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radio</a></li> <li>music</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">43 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Language(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Home station</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Forces_Programme" title="BBC Forces Programme">BBC Forces Programme</a> (1942–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Home_Service" title="BBC Home Service">BBC Home Service</a> (1943–1944, 1951–1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Light_Programme" title="BBC Light Programme">BBC Light Programme</a> (1945–1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> (1967–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Hosted by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Plomley" title="Roy Plomley">Roy Plomley</a> (1942–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Parkinson" title="Michael Parkinson">Michael Parkinson</a> (1986–1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Lawley" title="Sue Lawley">Sue Lawley</a> (1988–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirsty_Young" title="Kirsty Young">Kirsty Young</a> (2006–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Laverne" title="Lauren Laverne">Lauren Laverne</a> (2018–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">Roy Plomley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Gillian Hush</li> <li>Olivia Seligman</li> <li>Angie Nehring</li> <li>Miranda Birch</li> <li>Leanne Buckle</li> <li>Cathy Drysdale</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Recording studio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_House" title="Broadcasting House">Broadcasting House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Original release</th><td class="infobox-data">29 January 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-01-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">3,227 (28 March 2020) c.3400 (August 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/By_the_Sleepy_Lagoon" title="By the Sleepy Lagoon">By the Sleepy Lagoon</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Coates" title="Eric Coates">Eric Coates</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr">BBC website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Desert Island Discs</b></i> is a radio programme broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>. It was first broadcast on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Forces_Programme" title="BBC Forces Programme">BBC Forces Programme</a> on 29 January 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each week a guest, called a "<a href="/wiki/Castaway" title="Castaway">castaway</a>" during the programme, is asked to choose eight audio recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a <a href="/wiki/Desert_island" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert island">desert island</a>, whilst discussing their life and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by <a href="/wiki/Roy_Plomley" title="Roy Plomley">Roy Plomley</a>. Since 2018, the programme has been presented by <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Laverne" title="Lauren Laverne">Lauren Laverne</a>. </p><p>More than 3,400 episodes have been recorded, with some guests having appeared more than once and some episodes featuring more than one guest.<sup id="cite_ref-FaC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FaC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An example of a guest who falls into both categories is <a href="/wiki/Bob_Monkhouse" title="Bob Monkhouse">Bob Monkhouse</a>, who appeared with his co-writer <a href="/wiki/Denis_Goodwin" title="Denis Goodwin">Denis Goodwin</a> on 12 December 1955 and in his own right on 20 December 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <i>Desert Island Discs</i> marked its 75th year in 2017, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> called the show a radio classic.<sup id="cite_ref-Moss_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2019, a panel of broadcasting industry experts named it the greatest radio programme of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_12_February_2019_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News_12_February_2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desert_Island_Discs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Guests are invited to imagine themselves <a href="/wiki/Castaway" title="Castaway">cast away</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Desert_island" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert island">desert island</a>, and choose eight audio recordings (originally gramophone records) to take with them; discussion of their choices permits a review of their life. Excerpts from their choices are played or, in the case of short pieces, the whole work. At the end of the programme they choose the one piece they regard most highly. Guests are also automatically given the <i><a href="/wiki/Complete_Works_of_Shakespeare" title="Complete Works of Shakespeare">Complete Works of Shakespeare</a></i> and either the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> or another appropriate religious or philosophical work. They are then prompted to select a third book to accompany them. Popular choices include <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>. Actress <a href="/wiki/Judi_Dench" title="Judi Dench">Judi Dench</a>, who has <a href="/wiki/Macular_degeneration" title="Macular degeneration">macular degeneration</a>, was permitted to take an <a href="/wiki/Audiobook" title="Audiobook">audiobook</a> in place of a printed manuscript.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guests also choose one luxury, which must be inanimate and of no use in escaping the island or allowing communication from outside. <a href="/wiki/Roy_Plomley" title="Roy Plomley">Roy Plomley</a><sup id="cite_ref-DID_BBC_2002_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID_BBC_2002-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> enforced these rules strictly. He did, however, grant a special dispensation to <a href="/wiki/Princess_Michael_of_Kent" title="Princess Michael of Kent">Princess Michael of Kent</a>, who chose her pet cat.