Very rarely programmes will be repeated in place of new shows as a tribute to former guests who have recently died – for example Radio 4 repeated Humphrey Lyttelton's show, originally aired on 5 November 2006, on 15 June 2008. Desert Island Discs takes two short breaks, in spring and summer. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts new programmes for approximately 42 weeks each year on Sunday mornings, usually with a repeat transmission 5 days later. On Remembrance Sunday (in November) the programme is not broadcast but that week's programme gets a single airing in the Friday repeat slot.
{{Horizontal TOC|nonum=y}}| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 7 January 2001}} | Marquess of|Bath|Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath}} | Combined dictionary and thesaurus | Laptop computer | more |
| 14 January 2001}} | George MacDonald Fraser | Oxford English Dictionary | Typewriter | more |
| 21 January 2001}} | Marguerite Patten | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | Trowel for digging | more |
| 28 January 2001}} | Terry O'Neill | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | Wind-up radio | more |
| 4 February 2001}} | Sir John Mortimer | Oxford Book of English Verse | Velasquez painting of old lady frying eggs|Velázquez painting of old lady frying eggs}} | more |
| 11 February 2001}} | Griff Rhys Jones | The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens | Newspaper | more |
| 18 February 2001}} | Professor Sir Richard|Doll|Richard Doll}} | Oxford Textbook of Medicine by D. A. Warrell | A down pillow | more |
| 25 February 2001}} | Charlie Watts | Collected Poems 1934-52 of Dylan Thomas | Drumsticks|Drumsticks}} | more |
| 4 March 2001}} | John Lill | Huge Tome on fauna and flora | Solar-powered piano | more |
| 11 March 2001}} | Henry Sandon | A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman | Huge supply of Indian tea with Worcester tea pot | more |
| 18 March 2001}} | Professor Peter|Vanezis|nolink=y}} | - | - | more |
| 25 March 2001}} | Shirley Hughes | Embarrassment of Riches|Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama}} | A painting by Titian, Bacchus & Ariadne | more |
| 1 April 2001}} | Sir Alec|Broers|Alec Broers, Baron Broers}} | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | Lots and lots of chocolate | more |
| 8 April 2001}} | Tanni Grey Thompson | A guide to edible foods on a desert island | Five juggling balls | more |
| 15 April 2001}} | Ronald Blythe | Life of Johnson by James Boswell | Lots of paper with pens | more |
| 22 April 2001}} | Chris Tarrant | The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris | His lucky sixpence | more |
| 29 April 2001}} | Tasmin Little | Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling or Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens | Endless supply of coffee | more |
| 6 May 2001}} | Margaret Drabble | Old Wives Tale by Arnold Bennett | Painting by Maurice Cockerill - Ariadne's Thread | more |
| 13 May 2001}} | Sir John|Sulston|John Sulston}} | Oxford Anthology of English Verse | The microscope used to examine the lineage of the roundworm | more |
| 20 May 2001}} | Sir Timothy Clifford | A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust | Renaissance casket with a selection of 15th & 16th century Italian drawings in it | more |
| 27 May 2001}} | Courtney Pine | Beneath the Underdog by Charles Mingus | 1939 tenor edition saxophone | more |
| 3 June 2001}} | Sir Thomas|Allen|Thomas Allen (baritone)}} | Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy | Unlimited supply of paper, paints and pencils | more |
| 10 June 2001}} | Sir Kyffin Williams | Germinal by Émile Zola | A small painting called "The Head of a Girl" by Michael Schwertz | more |
| 17 June 2001}} | Frank McCourt | Oxford Anthology of English Verse | Pair of binoculars | more |
| 24 June 2001}} | Sir Harry Kroto | Quantum Electro Dynamics Physics by Feynman | Airbrush computer graphics set | more |
| 1 July 2001}} | Sir Stanley|Kalms|Stanley Kalms}} | The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith | Pack of cards | more |
| 8 July 2001}} | Peggy Seeger | A Scots Quair by Lewis Grassic Gibbon | Banjo with plastic head and an inexhaustible supply of strings and pegs | more |
| 15 July 2001}} | Martin Bell | Corduroy (his father's first book) by Adrian Bell | Barrel of Adnam's Ale brewed in Suffolk | more |
| 22 July 2001}} | Cormac Murphy O'Connor | Corduroy|Lifelines by Seamus Heaney}} | Grand piano | more |
| 29 July 2001}} | Claudia Roden | A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust | Oil paints and brushes | more |
| 5 August 2001}} | Lord|Deedes|Bill Deedes}} | Original prayer book without any amendments | Mister Trumper's aftershave | more |
