Desert Island Discs: Archive 2011-2015

Kirsty Young's castaway is Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences at the Open University.Well-known in scientific circles, at NASA and the European Space Agency, she came to the atten...

26 Jul 201538min

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the musician, Noel Gallagher.He was the principal songwriter of the band Oasis - his younger brother, Liam was the lead singer. Born to Irish parents, as a child h...

19 Jul 201536min

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the poet and artist, Imtiaz Dharker.Winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for her work, her life seems a perfect reflection of the inter-relatedness of The Commonwealth...

12 Jul 201536min

Kirsty's castaway this week is the former England cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff.One of the best players of his generation, he was part of the England team that won the Ashes in 2005, a year that...

5 Jul 201535min

Kirsty's castaway this week is the conductor and composer Harry Rabinowitz.His list of credits and collaborations read like a Who's Who of 20th century music - Gracie Fields, Charles Aznavour, Andrew ...

28 Jun 201536min

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Stephen Fry.Comedian, actor, writer, director, presenter & award-ceremony host - his list of accomplishments is long, varied and impressive. His younger years were...

24 Jun 201539min

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Rebecca Adlington - Britain's most successful female swimmer.A multiple medal winner and record breaker she's packed a lot in at a young age, first grabbing the na...

14 Jun 201535min

Professor Lisa Jardine, academic, biographer and public thinker, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.Historian, biographer, public thinker, mathematician - her proclivities are wide...

10 Jun 201537min