BBC Radio 4 - 'Desert Island Discs'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Desert Island Discs": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 30 May 2015
  • Chart debut: #3 (05 Jun 2015)
  • Highest Position: #1 (03 May 2016)
  • Most recent chart position: #49 (08 Dec 2021)
  • Days on UK Podcasts Chart: 862

'Desert Island Discs' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain and Australia.

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Summary: Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley in 1942, and the format is simple: a guest is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the eight records they would take with them to a desert island

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Desert Island Discs: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 07 Mar 2016 to 30 Jul 2016.

Chart progress graph for Desert Island Discs

Detailed Chart Progress for "Desert Island Discs" (BBC Radio 4)

UK Podcasts chart performance history for Desert Island Discs

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2020 Dec 8 Tue 7 down BBC Radio 4
Grounded with Louis Theroux
9 Wed 7 no-move
10 Thu 7 no-move
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26 Sat 21 no-move
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2021 Jan 1 Fri 17 down
2 Sat 15 up
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4 Mon 11 no-move
5 Tue 18 down
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14 Thu 29 down Somethin' Else
Power: The Maxwells
15 Fri 30 down
16 Sat 27 up
17 Sun 27 no-move
18 Mon 14 up
19 Tue 15 down
20 Wed 17 down
21 Thu 20 down
22 Fri 21 down
23 Sat 23 down
24 Sun 19 up Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
25 Mon 10 up Somethin' Else
Power: The Maxwells
26 Tue 13 down BBC Radio 4
Grounded with Louis Theroux
27 Wed 16 down
28 Thu 19 down
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30 Sat 23 down
31 Sun 21 up
2021 Feb 1 Mon 10 up
2 Tue 11 down
3 Wed 16 down
4 Thu 17 down
5 Fri 21 down BBC Radio 5 live
Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie
6 Sat 21 no-move
7 Sun 19 up
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10 Wed 23 down
11 Thu 23 no-move
12 Fri 24 down Travesty Media
Alan Carr's 'Life's a Beach'
13 Sat 27 down
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18 Thu 18 down
19 Fri 18 no-move
20 Sat 16 up
21 Sun 17 down
22 Mon 7 up
23 Tue 8 down
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25 Thu 12 down Somethin' Else
Ian Wright's Everyday People
26 Fri 16 down
27 Sat 18 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
28 Sun 15 up
2021 Mar 1 Mon 7 up
2 Tue 12 down
3 Wed 15 down
4 Thu 18 down BBC Radio 5 live
That Peter Crouch Podcast
5 Fri 22 down
6 Sat 26 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
7 Sun 21 up Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
8 Mon 8 up
9 Tue 11 down
10 Wed 17 down Heart
All The Best with Mr and Mrs Hinch
11 Thu 22 down
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14 Sun 26 no-move
15 Mon 13 up
16 Tue 17 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
17 Wed 19 down Heart
All The Best with Mr and Mrs Hinch
18 Thu 22 down
19 Fri 22 no-move
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21 Sun 23 up
22 Mon 8 up
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28 Sun 19 up
29 Mon 7 up Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
30 Tue 10 down BBC Radio
Obsessed With...
31 Wed 14 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
2021 Apr 1 Thu 14 no-move BBC Radio 5 live
That Peter Crouch Podcast
2 Fri 15 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
3 Sat 16 down Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
4 Sun 15 up
5 Mon 10 up
6 Tue 20 down BBC Radio
Obsessed With...
7 Wed 26 down Chris Lilley
Ja'miezing
8 Thu 31 down
9 Fri 36 down
10 Sat 34 up
11 Sun 32 up
12 Mon 20 up yarn fm
West Cork
13 Tue 28 down BBC Radio
Obsessed With...
14 Wed 17 up Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
15 Thu 24 down BBC Radio 5 live
That Peter Crouch Podcast
16 Fri 34 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Lockdown Parenti
17 Sat 26 up Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
18 Sun 19 up
19 Mon 8 up
20 Tue 17 down BBC Radio
Obsessed With...
21 Wed 23 down
22 Thu 29 down
23 Fri 21 up BBC World Service
The Lazarus Heist
24 Sat 20 up
25 Sun 17 up Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
26 Mon 17 no-move BBC Radio
Obsessed With...
27 Tue 24 down
28 Wed 23 up
29 Thu 28 down BBC Radio 5 live
That Peter Crouch Podcast
30 Fri 34 down Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
2021 May 1 Sat 38 down
2 Sun 32 up
3 Mon 20 up BBC Radio
Obsessed With...
4 Tue 21 down Wondery
British Scandal
5 Wed 30 down
6 Thu 31 down
7 Fri 33 down
8 Sat 31 up Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
9 Sun 26 up Wondery
British Scandal
10 Mon 6 up
11 Tue 6 no-move
12 Wed 6 no-move
13 Thu 10 down
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15 Sat 18 down Ricky Gervais & Sam Harris
Absolutely Mental
16 Sun 13 up
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28 Fri 20 up audioBoom
Dark History
29 Sat 18 up
30 Sun 14 up
31 Mon 10 up
2021 Jun 1 Tue 17 down