| 12 August 2001}} | Joss Ackland | The Diary of Samuel Pepys | Huge jar of liquorice | more |
| 19 August 2001}} | Bruce Fogle | Canoe Craft|A book on canoe craft}} | Molecular engineering laboratory - to construct a dog | more |
| 26 August 2001}} | Lord|Roll|Eric Roll}} | Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe | Cassette recorder and cassettes | more |
| 2 September 2001}} | Simon Schama | The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa | Bethsheba by Rembrandt | more |
| 18 November 2001}} | Billy Connolly | Oxford English Dictionary | His banjo | more |
| 25 November 2001}} | Ken Follett | Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein | Entire cellar of a great collector of French wine | more |
| 2 December 2001}} | William Hague | The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro | Dojo | more |
| 9 December 2001}} | Sir Cameron Mackintosh | Complete Cookery Course by Delia Smith | Solar-powered Magimix | more |
| 16 December 2001}} | Anne Fine | Collected Poems of Philip Larkin | Pencil and paper | more |
| 23 December 2001}} | Jamie Oliver | Doesn't read books - needs notepaper and pens to write recipes | Leatherman - like a Swiss Army Knife but more substantial | more |
| 30 December 2001}} | Ewan McGregor | In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust | Chromatic harmonica | more |
| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 6 January 2002}} | Sir Peter|Morris|Peter Morris (surgeon)}} | The Aubrey-Maturin series 20 (complete hardback set) by Patrick O'Brian | Golf clubs and balls | more |
| 13 January 2002}} | Susana Walton | The Education of a Gardner by Russell Page | Downy Pillow | more |
| 20 January 2002}} | Bob Worcester | Globes at Greenwich by Elly Dekker | celestial and terrestrial globes|Celestial and terrestrial globes}} | more |
| 27 January 2002}} | Phyllis Sellick | The Oxford Companion to Music | Clockwork radio tuned to Radio 4 | more |
| 3 February 2002}} | David Linley | The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher | Guitar | more |
| 10 February 2002}} | Sir Paul Nurse | Ascent of Man|The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski}} | Telescope | more |
| 17 February 2002}} | Kazuo Ishiguro | Collected short stories of Anton Chekhov | Big roll of paper | more |
| 24 February 2002}} | Sue MacGregor | History of the World by John Roberts | Unlimited supply of nicely-scented sun block | more |
| 3 March 2002}} | Lord May | Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess by Hans Golombek | Isle of Lewis chess set from The British Museum | more |
| 10 March 2002}} | Dame Beryl Grey | This Sceptred Isle by Christopher Lee | Box of watercolour paints | more |
| 17 March 2002}} | Fay Godwin | Rattle Bag|The Rattle Bag by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney}} | Egg tempera paints, brushes, and boards to paint on | more |
| 24 March 2002}} | Dorothy|Rowe}} | Oxford Companion to the Body|The Oxford Companion to the Body edited by Colin Blakemore}} | snorkeling|A snorkeling suit with prescription goggles}} | more |
| 31 March 2002}} | Gordon|Ramsay}} | Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain | vanilla|A fresh vanilla pod}} | more |
| 7 April 2002}} | Fiona|Reynolds}} | Making of the English Landscape|The Making of the English Landscape by W. G. Hoskins}} | Ordnance Survey|The full collection of Ordnance Survey maps of the British Isles}} | more |
| 14 April 2002}} | Sir Christopher|Bland|Christopher Bland}} | Donne|The collected works of John Donne}} | Hampshire|Two and half miles of a Hampshire chalk stream}} | more |
| 21 April 2002}} | Wayne|Marshall|Wayne Marshall (conductor)}} | Grove Dictionary of Music|The Grove Dictionary of Music}} | Steinway|A Steinway Model D piano, specially conditioned to deal with all weathers}} | more |
| 28 April 2002}} | Betty|Jackson}} | Vision: 50 Years of Creativity | lipstick|Lipstick}} | more |
| 5 May 2002}} | Jude|Kelly}} | - | A notebook and pencil | more |
| 12 May 2002}} | Sir Aaron|Klug}} | a set of books on Roman Republican and Imperial coinage|A set of books on Roman Republican and Imperial Coinage}} | a set of mixed Greek and Imperial coinage|A set of mixed Greek and Imperial coinage}} | more |
| 19 May 2002}} | Suggs | a concise book of Italian verbs|A concise book of Italian verbs}} | a nucleus of bees|A nucleus of bees}} | more |
| 26 May 2002}} | Sue Johnston | Dickens by Peter Ackroyd | BBC Radio Five Live | more |
| 9 June 2002}} | Leonard|Rosoman}} | Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man|A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce}} | lawn|A sloping lawn}} | more |
| 16 June 2002}} | Jan|Morris}} | The Mabinogi in modern Welsh | hot water bottle|A hot water bottle}} | more |
