Nearly every Brit at some point in their life has played the Desert Island Discs game, whether it's at a family meal, a wedding, or even just passing the time in the office, we all have a favourite ...

We’ve all felt the effects of a good episode of Desert Island Discs – crying on the commute, laughing to ourselves in public, singing as we potter about the house. There’s something about the format ...

The first episode of “Desert Island Discs” was recorded at the bomb-damaged Maida Vale Studios, in West London, on January 27, 1942, and aired on the BBC two days later. It’s an interview show with a ...

Nick Cave has appeared on Desert Island Discs, the long-running BBC Radio show which asks its guests to name the eight songs they'd choose to keep if they were banished to a desert island. Cave, whose ...

Researchers at the University of Westminster and City University of London analysing the music record choices of guests on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme has found that the music we ...

10:33, Mon, Aug 4, 2025 Updated: 10:36, Mon, Aug 4, 2025 Elton John has never been shy about naming the songs that mean the most to him, and back in 1986 he revealed that one of his all‑time ...

Weekends at 8 Whitehorn Avenue, the West London council house where Ronnie grew up, were loud and raucous. “It was the party house. We used to have a piano wedged by the front door. People would climb ...