Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young

Chris Boardman, cyclist

Chris Boardman is an Olympic cyclist, businessman and the Cycling and Walking Commissioner for...

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Professor Averil Mansfield, retired surgeon

Averil Mansfield is a retired vascular surgeon and was the first female Professor of Surgery in...

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Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE

Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE is a Trinidadian-British broadcaster, writer and politician. She...

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Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE

Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE is a Trinidadian-British broadcaster, writer and politician. She...

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Samantha Morton, actor

Samantha Morton is an actor and director. She has appeared in films directed by Woody Allen and...

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Yusuf Cat Stevens, musician

Yusuf Cat Stevens is a singer-songwriter who first enjoyed success more than 50 years ago. He...

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Bernardine Evaristo, writer

Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel, Girl, Woman, Other. She is...

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Classic Desert Island Discs - Jack Charlton

The ball rolled past the gap between him and Gordon Banks and into the back of the net. The...

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Classic Desert Island Discs - Liz Smith

Kirsty Young's castaway is the actress Liz Smith. Her story is a triumph of talent and...

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Classic Desert Island Discs - Terry Jones

Roy Plomley's castaway is the Monty Python comedian Terry Jones, in a programme first broadcast...

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Classic Desert Island Discs - Wendy Cope

Wendy Cope is one of England’s most popular and widely-read contemporary poets. Wendy was born...

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Classic Desert Island Discs - Bryan Stevenson

Kirsty Young's castaway is Bryan Stevenson. An American lawyer, he is the founder and executive...

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Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate

Maria Balshaw is the Director of Tate, overseeing four major art galleries: Tate Britain, Tate...

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Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate

Maria Balshaw is the Director of Tate, overseeing four major art galleries: Tate Britain, Tate...

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Steve Backshall, Explorer

Steve Backshall is an explorer, naturalist and broadcaster. His BAFTA-winning programmes...

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Sharon Horgan, writer, actor, producer

Sharon Horgan is a writer, actor and producer best known for co-writing and co-starring in the...

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Annie Nightingale, DJ

Annie Nightingale was BBC Radio 1’s first female presenter and is its longest-serving DJ,...

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Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of Nato

Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary General of NATO and a former Prime Minister of Norway....

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Helen Fielding, author

Helen Fielding, writer and journalist, is best known for creating Bridget Jones, who first...

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Helen McCrory, actress

Helen McCrory shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would want to take with her if cast...

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