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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...

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...

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 he...

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 c...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Palestinian author and human rights activist, Raja Shehadeh.Born in Ramallah in the West Bank, his life and w...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the ballerina Tamara Rojo.On stage she is a principal dancer for the English National Ballet and when the curtain...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the TV producer and former Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter. In charge of Blue Peter for 23 highly successful years...

Rene Redzepi, Danish chef, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.His restaurant, Noma, in Copenhagen has been named 'best in the worl...

Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer, Alison Moyet.She's won three Brit awards, sold tens of millions in record sales and her career has spanned over...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the comedian, Jack Dee.Comedian, actor and writer, his persona is that of the laconic miserabilist - his hit sit-...

Kirsty Young's castaway is the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Professor Sir Andre Geim.Born in the Soviet Union, his early years were spent in Sochi w...

Kirsty Young's castaway is the nurse & humanitarian Dame Claire Bertschinger.She's worked for The Red Cross in over a dozen countries including Su...

Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster Murray WalkerHis commentating career began in 1948 and he finally hung the lip mic at the end of 2001. His ...

Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the Defence Staff, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.He was a soldier for 42 years...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the author and illustrator Mairi Hedderwick.Her most famous creation is a little red-haired character called Kati...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Professor Hugh Montgomery.His area of academic specialism is intensive care medicine and he's also known for his ...

Kirsty Young's castaways this week are the ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.It's 30 years since they enthralled the world winning gold a...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the lawyer Dame Elish Angiolini.The first woman to become both Scotland's Solicitor General and Lord Advocate she...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the broadcaster, Bob Harris.Known affectionately as Whispering Bob, he's rarely been off our air waves in the pas...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the sailor Sir Ben Ainslie.Eleven times World and 9 times European Champion he's also the most successful sailor ...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin.The first black woman to be chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen and also to the Spe...

Kirsty Young's castaway is the violinist, Nicola Benedetti.She had her first violin lesson at the age of four, and by the age of eight, she was leadin...

Kirsty Young's castaway is woodsman Ray Mears.A traveller to the world's remotest corners and a renowned expert in bushcraft, wild cooking and surviva...

Kirsty Young chats to the kings of TV prime time, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. From December 2013.

Kirsty Young's castaway is Miranda Hart.She writes and stars in the hit sitcom "Miranda" and has congaed her way to the top of TV comedy by exploiting...

Kirsty Young's castaway is Gillian Clarke.Wales's National Poet, she has received the Queen's Gold Medal for her work. She writes about everything fro...

Kirsty Young's castaway is Barbara Hulanicki, designer and creator of Biba.Today her creativity spans fashion, illustration, interior design and archi...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the broadcaster Clare Balding.The BBC TV coverage of London's 2012 Olympics was her triumph and much like Team GB...

Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.He's been in charge of his party for three yea...

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the writer Malorie Blackman.A prolific and multi-award winning author she has powered her way to success not just...