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indy60_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy60-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, subsequent presenters have allowed more variation on the rules; <a href="/wiki/John_Cleese" title="John Cleese">John Cleese</a> was allowed to take <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a> with him, on the condition that he was dead and stuffed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples of luxuries have included champagne<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a piano, the latter of which is one of the most requested luxuries.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Plomley's death in 1985, the programme was presented by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Parkinson" title="Michael Parkinson">Michael Parkinson</a> from 1986 to 1988, then from 1988 to 2006 by <a href="/wiki/Sue_Lawley" title="Sue Lawley">Sue Lawley</a> and from 2006 to 2018 by <a href="/wiki/Kirsty_Young" title="Kirsty Young">Kirsty Young</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moss_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DID_BBC_2002_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DID_BBC_2002-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Young was replaced by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_6_Music" title="BBC Radio 6 Music">6 Music</a> presenter <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Laverne" title="Lauren Laverne">Lauren Laverne</a>, who interviewed Olympic diver <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daley" title="Tom Daley">Tom Daley</a> for her first show, broadcast on 30 September 2018. Laverne was initially drafted in as an interim presenter while Young was suffering from <a href="/wiki/Fibromyalgia" title="Fibromyalgia">fibromyalgia</a>; she was appointed permanently in July 2019 when Young announced her decision not to return.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC818_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC818-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_guests">Notable guests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desert_Island_Discs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable guests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Desert_Island_Discs_episodes" title="List of Desert Island Discs episodes">List of Desert Island Discs episodes</a></div> <p>The first castaway was <a href="/wiki/Vic_Oliver" title="Vic Oliver">Vic Oliver</a>, and several castaways, including <a href="/wiki/Celia_Johnson" title="Celia Johnson">Celia Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Askey" title="Arthur Askey">Arthur Askey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Nunn" title="Trevor Nunn">Trevor Nunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Schlesinger" title="John Schlesinger">John Schlesinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Williams" title="Kenneth Williams">Kenneth Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Rix" title="Brian Rix">Brian Rix</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough" title="David Attenborough">David Attenborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Mortimer" title="John Mortimer">John Mortimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adele_Leigh" title="Adele Leigh">Adele Leigh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delia_Smith" title="Delia Smith">Delia Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a> have been cast away more than once. The most requested piece of music over the first 60 years was "Ode to Joy", the last movement of <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)">Beethoven's Ninth Symphony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the most remarked broadcasts was <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf" title="Elisabeth Schwarzkopf">Elisabeth Schwarzkopf</a>'s 1958 selection of seven of her own recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This record was subsequently beaten by British pianist Dame <a href="/wiki/Moura_Lympany" title="Moura Lympany">Moura Lympany</a> on her second appearance on the programme on 28 July 1979 when all eight of her selections were of her own recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1970s, <a href="/wiki/Alistair_MacLean" title="Alistair MacLean">Alistair MacLean</a> was chosen as a guest, but the head of the European wing of the Ontario Tourist Bureau, who had the same name, was accidentally invited instead.<sup id="cite_ref-Moss_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moss-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plomley realised the error while conversing with MacLean shortly before they were set to record the programme. Without any time to find another guest, the interview was completed, but it was never broadcast.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1981, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon" title="Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon">Princess Margaret</a> appeared as a castaway on the show.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opening_theme">Opening theme</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desert_Island_Discs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Opening theme"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plomley originally wanted the sounds of "surf breaking on a shore and the cries of sea birds" to open and close each programme. However, Leslie Prowne, the head of popular record programmes at the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, was concerned that it lacked definition and insisted that music should also be used. Plomley and the series' producer Frederic Piffard selected "<a href="/wiki/By_the_Sleepy_Lagoon" title="By the Sleepy Lagoon">By the Sleepy Lagoon</a>", composed by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Coates" title="Eric Coates">Eric Coates</a> (who appeared on the show in 1951). The tune has been used since the first transmission in 1942. The sound of <a href="/wiki/Herring_gulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Herring gulls">herring gulls</a> has accompanied the music except for a period of time in 1964 when tropical bird sounds were used.