List of Desert Island Discs episodes (2021–present)
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The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites guests to choose eight pieces of music which they would take with them to a hypothetical desert island. They are also invited to select a book of their choosing (in addition to the Bible or a comparable religious text for the guest, and the complete works of William Shakespeare), and one luxury item (provided it is inanimate and would not help them escape the island). The following is a list of episodes that have been broadcast since 2021, detailing the guest on each episode, their chosen book, and their luxury item.
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2022
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|{{dts|3 July 2022}}||{{sort name|Adele|}}||The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur||A self-inflating mattress{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018wxk |title=Adele, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 July 2022}}
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|{{dts|10 July 2022}}||Andrew Ramroop||Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace||A tenor steel pan drum{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00193r6 |title=Andrew Ramroop, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=10 July 2022}}
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|{{dts|17 July 2022}}||{{sort name|Kate|Ewart-Biggs}}||The Complete Novels of Jane Austen||An asthma inhaler{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00199p9|title=Kate Ewart-Biggs, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=22 July 2022}}
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|{{dts|24 July 2022}}||{{sort name|Kate|Moss}}||The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry || A cashmere blanket{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019jv2 |title=Kate Moss, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 July 2022}}
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|{{dts|31 July 2022}}||{{sort name|Clare|Smyth}}||The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien || A chef's knife{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019r70 |title=Clare Smyth, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=1 August 2022}}
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|{{dts|7 August 2022}}||{{sort name|John|Legend}}||The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber & David Wengrow ||A piano{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019yvx|title=John Legend, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=7 August 2022}}
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|{{dts|18 September 2022}}||{{sort name|Sue|Barker}}||All In by Billie Jean King ||New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wine{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c678 |title=Sue Barker, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=19 September 2022}}
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|{{dts|25 September 2022}}||{{sort name|Jay|Blades}}||The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X ||A reclining massage chair{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cdwm |title=Jay Blades, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=26 September 2022}}
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|{{dts|2 October 2022}}||{{sort name|Dr Waheed|Arian| Waheed Arian}}||The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba||Pen and paper{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cp20 |title=Dr Waheed Arian, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=3 October 2022}}
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|{{dts|9 October 2022}}||{{sort name|Kevin|Sinfield}}||The Edge: The Guide to Fulfilling Dreams, Maximizing Success and Enjoying a Lifetime of Achievement by Howard E. Ferguson||A self-propelled treadmill{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cwsz |title=Kevin Sinfield, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=9 October 2022}}
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|{{dts|16 October 2022}}||{{sort name|Maxine|Peake}}||One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard||A solar-powered epilator{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d4vp |title=Maxine Peake, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 October 2022}}
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|{{dts|23 October 2022}}||{{sort name|Rick|Rubin}}||The Red Book by Carl Jung||Tarot cards{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dd83 |title=Rick Rubin, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=24 October 2022}}
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|{{dts|30 October 2022}}||{{sort name|Professor Angela|Gallop| Angela Gallop}}||A collection of works by Robert Harris||A church organ and sheet music{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001dmpl |title=Professor Angela Gallop , Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 November 2022}}
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|{{dts|6 November 2022}}||{{sort name|Richard E.|Grant}}||Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll||A piano{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwlk |title=Richard E. Grant, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=7 November 2022}}
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|{{dts|18 November 2022}}||{{sort name|Professor Jean|Golding| Jean Golding}}||The Oxford Book of Twentieth-century English Verse||A mobility power chair{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f5dv |title=Professor Jean Golding, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=21 November 2022}}
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|{{dts|20 November 2022}}||{{sort name|Barry|Hearn}}||The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway||A fishing rod and rocking chair{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fcg8 |title=Barry Hearn, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=21 November 2022}}
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|{{dts|27 November 2022}}||{{sort name|Baz|Luhrmann}}||War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy||A silk eye mask{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001flzq |title=Baz Luhrmann, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=27 November 2022}}
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|{{dts|4 December 2022}}||{{sort name|Edward|Enninful}}||Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson||A pair of embroidered slippers{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fvns |title=Edward Enninful, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=5 December 2022}}
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|{{dts|11 December 2022}}||{{sort name|Cate|Blanchett}}||Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit||Time{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g30v |title=Cate Blanchett, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=12 December 2022}}
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|{{dts|18 December 2022}}||{{sort name|Steven|Spielberg}}||The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck||H-8 Bolex camera{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g8m4 |title=Steven Spielberg, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=19 December 2022}}
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|{{dts|25 December 2022}}||{{sort name|Kirsty|Young}}||The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron||A cinema and film archive{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ghvx |title=Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 December 2022}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr Desert Island Discs] at BBC Radio 4
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