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Desert Island Discs by BBC Radio 4

2729 - Professor Dame Parveen Kumar

Desert Island Discs

2729 - Professor Dame Parveen Kumar

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

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2729 - Professor Dame Parveen Kumar

Sun, 01 Nov 2026
2728 - Matt Haig, writer

Sat, 24 Oct 2026
2727 - Richard Osman on managing his eating disorder

Fri, 23 Oct 2026
2726 - Penelope Keith on knowing her Shakespeare

Thu, 22 Oct 2026
2725 - Anthony Joshua on his love for his mother

Wed, 21 Oct 2026
2724 - Kathy Burke on being saved by punk as a moody teenager

Tue, 20 Oct 2026
2723 - Stephen Mangan on why he'll never be Bond

Mon, 19 Oct 2026
2722 - How Nick Cave's songs reveal themselves painfully to him

Fri, 16 Oct 2026
2721 - Meera Syal on holding up a mirror to British society in Goodness Gracious Me

Thu, 15 Oct 2026
2720 - Why Lyse Doucet doesn't want to be called a war reporter

Wed, 14 Oct 2026
2719 - Gareth Southgate on putting on the England shirt for the first time

Tue, 13 Oct 2026
2718 - Michael Sheen on his father's time as a Jack Nicholson impersonator

Mon, 12 Oct 2026
2717 - Rick Rubin on finding the magic in music

Fri, 09 Oct 2026
2716 - Caitlin Moran on the smells that defined her childhood

Thu, 08 Oct 2026
2715 - Romesh Ranganathan on finding his comedy sweet spot

Wed, 07 Oct 2026
2714 - Tanni Grey-Thompson on winning four Olympic golds in Sydney

Tue, 06 Oct 2026
2713 - Greta Gerwig on her childhood enthusiasm for putting on plays

Mon, 05 Oct 2026
2712 - James Graham on his "stripping vicar" ice-dancing routine

Fri, 02 Oct 2026
2702 - Chaka Khan, singer and songwriter

Sun, 13 Sep 2026
2701 - Professor Dame Pamela Shaw

Sun, 06 Sep 2026
2700 - Emma Grede, businesswoman

Sat, 29 Aug 2026
2699 - Sir Roger Deakins, cinematographer

Sun, 23 Aug 2026
2698 - Shania Twain, musician

Sun, 16 Aug 2026
2697 - Paul Farmer, charity leader

Sat, 08 Aug 2026
2696 - Professor Liz Morris, glaciologist

Sun, 02 Aug 2026
2695 - Norman Cook, DJ and musician

Sat, 25 Jul 2026
2694 - Jo Nesbø, writer

Sat, 18 Jul 2026
2693 - Anna Maxwell Martin, actor

Sun, 12 Jul 2026
2692 - Peter Layton, artist

Sun, 05 Jul 2026
2690 - Guy Martin, presenter and former motorcycle racer

Sun, 28 Jun 2026
2688 - Emily Watson, actor

Sat, 20 Jun 2026
2686 - Gary O'Donoghue, journalist

Sun, 14 Jun 2026
2684 - Patricia Greene

Sun, 27 Dec 2015
2683 - David Morrissey, actor

Sat, 06 Jun 2026
2682 - Julie Goodyear

Sun, 17 Mar 2013
2681 - June Spencer

Sun, 28 Feb 2010
2674 - Si King, cook

Sat, 25 Apr 2026
2673 - Sara Pascoe, comedian and writer

Sun, 19 Apr 2026
2672 - Professor Stephen Westaby, surgeon and writer

Sun, 12 Apr 2026
2671 - Jessie Buckley, actor

Sun, 05 Apr 2026
2670 - Dwayne Fields, explorer

Sun, 29 Mar 2026
2669 - Roula Khalaf, journalist

Sun, 22 Mar 2026
2668 - Richard Young, photographer

Sun, 15 Mar 2026
2667 - Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer

Sun, 08 Mar 2026
2666 - Professor Michele Dougherty, scientist

Sun, 01 Mar 2026
2665 - Kemi Badenoch MP, leader of the opposition

Sun, 22 Feb 2026
2664 - Adeel Akhtar, actor

Sun, 15 Feb 2026
2663 - Jesse Armstrong, writer

Sun, 08 Feb 2026
2662 - Jojo Moyes, writer

Sun, 25 Jan 2026
2661 - Kate Winslet, actor

Sun, 18 Jan 2026

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