Desert Island Discs

Harry Hill is a comedian, writer and broadcaster best known for presenting popular televis... more

Monica Dolan is a BAFTA and Olivier award winning actor. She is equally at home playing a ... more

Gustavo Dudamel is a Venezuelan conductor, violinist and composer. He is known for bringin... more

Ash Atalla is a television producer whose first hit was the BBC sitcom The Office, starrin... more

Carol Klein is a gardener, broadcaster and longtime contributor to BBC Gardeners’ World. S... more

Sir Gregory Doran is the former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He spe... more

Norma Percy is a documentary film-maker. She has been making programmes for over three dec... more

Lord Alf Dubs is a Labour peer and former MP. He came to the UK from Prague in 1939 on one... more

Professor Lucy Easthope is an adviser on disaster recovery and planning. She’s an expert ... more

Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian and BAFTA-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on B... more

Abdulrazak Gurnah is emeritus Professor of Post-Colonial Literatures at the University of ... more

Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University Col... more

Actor Danny Dyer became a household name when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Car... more

Lindsey Hilsum is a multi-award-winning journalist who has been a foreign correspondent fo... more

Donna Ockenden is a former clinical midwife who led the Ockenden Review which revealed, at... more

Professor Carl Jones is a conservation biologist who is best known for saving the Mauritiu... more

Cyndi Lauper is a multi-award winning singer and songwriter. She has sold more than fifty ... more

William Boyd is the author of eighteen novels, five short story collections and numerous s... more

Sir Jony Ive is a designer who is best known for his pioneering work at Apple alongside hi... more

Wilhelmina – Mina – Smallman is an activist who campaigns for the safety of women and girl... more