| 23 June 2002}} | Lady|Longford|Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford}} | Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran: Alexander Griboyedov and the Tsar's Mission to the Shah of Persia by Laurence Kelly | orange tree|An orange tree}} | more |
| 30 June 2002}} | Minette|Walters}} | Oxford Dictionary of Quotations|The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations}} | Van Gogh's Irises | more |
| 7 July 2002}} | Alan|Titchmarsh}} | one of P. G. Wodehouse's Blandings novels|One of P. G. Wodehouse's Blandings novels}} | watercolours|A box of watercolours}} | more |
| 15 September 2002}} | Brian|May}} | Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis | guitar|His own guitar: the Red Special}} | more |
| 22 September 2002}} | Timothy|Spall}} | Pickwick Papers|The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens}} | drum kit|A drum kit}} | more |
| 29 September 2002}} | Dame Alicia|Markova}} | Speaking of Diaghilev by John Drummond | perfume|The perfume Knowing by Estée Lauder}} | more |
| 6 October 2002}} | Philip Pullman | A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust | A Jar of Apricots by Chardinmore |
| 13 October 2002}} | Paul Gambaccini | The Complete Carl Banks Library by Carl Banks | Piano | more |
| 20 October 2002}} | Carl|Djerassi}} | Stevens|The collected poetry and prose of Wallace Stevens}} | computer|A solar powered computer with a secret compartment containing a white powder}} | more |
| 27 October 2002}} | P. D.|James}} | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | Pencils and paper | more |
| 3 November 2002}} | Rt Hon Robin Cook MP | Hunt|The National Hunt form book}} | chess computer|A chess computer}} | more |
| 15 November 2002}} | Marguerite|Wolff}} | Walker|Alan Walker's biography of Liszt}} | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 17 November 2002}} | Christopher|Ondaatje}} | Service|Robert Service's Anthology of Poetry}} | painting: The Blue Nude by Justin Deranyagala|A painting: The Blue Nude by Justin Deranyagala}} | more |
| 24 November 2002}} | Iain|Duncan Smith}} | Alexandria Quartet|The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell}} | Oil paints | more |
| 1 December 2002}} | John|Malkovich}} | Sound and the Fury|The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner}} | cappuccino|A cappuccino maker}} | more |
| 8 December 2002}} | Linton|Kwesi Johnson}} | One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez | bass guitar|A bass guitar}} | more |
| 15 December 2002}} | Sinéad|Cusack}} | Chekhov|The plays of Anton Chekhov}} | muslin|A big hat with a lot of muslin}} | more |
| 22 December 2002}} | Rowan|Williams}} | Auden|A collection of W. H. Auden poems}} | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 29 December 2002}} | Patricia Cornwell | Essay on population|Essay on population by Thomas Malthus}} | An endless supply of notebooks and pens | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 5 January 2003}} | George|Foreman}} | Waiting|An anthology of poems including the poem Waiting by John Burroughs}} | pillow|A pillow}} | more |
| 12 January 2003}} | Gillian Anderson | The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle | Recordings of her daughter and "her love" reading self-written stories and poetry | more |
| 19 January 2003}} | Professor Baruch|Blumberg|Baruch Blumberg}} | Ulysses by James Joyce | kayak|A flat water kayak suitable for rough water}} | more |
| 26 January 2003}} | Sir Trevor Nunn | The Complete Works of Charles Dickens | A photo of his wife and all of his children | more |
| 2 February 2003}} | Paul|Whitehouse}} | chord book full of songs and arias|A chord book full of songs and arias}} | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 9 February 2003}} | Sir Ian|McKellen|Ian McKellen}} | dictionary of flora and fauna|A dictionary of flora and fauna}} | grand piano|A grand piano}} | more |
| 16 February 2003}} | Cornelia|Parker}} | World of Wonder: 10,000 things every child should know | solar powered|A solar powered vibrator}} | more |
| 23 February 2003}} | George|Clooney}} | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | yacht|An anchored yacht}} | more |
| 2 March 2003}} | Gene|Pitney}} | Giant Book of Mensa Puzzles|The Giant Book of Mensa Puzzles by Robert Allen}} | Opus One|A case of Opus One wine}} | more |
| 9 March 2003}} | Vic|Reeves}} | Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome | Potato seeds | more |
| 16 March 2003}} | Nick|Danziger}} | One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez | Pencils, paper and watercolours | more |
| 23 March 2003}} | Claude-Michel|Schönberg}} | All the Little Live things by Wallace Earle Stegner | grand piano|A grand piano}} | more |