2 Wed 23 down
3 Thu 21 up
4 Fri 21 no-move
5 Sat 21 no-move
6 Sun 21 no-move
7 Mon 21 no-move
8 Tue 19 up BBC Radio 5 live
Daily Euros : BBC Football Daily
9 Wed 29 down BBC Radio 5 live
Daily Euros: BBC Football Daily
10 Thu 28 up
11 Fri 29 down
12 Sat 28 up The Guardian
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
13 Sun 22 up
14 Mon 18 up
15 Tue 19 down iHeartRadio
Drama Queens
16 Wed 27 down The Guardian
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
17 Thu 30 down
18 Fri 32 down
19 Sat 30 up
20 Sun 17 up
21 Mon 13 up iHeartRadio
Drama Queens
22 Tue 18 down
23 Wed 26 down The Guardian
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
24 Thu 30 down
25 Fri 32 down
26 Sat 30 up
27 Sun 21 up
28 Mon 22 down
29 Tue 29 down
30 Wed 39 down
2021 Jul 1 Thu 39 no-move BBC Radio 4
Pieces of Britney
2 Fri 41 down
3 Sat 36 up
4 Sun 27 up
5 Mon 19 up
6 Tue 20 down
7 Wed 29 down
8 Thu 35 down
9 Fri 36 down Loftus Media / Van Tulleken Brothers Ltd
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand
10 Sat 43 down BBC Radio 4
Pieces of Britney
11 Sun 29 up
12 Mon 18 up
13 Tue 17 up
14 Wed 27 down
15 Thu 27 no-move Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
16 Fri 29 down
17 Sat 28 up
18 Sun 19 up BBC Radio 4
Pieces of Britney
19 Mon 12 up
20 Tue 19 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
21 Wed 23 down Loftus Media / Van Tulleken Brothers Ltd
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand
22 Thu 26 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
23 Fri 28 down
24 Sat 27 up
25 Sun 21 up Loftus Media / Van Tulleken Brothers Ltd
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand
26 Mon 14 up
27 Tue 20 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
28 Wed 25 down
29 Thu 25 no-move Loftus Media / Van Tulleken Brothers Ltd
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand
30 Fri 33 down
31 Sat 32 up Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
2021 Aug 1 Sun 23 up
2 Mon 18 up
3 Tue 31 down
4 Wed 35 down
5 Thu 36 down
6 Fri 37 down
7 Sat 29 up
8 Sun 17 up
9 Mon 17 no-move
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11 Wed 19 up Noiser Podcasts
Short History Of...
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15 Sun 18 up
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19 Thu 35 up
20 Fri 41 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
21 Sat 35 up
22 Sun 23 up
23 Mon 20 up Noiser Podcasts
Short History Of...
24 Tue 26 down
25 Wed 31 down Plosive
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
26 Thu 40 down
27 Fri 40 no-move
28 Sat 33 up
29 Sun 25 up
30 Mon 19 up
31 Tue 26 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
2021 Sep 1 Wed 30 down ABC News
The Dropout
2 Thu 37 down
3 Fri 38 down
4 Sat 36 up
5 Sun 22 up
6 Mon 21 up
7 Tue 36 down
8 Wed 48 down
9 Thu 49 down Full Send
FULL SEND PODCAST
10 Fri 47 up
11 Sat 46 up Sony Music UK
The Line-Up with Shaun Keaveny
12 Sun 33 up
14 Tue 29 no-move ABC News
The Dropout
15 Wed 33 no-move Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
16 Thu 34 down Plosive
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
17 Fri 36 no-move Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
18 Sat 26 up
19 Sun 23 no-move Plosive
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
20 Mon 20 up
21 Tue 29 down Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
22 Wed 33 down
23 Thu 39 down
24 Fri 49 no-move
25 Sat 43 up
26 Sun 30 no-move
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29 Wed 41 down
30 Thu 43 down
2021 Oct 1 Fri 40 no-move
2 Sat 40 no-move
3 Sun 29 up
4 Mon 23 up
5 Tue 29 down
6 Wed 33 no-move
7 Thu 43 no-move
8 Fri 51 down
9 Sat 39 up
10 Sun 30 no-move
11 Mon 25 no-move Art19
True Crime & Cocktails
12 Tue 36 no-move Keep it Light Media
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe's Parenting Hell
13 Wed 45 down
14 Thu 43 no-move
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16 Sat 51 down
17 Sun 32 up
18 Mon 23 no-move
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20 Wed 33 down
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22 Fri 49 down
23 Sat 38 up
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25 Mon 19 up
26 Tue 29 no-move
27 Wed 36 no-move
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30 Sat 47 up
31 Sun 32 no-move
2021 Nov 1 Mon 23 no-move
2 Tue 30 no-move
3 Wed 35 down
4 Thu 39 down
5 Fri 49 no-move
6 Sat 48 up
7 Sun 35 no-move
8 Mon 22 no-move
9 Tue 29 no-move Tortoise Media
Sweet Bobby
10 Wed 36 down
11 Thu 39 no-move
12 Fri 42 down
13 Sat 44 no-move
14 Sun 33 no-move
15 Mon 35 down
16 Tue 47 no-move
17 Wed 61 no-move
18 Thu 60 no-move Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney
The Always Sunny Podcast
19 Fri 39 up
20 Sat 24 up
21 Sun 19 up
22 Mon 19 no-move
23 Tue 28 down
24 Wed 35 down
25 Thu 42 no-move
26 Fri 42 no-move Crowd Network
The Sam & Billie Show
27 Sat 43 down Chris & Rosie Ramsey
Sh**ged Married Annoyed
28 Sun 24 up
29 Mon 22 no-move
30 Tue 26 no-move
2021 Dec 1 Wed 32 no-move Crowd Network
The Sam & Billie Show
2 Thu 40 no-move
3 Fri 67 down Tortoise Media
Sweet Bobby
4 Sat 56 no-move
5 Sun 37 up
6 Mon 27 no-move
7 Tue 41 no-move
8 Wed 49 down

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