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Desert Island Discs Episodes

  1. Classic Desert Island Discs: Judith Kerr

    Another chance to hear Judith Kerr's Desert Island Discs, from February 2004.

  2. Classic Desert Island Discs: Hugh Masekela

    Another chance to listen to the world famous musician speaking to Sue Lawley in 2004.

  3. Classic Desert Island Discs: Freddie Flintoff

    Another chance to hear the cricketer, Freddie Flintoff speaking to Kirsty Young in 2007

  4. Classic Desert Island Discs: Daniel Kahneman

    Another chance to hear Daniel Kaheneman's Desert Island Discs, from August 2013.

  5. Classic Desert Island Discs: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    Sue Lawley's castaway is astrophysicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.

  6. Classic Desert Island Discs: Dame Cicely Saunders

    Another chance to listen to the Hospice Movement founder speaking to Sue Lawley in 1995.

  7. Classic Desert Island Discs: Cilla Black

    Another chance to listen to the singer and presenter speaking to Sue Lawley in 1988.

  8. Classic Desert Island Discs: Brian Redhead

    Another chance to listen to the journalist speaking to Michael Parkinson in 1986.

  9. Classic Desert Island Discs: Annie Lennox

    Another chance to listen to the singer-songwriter speaking to Kirsty Young in 2008.

  10. Classic Desert Island Discs: Ade Adepitan

    Another chance to hear Paralympian and broadcaster Ade Adepitan interviewed in 2012

  11. Classic Desert Island Discs - Yoko Ono

    Kirsty Young talks to the artist Yoko Ono in a programme first broadcast in 2007.

  12. Classic Desert Island Discs - Wendy Cope

    Lauren Laverne's castaway is the poet Wendy Cope (first broadcast in 2019).

  13. Classic Desert Island Discs - Wendy Cope

    Lauren Laverne's castaway is the poet Wendy Cope.

  14. Classic Desert Island Discs - Warwick Davis

    Kirsty Young talks to actor Warwick Davis, in a programme first heard in 2016.

  15. Classic Desert Island Discs - Tom Daley

    Lauren Laverne talks to the diver Tom Daley, in a programme first broadcast in 2018.

  16. Classic Desert Island Discs - Terry Jones

    Roy Plomley's castaway is Monty Python comedian Terry Jones. (First broadcast in 1983.)

  17. Classic Desert Island Discs - Steven Spielberg

    Lauren Laverne talks to film director Steven Spielberg.

  18. Classic Desert Island Discs - Steve McQueen

    Kirsty Young talks to the director Steve McQueen in a programme first broadcast in 2014.

  19. Classic Desert Island Discs - Stephen Graham

    Lauren Laverne鈥檚 castaway is the actor Stephen Graham (from 2019).

  20. Classic Desert Island Discs - Sophia Loren

    Lauren Laverne talks to Italian actress Sophia Loren in a programme from 2021.

  21. Classic Desert Island Discs - Simon Reeve

    Lauren Laverne talks to broadcaster and writer Simon Reeve, in an episode from 2022.

  22. Classic Desert Island Discs - Shirley Collins

    Lauren Laverne talks to singer Shirley Collins in a programme first broadcast in 2023.

  23. Classic Desert Island Discs - Samantha Morton

    Lauren Laverne talks to the actor Samantha Morton in a programme first broadcast in 2020.

  24. Classic Desert Island Discs - Ruth Jones

    Lauren Laverne talks to the actor Ruth Jones in a programme first broadcast in 2019.

  25. Classic Desert Island Discs - Russell T Davies

    Lauren Laverne talks to the screenwriter Russell T Davies. (First broadcast in 2019)

  26. Classic Desert Island Discs - Raymond Briggs

    Sue Lawley鈥檚 guest is Raymond Briggs (from 2005). Raymond died in August 2022, aged 88.

  27. Classic Desert Island Discs - Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu

    Lauren Laverne's guest is Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu. First broadcast in 2020.

  28. Classic Desert Island Discs - Murray Walker

    Kirsty Young talks to motor racing commentator Murray Walker. First broadcast in 2014.

  29. Classic Desert Island Discs - Maya Angelou

    Writer Maya Angelou talks to Michael Parkinson, in a programme first broadcast in 1988.

  30. Classic Desert Island Discs - Malala Yousafzai

    Lauren Laverne talks to the activist Malala Yousafzai, first broadcast in 2021.

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