| 30 March 2003}} | Kristin|Scott Thomas}} | Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen | mules|A pair of mules by Christian Louboutin}} | more |
| 6 April 2003}} | David|Gilmour}} | An English translation of The Qur'an|The Qur'an}} | His Martin D35 acoustic guitar|Acoustic guitar}} | more |
| 13 April 2003}} | Margaret|Atwood}} | Nights|The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights}} | bath salts|A big huge vat of Culpepers Rose Geranium bath salts}} | more |
| 20 April 2003}} | Rory|Bremner}} | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon}} | radio|A radio}} | more |
| 4 May 2003}} | Professor A. H.|Halsey}} | Utopia by Thomas More | solar powered|A solar powered radio}} | more |
| 11 May 2003}} | George|Fenton}} | Chekhov|Short stories by Chekhov}} | piano|A piano or failing that for comfort a tin of condensed milk and an opener}} | more |
| 18 May 2003}} | Franco|Zeffirelli}} | Inferno|Dante's Inferno}} | hammock|A hammock from Hermès}} | more |
| 25 May 2003}} | Derek|Brown|Derek Brown (editor)}} | Pickwick Papers|The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens}} | steamer chair|A steamer chair}} | more |
| 1 June 2003}} | Meera|Syal}} | Hindi|A Hindi/English dictionary}} | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 8 June 2003}} | Vittorio|Radice}} | La première gorgée de Bière et autres plaisirs minuscules by Philippe Delerm | Sunglasses | more |
| 15 June 2003}} | Mark|Tully}} | Hopkins|The major works by Gerard Manley Hopkins}} | brewery|A modern mini brewery}} | more |
| 22 June 2003}} | Bishop John|Sentamu|John Sentamu}} | Complete Chronicles of Narnia|The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis}} | kitchen|A kitchen}} | more |
| 29 June 2003}} | Daniel|Libeskind}} | Prisons (Le Carceri: The Complete First and Second States)|The Prisons (Le Carceri: The Complete First and Second States) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi}} | Pencil and paper | more |
| 6 July 2003}} | Barbara|Taylor Bradford}} | David Copperfield by Charles Dickens | mascara|A bag of eye makeup, especially mascara}} | more |
| 21 September 2003}} | Bryn|Terfel}} | Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt | Wales Millennium Centre|The Wales Millennium Centre}} | more |
| 28 September 2003}} | Nick|Hornby}} | Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens | iPod|An iPod}} | more |
| 5 October 2003}} | Nigella|Lawson}} | Divine Comedy|The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri}} | Temazepam|Liquid Temazepam "to give me the possibility of a very pleasant exit"}} | more |
| 12 October 2003}} | Herbert|Kretzmer}} | Great War and Modern Memory|The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell}} | Zippo|A Zippo lighter}} | more |
| 19 October 2003}} | Bill|Cullen|Bill Cullen (businessman)}} | Glimpses by Brendan Kennelly | accordion|An accordion}} | more |
| 26 October 2003}} | Rt Hon Charles Kennedy|MP|Charles Kennedy}} | Day of the Jackal|The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth}} | CD player|A CD player}} | more |
| 2 November 2003}} | Christopher|Frayling}} | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | V&A Museum|The V&A Museum}} | more |
| 16 November 2003}} | Jeremy|Clarkson}} | photograph album|A photograph album}} | jet ski|A jet ski}} | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100903061428/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20031116.shtml more] |
| 23 November 2003}} | Sir Christopher|Meyer|Christopher Meyer}} | Four Adventures of Richard Hannay|The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay by John Buchan and Robin W. Winks}} | jukebox|A jukebox}} | more |
| 30 November 2003}} | Henry|Blofeld}} | Pelican at Blandings|A Pelican at Blandings by P. G. Wodehouse}} | photo album|A personal photo album}} | more |
| 7 December 2003}} | Pat|Barker}} | book on tropical fish to identify them|A book on tropical fish to identify them}} | Snorkelling equipment | more |
| 14 December 2003}} | Nicholas|Grimshaw}} | complete works of Patrick O'Brien|The complete works of Patrick O'Brien}} | RIBA drawings collection | more |
| 21 December 2003}} | Emmylou|Harris}} | blank book|A blank book}} | library|A library}} | more |
| 28 December 2003}} | Paul|O'Grady}} | The Borrowers by Mary Norton | Avon|Skin-So-Soft by Avon}} | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 4 January 2004}} | Martha|Lane Fox}} | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | karaoke|A karaoke machine}} | more |
| 11 January 2004}} | Jimmy|Tarbuck}} | Essential Henry Longhurst|The Essential Henry Longhurst}} | golf clubs|His own set of golf clubs and balls}} | more |
