
Dame Stephanie Shirley
Entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley joins Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs. As a child, she escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport - travelling across Europe for two days in a train with a tho...
23 Mai 201037min

Rob Brydon
The comedian and actor Rob Brydon joins Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs. Growing up in Port Talbot, South Wales, he discovered performing when he was a teenager and says he came alive when he was ...
16 Mai 201034min

Fay Weldon
The writer Fay Weldon joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs. The author of dozens of novels, essays and radio and TV dramas, she says she spends so much time inventing characters and st...
9 Mai 201035min

Emma Thompson
Kirsty Young's castaway is Emma Thompson.Sense and Sensibility, The Remains of the Day, Much Ado About Nothing and Howards End are just a handful of her notable screen credits in a dazzling career tha...
28 Mar 201037min

Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer Frank Cottrell Boyce.His film credits include Hilary and Jackie, Welcome to Sarajevo and 24 Hour Party People. He's also written TV soaps, radio and stage plays a...
21 Mar 201035min

Duncan Bannatyne
Kirsty Young's castaway is entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne.He made his name appearing on the TV show Dragons' Den as a no-nonsense investor with an eye for the bottom line. He made his fortune in nursin...
14 Mar 201035min

Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Kirsty Young's castaway is space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.She has, she says, a special relationship with the moon, one that started when she first saw The Clangers as a small child. As a teenage...
7 Mar 201035min

June Spencer
Kirsty Young's castaway is actress June Spencer.She is one of the best-loved matriarchs in broadcasting. As Peggy Woolley in The Archers, she's the only original member of the cast still in the show. ...
28 Feb 201038min



















