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Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Episodes

Arsène Wenger, former football manager

Nov 22 2020 • 0 MIN

Arsène Wenger was the manager of Arsenal FC for 22 years, becoming the longest-serving and most successful manager in the club’s history. He was born in Strasbourg in 1949 and grew up as the youn...

Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Opposition

Nov 15 2020 • 0 MIN

Sir Keir Starmer is the leader of the Labour Party, and the leader of the opposition. Named after Keir Hardie, a founding father of the Labour party, he was elected leader seven months ago in the ...

David Mitchell, novelist

Nov 13 2020 • 0 MIN

David Mitchell has published eight novels, two of which – number9dream and Cloud Atlas – have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also translated two books on autism from Japanese, work...

Hilary McGrady, Director General of the National Trust

Nov 1 2020 • 0 MIN

Hilary McGrady is Director General of the National Trust. She was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1966, where her father was a builder while her mother looked after Hilary and her two older ...

Chris Boardman, cyclist

Oct 25 2020 • 0 MIN

Chris Boardman is an Olympic cyclist, businessman and the Cycling and Walking Commissioner for Greater Manchester. Both his parents were keen competitive amateur cyclists and they backed Chris as ...

Professor Averil Mansfield, retired surgeon

Oct 18 2020 • 0 MIN

Averil Mansfield is a retired vascular surgeon and was the first female Professor of Surgery in the UK when she was appointed in 1993. She was born in 1937 in Blackpool, where her father worked as...