| 18 January 2004}} | Stephen|Frears}} | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon}} | painting|A painting by his wife}} | more |
| 25 January 2004}} | Paul|Dacre}} | RHS|RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell}} | Guardian newspaper|A subscription to the Guardian newspaper for one year}} | more |
| 1 February 2004}} | David|Sainsbury}} | Great Gatsby|The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald}} | bath|A large bath with a constant supply of hot water}} | more |
| 8 February 2004}} | Sister Frances|Dominica|Sister Frances Dominica Ritchie}} | The Earth from the Air by Yann Arthus-Bertrand | chaise longue|A chaise longue with a mosquito net attached}} | more |
| 15 February 2004}} | Sacha|Distel}} | Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream|The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho}} | grand piano|A grand piano}} | more |
| 22 February 2004}} | John|Cale}} | Repetition|Repetition by Alain Robbe-Grillet}} | espresso|An espresso coffee machine with coffee beans}} | more |
| 29 February 2004}} | Judith|Kerr}} | big, beautiful coffee table book of pictures|A big, beautiful coffee table book of pictures}} | Pencils and thick paper to write and draw on | more |
| 7 March 2004}} | Sir Gulam|Noon}} | Freedom|Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela}} | cricket|Videos of cricket matches}} | more |
| 14 March 2004}} | Bill|Nighy}} | First Forty-Nine Stories|The First Forty-Nine Stories by Ernest Hemingway}} | blues harp|A boxed set of blues harps}} | more |
| 21 March 2004}} | Ralph|Kohn}} | Complete Works of Bach|Mahler's copy of The Complete Works of Bach}} | flute|A magic flute}} | more |
| 28 March 2004}} | Jack|Vettriano}} | SUMO by Helmut Newton | Triptych, May - June, 1973 by Francis Bacon | more |
| 4 April 2004}} | Angela|Gheorghiu}} | English|A book to learn good English}} | Jasmine tea|A cup of Jasmine tea}} | more |
| 11 April 2004}} | Michael|Morpurgo}} | The Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry by Ted Hughes | Waterslide | more |
| 18 April 2004}} | Bernard|Cornwell}} | Glastonbury Romance|A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys}} | boat|His boat, but not to escape}} | more |
| 25 April 2004}} | Antonio|Pappano}} | Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain | A piano | more |
| 2 May 2004}} | Graham|Norton}} | Mansfield Park by Jane Austen | mirror|A mirror}} | more |
| 9 May 2004}} | U. A.|Fanthorpe}} | book to identify birdlife on the island|A book to identify birdlife on the island}} | bath|A bath with soap and towels}} | more |
| 16 May 2004}} | Pen|Hadow}} | Oxford Book of English Verse|The Oxford Book of English Verse}} | nail|A six-inch nail}} | more |
| 23 May 2004}} | Ken|Adam}} | History of Art|Propyläen Kunstgeschichte The History of Art}} | sketchpad|A sketchpad and felt pens to design}} | more |
| 30 May 2004}} | Geraldine|James}} | Fatal Shore|The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes}} | iPod|An iPod}} | more |
| 13 June 2004}} | Karan|Bilimoria}} | Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream|The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho}}{{ref|bible-goz}} | Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister videos | more |
| 20 June 2004}} | Diana|Athill}} | Vanity Fair by William Thackeray | bed|Her own bed}} | more |
| 27 June 2004}} | Tim|Rice}} | Molesworth|Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans, Phillip Henscher and Ronald Searle}} | telescope|A telescope}} | more |
| 4 July 2004}} | Michael|Howard}} | Years of Lyndon Johnson|The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro}} | shower|A hot shower and some soap}} | more |
| 11 July 2004}} | Hugh|Masekela}} | Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens | keyboard|A keyboard}} | more |
| 19 September 2004}} | Joe|Simpson|Joe Simpson (mountaineer)}} | blank book and pen|A blank book and pen}} | drink|A drink-making machine}} | more |
| 26 September 2004}} | Virginia|McKenna}} | Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife|Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife by Don E. Wilson}} | Italian|Language tapes to learn Italian and Swahili}} | more |
| 3 October 2004}} | Desmond|Morris}} | Nights|The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights translated by Richard Burton}} | snorkel|A snorkel}} | more |
| 10 October 2004}} | Anne|Scott-James}} | Semi-attached Couple|The Semi-attached Couple by Emily Eden}} | nightdress|A nightdress made of pure white cotton}} | more |
| 17 October 2004}} | Sir Menzies|Campbell}} | Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson | golf clubs|A set of golf clubs}} | more |
| 24 October 2004}} | Jack|Mapanje}} | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | guitar|A guitar}} | more |