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Copyright_status">Copyright status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desert_Island_Discs&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Copyright status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until late September 2009, <i>Desert Island Discs</i> could not be heard on the BBC's <a href="/wiki/IPlayer" class="mw-redirect" title="IPlayer">iPlayer</a> service, which allowed most programmes to be heard up to a week after transmission. The programme's website<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> stated that this was due to rights issues, as explained in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was announced on 27 September 2009 that an agreement had been reached as a result of which the programme would be available to stream via the iPlayer.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first episode available through the iPlayer was with <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a>. Subsequently, the programme was also made available as a podcast,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> beginning with the edition broadcast on 29 November 2009, which featured <a href="/wiki/Morrissey" title="Morrissey">Morrissey</a>. However, due to music clearance issues, the music selections on the podcast versions are reduced to only playing for around 30 seconds or so (and in rare instances are unavailable, as mentioned in an announcement made by the presenter at the appropriate point of the programme). </p><p>On 30 March 2011, the BBC placed more than 500 episodes from the show's archive online to listen to via iPlayer. Other episodes have since been added, both new and old.<sup id="cite_ref-rescued-episodes_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rescued-episodes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early years of the BBC, programmes were broadcast live and were not usually recorded. This, in addition to the BBC's policy of only retaining a limited number of broadcasts, means very few episodes from the first 20 years of the show are known to exist; the earliest episode still in existence was broadcast on 25 April 1951 and features actress <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Lockwood" title="Margaret Lockwood">Margaret Lockwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several extracts were preserved for posterity at the request of the guests, such as an extract featuring <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a> where he speaks about his films <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pleasure_Garden_(1925_film)" title="The Pleasure Garden (1925 film)">The Pleasure Garden</a></i> (1925) and <i><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film)" title="Rebecca (1940 film)">Rebecca</a></i> (1940), gives his view on the changing landscape of the film industry and briefly discusses his then forthcoming film <i><a href="/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)" title="Psycho (1960 film)">Psycho</a></i> (1960). </p><p>In 2022 over 90 recordings, previously thought to be lost, were rediscovered by the audio collector Richard Harrison. These recordings date from the period 1952 to 1988 and feature many notable celebrities of the era including <a href="/wiki/Bing_Crosby" title="Bing Crosby">Bing Crosby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Margot_Fonteyn" title="Margot Fonteyn">Margot Fonteyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These recordings have been made available for streaming via <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sounds" title="BBC Sounds">BBC Sounds</a>, the successor to iPlayer for audio content.<sup id="cite_ref-rescued-episodes_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rescued-episodes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023 an additional episode, featuring <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Wedgwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Veronica Wedgwood">Veronica Wedgwood</a>, from 10 March 1973, was recovered.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_publications">List of publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desert_Island_Discs&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Desert Island Discs</i> (1977, by Roy Plomley)</li> <li><i>Plomley's Pick</i> (1982, by Roy Plomley)</li> <li><i>Desert Island Lists</i> (1984, compiled by Roy Plomley and Derek Drescher)</li> <li><i>Sue Lawley's Desert Island Discussions</i> (1990, by Sue Lawley)</li> <li><i>Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways</i> (2012, by Sean Magee, foreword by Kirsty Young)<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Desert Island Discs: Flotsam & Jetsam</i> (2012, by <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Symons" title="Mitchell Symons">Mitchell Symons</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Definitive Desert Island Discs</i> (2023, by Ian Gittings, Foreword by Lauren Laverne)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desert_Island_Discs&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8355952/Desert-Island-Discs-most-popular-requests.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Desert+Island+Discs%27+most+popular+requests&rft.date=2011-03-02&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftvandradio%2F8355952%2FDesert-Island-Discs-most-popular-requests.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/51ed3e16#p009y865">"Elisabeth Schwarzkopf"</a>. <i>Desert Island Discs</i>. 28 July 1958. BBC Radio 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Desert+Island+Discs&rft.date=1958-07-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fradio4%2Ffeatures%2Fdesert-island-discs%2Fcastaway%2F51ed3e16%23p009y865&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/35a36972#p009mx7g">"Dame Moura Lympany"</a>. <i>Desert Island Discs</i>. 