Danny’s parents separated when he was nine and his dad left the family home. Danny says, “I was brought up by very strong ...

However, the conversation that followed could only have happened on Desert Island Discs, as Len introduced Kirsty to his “old gentleman”. Sarah describes herself as “a tapdancey child” who ...

Leeds’ finest, Nicola Adams, is the first British female double Olympic boxing champion; in her Desert Island Discs she talks to Kirsty Young about being mobbed in the supermarket, hating to ...

Yoko Ono has always defied convention, but during a rare interview on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs in 2007, she made an ...

David has worked as a surgeon in war zones around the world. He described to Kirsty Young – in profoundly moving terms – a situation he had to confront in Gaza in 2014. It was literally ...

Radio chat show BBC Radio 4 / BBC Light Programme / BBC Home Service / BBC Forces Programme Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of ...

EastEnders icon Danny Dyer confessed there's one paperback he wouldn't be able to cope without - and it's an unexpected ...

Having been broadcast on the BBC since Word War Two, Desert Island Discs has a firm place in British culture, but the shows most picked song is quite surprising ...

Danny Dyer has said receiving a letter from his daughter Dani while at a rehab facility in 2016 was what convinced him to ...

The Australian musician told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that his wife and family are now the source of his creativity, and where he finds his joy. "It's difficult to exaggerate how ...

White is the 14th guest to turn to Wisden for company on his fictional island. Others have included Alec Bedser, commentator ...