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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   Sarah Doukas

   Sarah Doukas · Oct 2010

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   Never again
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   Sarah Miles

   Sarah Miles · Feb 1990

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   Sarah Millican

   Sarah Millican · Dec 2014

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   Sarah Raven

   Sarah Raven, gardener and writer · Aug 2024

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   Sarah Storey

   Dame Sarah Storey, athlete · Jun 2024

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   Satish Kumar

   Satish Kumar · May 2005

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   Seamus Heaney

   Seamus Heaney · Nov 1989

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   Sebastian Coe

   Sebastian Coe · Aug 1981

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   Sebastian Faulks

   Sebastian Faulks · Mar 2009

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    Selina Scott

    Selina Scott · Feb 1986

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    Shami Chakrabarti

    Shami Chakrabarti · Nov 2008

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    Sharon Peacock

    Professor Sharon Peacock, scientist · Jun 2023

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    Sheila Hancock

    Sheila Hancock · Feb 2000

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    Sheila Steafel

    Sheila Steafel · May 1985

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    Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist · Feb 2024

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    Sheryl Sandberg

    Sheryl Sandberg · Jul 2017

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    Shirine Khoury-Haq

    Shirine Khoury-Haq, businesswoman · Jul 2024

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    Shirley Anne Field

    Shirley Anne Field · Nov 1993

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    Shirley Ballas

    Shirley Ballas, dance judge · Jan 2024

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    Shirley Collins

    Shirley Collins, folk singer · Sep 2023

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    Shirley Hughes

    Shirley Hughes · Mar 2001

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    Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine · Nov 1983

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    Shirley Porter

    Dame Shirley Porter · Apr 1991

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    Shirley Williams

    Rt Hon Shirley Williams · 2 episodes

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    Si King

    Si King, cook · Apr 2026

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    Sian Phillips

    Sian Phillips · 2 episodes

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    Sigrid Rausing

    Sigrid Rausing · Jan 2016

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    Simon Armitage

    Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate · May 2020

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    Simon Callow

    Simon Callow · Feb 2000

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    Simon Cowell

    Simon Cowell · Aug 2006

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    Simon McBurney

    Simon McBurney · Jul 2012

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    Simon Murray

    Simon Murray · Jan 2009

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    Simon Rattle

    Simon Rattle · Jan 2008

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    Simon Reeve

    Simon Reeve, broadcaster and writer · Jan 2022

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    Simon Russell Beale

    Simon Russell Beale · Jul 2007

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    Simon Schama

    Simon Schama · Sep 2001

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    Simon Wessely

    Professor Sir Simon Wessely · Mar 2021

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    Simon Weston

    Simon Weston · Mar 1996

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    Simon Woolley

    Simon Woolley, crossbench peer · Aug 2023

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    Sinead Burke

    Sinead Burke, disability rights activist and teacher · May 2020

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