75 Years of Desert Island Discs
75 Years of Desert Island Discs - Kirsty Young ends the programme's anniversary year with some gems from the archive, including the creator of the format, Roy Plomley, actress Bebe Daniels, broadcaste...
31 Dec 201742min
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli, dancer, choreographer and a judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, is Kirsty's guest. He was brought up in Ferrara, Northern Italy, and was the only child of hard-working parents wh...
24 Dec 201734min
Christine McVie
Christine McVie enjoyed huge success with Fleetwood Mac, penning many of their signature songs including You Make Loving Fun, Oh Daddy, Little Lies, Everywhere and Songbird. The band has sold more tha...
17 Dec 201748min
Kelsey Grammer
Kelsey Grammer is best known for his two-decade-long portrayal of psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane which began on the NBC sitcom Cheers. He continued the role in the hugely successful spin-off series Fra...
10 Dec 201735min
Tim Martin
Tim Martin is the chairman and founder of the pub company JD Wetherspoon. He opened his first pub, Martin's Free House, in 1979 in North London. Now the chain employs 37,000 people, in 891 pubs of whi...
3 Dec 201734min
Naomi Klein
The writer and activist Naomi Klein reached an international audience with her first book, the best-selling No Logo, a rallying cry against the power of corporate brands and the replacement of traditi...
26 Nov 201734min
Micky Flanagan
Micky Flanagan found mainstream success as a comedian in 2007 with his autobiographical 'What Chance Change?' show at the Edinburgh fringe, where he was nominated as best newcomer. Raised in the East ...
19 Nov 201734min
Anna Pavord
Anna Pavord, writer & gardener, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island DiscsProducer: Cathy Drysdale.
12 Nov 201736min