| 31 October 2004}} | Matthew|Pinsent}} | atlas|A world atlas}} | shaving|A shaving kit}} | more |
| 7 November 2004}} | Ann|Leslie}} | Wodehouse|The completed works of P. G. Wodehouse}} | garlic|An enormous amount of garlic with garlic press}} | more |
| 19 November 2004}} | Matthew|Bourne}} | Williams|The Kenneth Williams Diaries}} | Spotted dick with Lyon's golden syrup | more |
| 21 November 2004}} | Clive|Stafford Smith}} | Koran|The Koran in Arabic and English}} | computer|His computer}} | more |
| 28 November 2004}} | Tracey|Emin}} | Ethics by Spinoza, translated by G. H. R. Parkinson | pen|A pen which would never run out}} | more |
| 5 December 2004}} | Sir Bobby|Robson}} | First World War and The Second World War|The First World War and The Second World War by John Keegan}} | sunlounger|A sunlounger with canopy to protect him from the sun}} | more |
| 12 December 2004}} | John|Fortune}} | Leopard|The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa (in Italian and English)}} | rug|A rug made by the Baluch people from Afghanistan}} | more |
| 19 December 2004}} | Engelbert|Humperdinck|Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)}} | Engelbert - What's In a Name: The Autobiography by Engelbert Humperdinck | saxophone|A saxophone}} | more |
| 26 December 2004}} | Kim|Cattrall}} | English|An English dictionary}} | body cream|Fragrant body cream}} | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 2 January 2005}} | Carlos|Acosta}} | Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez | rum|A case of Havana rum}} | more |
| 9 January 2005}} | Andy|McNab}} | Dickens|Any Dickens book}} | gollock|A gollock}} | more |
| 16 January 2005}} | Sam|Taylor-Wood}} | Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes | karaoke|A karaoke machine}} | more |
| 23 January 2005}} | Dr Jonathan|Miller|Jonathan Miller}} | Invertebrates|The Invertebrates by Libbie Henrietta Hyman}} | dissecting|A canvas roll containing a castaway's dissecting set}} | more |
| 30 January 2005}} | Peter|Maxwell Davies}} | Sanskrit|A Sanskrit dictionary}}{{ref|bible-bg}} | Dürer|Copper plate engravings of Dürer's Passion}} | more |
| 6 February 2005}} | David|Starkey}} | Microcosmographia Academica by Francis M. Cornford | bath tub|Hot and cold running water, a bath tub and bath oil}} | more |
| 27 February 2005}} | Geoffrey|Palmer|Geoffrey Palmer (actor)}} | Oxford Book of English Verse|The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch and The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse by Philip Larkin}} | fly fishing|A fly fishing rod}} | more |
| 6 March 2005}} | Alison|Richard}} | Journals of Captain Cook|The Journals of Captain Cook}} | shower|A solar powered shower}} | more |
| 13 March 2005}} | Stephen|Poliakoff}} | My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell | straws|A box of plastic straws to fiddle with}} | more |
| 20 March 2005}} | Raymond|Briggs}} | Beachcomber|The complete works of Beachcomber}} | billiard table|A full size billiard table with Radio 4 built into each leg}} | more |
| 27 March 2005}} | Yvonne|Brewster}} | primer to learn Italian with a tape|A primer to learn Italian with a tape}} | Olive oil | more |
| 3 April 2005}} | Lorin|Maazel}} | Pensées by Blaise Pascal | Vermeer painting: The Piano Lesson | more |
| 10 April 2005}} | Philippe|Petit}} | Ashley Book of Knots|The Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford Ashley}} | His mysterious object (an object found by his father that as yet no one can identify) | more |
| 17 April 2005}} | Patrick|Stewart}} | compendium of the world's best science fiction so he can become an expert|A compendium of the world's best science fiction so he can become an expert}} | billiard table|His beloved billiard table and a shed to keep it in}} | more |
| 24 April 2005}} | Jarvis|Cocker}} | Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan | bed|A bed with a mosquito net}} | more |
| 1 May 2005}} | Katharine|Whitehorn}} | Short History of Nearly Everything|A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson}} | distill|A machine to distill whatever is there}} | more |
| 8 May 2005}} | Josephine|Cox}} | "A book which is in my head about my brother" | photo album|A photo album of her family}} | more |
| 15 May 2005}} | Imelda|Staunton}} | astronomy|A book on astronomy}} | Modelling clay and tools | more |
| 22 May 2005}} | David|King|David King (scientist)}} | Wild Reckoning: An Anthology Provoked by Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" edited by John Burnside and Maurice Riordan | canvases|A bunch of canvases with oils and brushes}} | more |
| 29 May 2005}} | Satish|Kumar}} | Gandhi|The collected writings of Mahatma Gandhi}} | spade|A spade}} | more |
