Malcolm Gladwell
The writer Malcolm Gladwell is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.Always concise, frequently counterintuitive and unexpectedly beguiling, his work orders the world in a way that gives...
10 Aug 201436min
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey, musician and frontman of Elbow, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert island Discs.Front man of the group "Elbow" his voice and lyrics have helped the band win pretty much every music ...
3 Aug 201437min
Dame Wendy Hall
Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, Dame Wendy fought long and hard to prove that her type of web science was highly significant and here to stay. If algebraic topol...
27 Jul 201434min
Doug Allan
Doug Allan is Kirsty's castaway this week. He's spent thirty-five years capturing unique footage of animals in some of the most remote and least hospitable places on earth. If you've watched fuzzy li...
20 Jul 201436min
Anne Reid
Actress Anne Reid is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.For a long time the bedrock of Anne Reid's successful career seemed to be her perfectly nuanced portrayal of a variety of north...
13 Jul 201433min
Sir Michael Marmot
Professor Sir Michael Marmot is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. He's an epidemiologist who has spent his career studying what the key factors are in leading a long and healthy lif...
6 Jul 201439min
Lily Allen
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the singer and songwriter Lily Allen. Less than a decade ago she dipped her toe in musical waters by releasing her demos on social media, this summer she's one of ...
29 Jun 201435min
Judy Murray
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Judy Murray.A tennis coach since she was 17, she's the current British captain of the Fed Cup, the premier team competition in women's tennis, and was herself at o...
22 Jun 201436min