28 July 1979. BBC Radio 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Desert+Island+Discs&rft.date=1979-07-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fradio4%2Ffeatures%2Fdesert-island-discs%2Fcastaway%2F35a36972%23p009mx7g&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPile1980" class="citation book cs1">Pile, Stephen (9 February 1980). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofheroicfail00pile"><i>The Book of Heroic Failures</i></a></span> (1980 ed.). Futura. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bookofheroicfail00pile/page/29">29–30</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7088-1908-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7088-1908-7"><bdi>0-7088-1908-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Heroic+Failures&rft.pages=29-30&rft.edition=1980&rft.pub=Futura&rft.date=1980-02-09&rft.isbn=0-7088-1908-7&rft.aulast=Pile&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbookofheroicfail00pile&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mvhf">"HRH Princess Margaret, Desert Island Discs - BBC Radio 4"</a>. BBC<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HRH+Princess+Margaret%2C+Desert+Island+Discs+-+BBC+Radio+4&rft.pub=BBC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fp009mvhf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMagee2012" class="citation book cs1">Magee, Sean (13 September 2012). "Chapter 2:1940s". <i>Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways</i>. Bantam Press. p. 8. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-593-07006-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-593-07006-2"><bdi>978-0-593-07006-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+2%3A1940s&rft.btitle=Desert+Island+Discs%3A+70+Years+of+Castaways&rft.pages=8&rft.pub=Bantam+Press&rft.date=2012-09-13&rft.isbn=978-0-593-07006-2&rft.aulast=Magee&rft.aufirst=Sean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs.shtml">"Desert Island Discs – Home"</a>. BBC<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Desert+Island+Discs+%E2%80%93+Home&rft.pub=BBC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fradio4%2Ffactual%2Fdesertislanddiscs.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBremner2006" class="citation news cs1">Bremner, Charles (2 July 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article681767.ece">"How a man in his pyjamas invented a radio classic"</a>. <i>The Sunday Times</i>. London<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 February</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+Times&rft.atitle=How+a+man+in+his+pyjamas+invented+a+radio+classic&rft.date=2006-07-02&rft.aulast=Bremner&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesonline.co.uk%2Ftol%2Fnews%2Farticle681767.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 2024">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMark_Damazer2009" class="citation web cs1">Mark Damazer (27 September 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2009/09/desert_island_discs_iplayer.html">"BBC – Radio 4 Blog: Desert Island Discs comes to iPlayer"</a>. BBC<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+%E2%80%93+Radio+4+Blog%3A+Desert+Island+Discs+comes+to+iPlayer&rft.pub=BBC&rft.date=2009-09-27&rft.au=Mark+Damazer&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fradio4%2F2009%2F09%2Fdesert_island_discs_iplayer.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlunkett2009" class="citation news cs1">Plunkett, John (28 September 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/sep/28/desert-island-discs-bbc-iplayer">"BBC launches Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on iPlayer"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. London<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=BBC+launches+Radio+4%27s+Desert+Island+Discs+on+iPlayer&rft.date=2009-09-28&rft.aulast=Plunkett&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmedia%2F2009%2Fsep%2F28%2Fdesert-island-discs-bbc-iplayer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-rescued-episodes-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-rescued-episodes_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-rescued-episodes_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/MdQtwz2d88J9TV2mMqWx84/a-full-list-of-the-rescued-episodes-of-desert-island-discs">"A full list of the rescued episodes of Desert Island Discs"</a>. BBC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231015222754/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/MdQtwz2d88J9TV2mMqWx84/a-full-list-of-the-rescued-episodes-of-desert-island-discs">Archived</a> from the original on 15 October 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+full+list+of+the+rescued+episodes+of+Desert+Island+Discs&rft.pub=BBC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Farticles%2FMdQtwz2d88J9TV2mMqWx84%2Fa-full-list-of-the-rescued-episodes-of-desert-island-discs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p009ycqy">"Desert Island Discs – Margaret Lockwood – BBC Sounds"</a>. BBC<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Desert+Island+Discs+%E2%80%93+Margaret+Lockwood+%E2%80%93+BBC+Sounds&rft.pub=BBC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsounds%2Fplay%2Fp009ycqy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63215698">"Lost Desert Island Discs: Collector finds more than 90 missing recordings"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 13 October 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Lost+Desert+Island+Discs%3A+Collector+finds+more+than+90+missing+recordings&rft.date=2022-10-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-63215698&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Desert Island Discs: 70 years of castaways". <i>Amazon</i>. 13 September 2012. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0593070062">0593070062</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Amazon&rft.atitle=Desert+Island+Discs%3A+70+years+of+castaways&rft.date=2012-09-13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADesert+Island+Discs" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Desert Island Discs: Flotsam & Jetsam". <i>Amazon</i>. 25 October 2012. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0593070070">0593070070</a>.</cite><span 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