| 5 June 2005}} | Nigel|Slater}} | Derek Jarman's Garden by Derek Jarman | Howard Hodgkin's painting: Learning About Russian Music | more |
| 12 June 2005}} | Betsy|Blair}} | Reading Lyrics: More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball | ice cream|An ice cream maker}} | more |
| 19 June 2005}} | Alexander|McCall Smith}} | Auden|A collection of W. H. Auden's works}} | shoes|A handmade pair of shoes}} | more |
| 26 June 2005}} | Ruby|Wax}} | Magic Mountain|The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann}} | bed|A huge bed}} | more |
| 3 July 2005}} | Paulo|Coelho}} | Wilde|The complete works of Oscar Wilde}} | Concorde|A trip around his island on Concorde}} | more |
| 10 July 2005}} | Ronald|Searle}} | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography}} | Champagne|The best Champagne possible}} | more |
| 18 September 2005}} | Brenda|Blethyn}} | dictionary|A dictionary}} | karaoke|A karaoke machine}} | more |
| 25 September 2005}} | Julian|Clary}} | Stop Thinking, Start Living by Richard Carlson | prosthetic arm|An all-purpose prosthetic arm}} | more |
| 2 October 2005}} | Frank|Gardner|Frank Gardner (journalist)}} | Passage to India|A Passage to India by E. M. Forster}} | buggy|A solar powered buggy}} | more |
| 9 October 2005}} | Michael|Winner}} | Catcher in the Rye|The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger}} | caviar|A big supply of caviar}} | more |
| 16 October 2005}} | Jacqueline|Wilson}} | Mansfield|The collected stories of Katherine Mansfield}} | carousel|A fairground carousel}} | more |
| 23 October 2005}} | Mario|Testino}} | Demian by Hermann Hesse | pillow|His own pillow}} | more |
| 30 October 2005}} | Boris Johnson|MP|Boris Johnson}} | Homer|An Indian paper edition of Homer}} | French mustard|A large pot of French mustard}} | more |
| 6 November 2005}} | Chris|Evans|Chris Evans (presenter)}} | Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens}} | goggles|A pair of swimming goggles with prescription lenses}} | more |
| 18 November 2005}} | Renée|Fleming}} | Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis}} | Coffee | more |
| 20 November 2005}} | Mary|Midgley}} | Variety of Religious Experiences|The Variety of Religious Experiences by William James}} | hot water|A solar hot water system}} | more |
| 27 November 2005}} | Sir David|Frost|David Frost}} | London|The London A-Z}} | newspapers|Sunday newspapers}} | more |
| 4 December 2005}} | Colin|Firth}} | Allen|Stories of Woody Allen}} | guitar|His guitar}} | more |
| 11 December 2005}} | David|Hope|David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes}} | Pickwick Papers|The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens}} | malt whiskies|A case of selected malt whiskies}} | more |
| 18 December 2005}} | Maggi|Hambling}} | Complete works of Just William|The Complete works of Just William by Richmal Crompton}} | wine cellar|The wine cellar from All Souls College, Oxford}} | more |
| 25 December 2005}} | John|Rutter}} | Teach yourself mathematics illustrated by voluptuous women | viola|A viola}} | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 1 January 2006}} | Kelly|Holmes}} | set of encyclopaedias|A set of encyclopaedias}} | chocolate|A large supply of chocolate}} | more |
| 8 January 2006}} | Richard|Griffiths}} | Vanity Fair by William Thackeray | Velasquez|Velázquez's Las Meninas}} | more |
| 15 January 2006}} | Frankie|Dettori}} | Derby|The history of the Derby}} | Pinot grigio|A lifetime's supply of Pinot grigio}} | more |
| 22 January 2006}} | John|Sutherland|John Sutherland (author)}} | Vanity Fair by William Thackeray | iPod|An iPod}} | more |
| 29 January 2006}} | Rt. Hon. Shirley|Williams|Shirley Williams}} | Auden|Collected works of W. H. Auden}} | personal computer|A personal computer linked to the Internet}} | more |
| 5 February 2006}} | Jeremy|Irons}} | Ashley Book of Knots|The Ashley Book of Knots by Clifford Ashley}} | Rizla liquorice papers | more |
| 12 February 2006}} | Karen|Armstrong}} | The complete works of Milton | Continuous supply of very cold & dry white wine | more |
| 19 February 2006}} | Frederic|Raphael}} | Oxford Latin Dictionary|The Oxford Latin Dictionary}} | Montblanc|A Montblanc pen, nibs and spiral-bound squared notebooks}} | more |
| 26 February 2006}} | Rachel|Whiteread}} | reference book on the natural history of the island|A reference book on the natural history of the island}} | Ink, pen, paper and correction fluid | more |
| 5 March 2006}} | Jack|Higgins}} | Dickens|The complete works of Charles Dickens}} | mobile phone|A mobile phone}} | more |
| 12 March 2006}} | Terence|Stamp}} | Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame}} | loaves|One of his wheat-free loaves}} | more |
| 7 May 2006}} | Daniel|Barenboim}} | Ethics by Spinoza | piano|A piano with a mattress}} | more |
