruth Jones

    Ruth Jones, actor and writer · Jan 2019

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    Ruth Padel

    Ruth Padel · Jan 2009

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    Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

    Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · Jan 1999

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    Ruth Rogers

    Ruth Rogers · Aug 2015

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    Ruth Westheimer

    Dr Ruth Westheimer · Sep 1990

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    Ruthie Henshall

    Ruthie Henshall · Aug 2008

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    Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

    Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, firefighter · Sep 2019

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    Sacha Distel

    Sacha Distel · Feb 2004

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    Saeed Jaffrey

    Saeed Jaffrey · Apr 1997

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    Sally Davies

    Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer, England · Jul 2019

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    Sally Mann

    Sally Mann, photographer and writer · Dec 2025

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    Sally Wainwright

    Sally Wainwright · Oct 2014

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    Salman Rushdie

    Sir Salman Rushdie, writer · 2 episodes

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    Salvatore Accardo

    Salvatore Accardo · Apr 1980

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    Sam Taylor-Wood

    Sam Taylor-Wood · Jan 2005

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    Samantha Morton

    Samantha Morton, actor · Oct 2020

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    Samantha Power

    Samantha Power · Jan 2021

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    Sandi Toksvig

    Sandi Toksvig · Nov 2015

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    Sandie Shaw

    Sandie Shaw · Dec 2010

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    Sandy Powell

    Sandy Powell, costume designer · Mar 2024

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    Sanjeev Bhaskar

    Sanjeev Bhaskar · Oct 2008

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    Sara Khan

    Sara Khan · Jun 2016

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    Sara Pascoe

    Sara Pascoe, comedian and writer · Apr 2026

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    Sarah Connolly

    Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano · Oct 2021

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