Desert Island Discs

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Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC Radio 4 interview show in which guests choose the eight recordings they would take to a hypothetical desert island, revealing their lives and personalities through their selections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf BBC Radio 4 programme
interview show
radio programme
alsoKnownAs Desert Island Discs
surface form: Desert Island Discs radio programme
availableAs podcast
awarded Sony Radio Academy Award
broadcaster BBC Radio 4
broadcastMedium FM radio
digital radio
broadcastOn radio
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Roy Plomley
firstBroadcastDate 1942-01-29
format celebrity interview
music selections
genre interview
talk show
hasEpisodeCount over 3000 episodes
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnmr
hasPart biographical interview
castaway choosing eight recordings
castaway choosing one book
castaway choosing one luxury item
hasThemeMusic By the Sleepy Lagoon
inspiredBy desert island scenario
locationOfRecording London, England
surface form: London
network BBC Radio 4
notableFeature guests are given the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare by default
guests choose a luxury item with no practical use
guests reveal their lives through music choices
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC Forces Programme
originalPresenter Roy Plomley
partOf BBC Radio 4
surface form: BBC Radio 4 schedule
presenter Kirsty Young
Lauren Laverne
Michael Parkinson
Roy Plomley
Sue Lawley
producer BBC
productionCompany BBC Audio
recordLabelUsage various record labels
setting hypothetical desert island
subject music
personal life of the guest
targetAudience general audience
themeMusicComposer Eric Coates
typicalNumberOfRecordingsChosen 8
typicalRuntime about 45 minutes

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Desert Island Discs alsoKnownAs Desert Island Discs
this entity surface form: Desert Island Discs radio programme
BBC Radio 4 notableProgramme Desert Island Discs
Sheila Hancock notableWork Desert Island Discs
this entity surface form: Ramblings in the Countryside (radio appearances)