| 14 May 2006}} | Darcey|Bussell}} | Hepburn|A biography of Audrey Hepburn}} | eyelash curler|An eyelash curler}} | more |
| 21 May 2006}} | Digby|Jones}} | How Britain made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson | video or pictorial book of '100 examples of excellence'|A video or pictorial book of '100 examples of excellence'}} | more |
| 28 May 2006}} | David|Cameron}} | River Cottage Cookbook|The River Cottage Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall}} | Scotch whisky|A crate of Scotch whisky}} | more |
| 4 June 2006}} | Armando|Iannucci}} | Wells|The complete short stories of H. G. Wells}} | sherry trifle|A virtual sherry trifle}} | more |
| 11 June 2006}} | George|Davies|George Davies (retailer)}} | book about learning to paint|A book about learning to paint}} | Cannondale|A Cannondale bike}} | more |
| 18 June 2006}} | Peter|Mansfield}} | Family photograph albums | helicopter|A helicopter}} | more |
| 2 July 2006}} | John|Browne|John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley}} | Other Men's Flowers: An Anthology of Poetry by Lord Wavell | cigars|A lifetime's supply of 'great cigars'}} | more |
| 9 July 2006}} | Monty|Don}} | Vaughan|Collected poems of Henry Vaughan}} | Rembrandt's Hendrickje Bathing | more |
| 16 July 2006}} | Ian|Rankin}} | Dance to the Music of Time|A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell}} | American|A traditional American pinball machine}} | more |
| 23 July 2006}} | Hanna|Segal}} | In Search of Lost Time by Proust | snorkel|A snorkel and polaroids}} | more |
| 30 July 2006}} | David|Edgar|David Edgar (playwright)}} | Evil Cradling|An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan}} | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 6 August 2006}} | Michael|Rosen}} | Sandburg|The complete poems of Carl Sandburg}} | didgeridoo|The didgeridoo belonging to his late son Eddie}} | more |
| 13 August 2006}} | Simon|Cowell}} | Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins | mirror|A mirror}} | more |
| 20 August 2006}} | A. A.|Gill}} | Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake | pillows|His children's pillows}} | more |
| 27 August 2006}} | Joan|Plowright}} | Remembrance of Things Past by Proust | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 1 October 2006}} | Quentin|Blake}} | Dickens|Collected works of Charles Dickens}} | watercolour|Arches watercolour paper}} | more |
| 8 October 2006}} | Jane|Horrocks}} | Jamie's Dinners: The Essential Family Cookbook by Jamie Oliver | tissues|An endless supply of tissues}} | more |
| 15 October 2006}} | Robert|Fisk}} | Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory | violin|A violin}} | more |
| 22 October 2006}} | Camila|Batmanghelidjh}} | Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre | yoyo|A yoyo}} | more |
| 29 October 2006}} | Heston|Blumenthal}} | On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee | knives|Japanese knives}} | more |
| 5 November 2006}} | Humphrey|Lyttelton}} | Thurber|Collected works of James Thurber}} | keyboard|A keyboard}} | more |
| 17 November 2006}} | John|Stevens|John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington}} | Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill | Champagne|A cellar of Champagne}} | more |
| 19 November 2006}} | Stephen|King}} | Auden|Collected poetry of W. H. Auden}} | hammock|A water hammock}} | more |
| 26 November 2006}} | Matt|Lucas|Matt Lucas (comedian)}} | Deeper Meaning of Liff|The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd}} | restaurant|Oslo Court, his favourite London restaurant}} | more |
| 3 December 2006}} | Raymond|Gubbay}} | French|Collins Robert French/English, English/French Unabridged Dictionary}} | espresso|An espresso coffee machine}} | more |
| 10 December 2006}} | Karl|Jenkins}} | Guide|Michelin Guide to France}} | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 17 December 2006}} | Arnold|Wesker}} | Remembrance of Things Past by Proust | pen|Supplies of pen and paper}} | more |
| 24 December 2006}} | Gloria|Hunniford}} | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | photographs|Family photographs}} | more |
| 31 December 2006}} | Anthony|Horowitz}} | French|A large French dictionary}} | fountain pen|A fountain pen, ink and paper}} | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 7 January 2007}} | Lady Natasha|Spender|Natasha Spender}} | Desert Islands by Walter de la Mare | grand piano|Her grand piano}} | more |
| 14 January 2007}} | Edna|O'Brien}} | Ulysses by James Joyce | white wine|a vault of a very good white wine}} | more |
| 21 January 2007}} | Ann|Daniels}} | Worst Journey in the World|The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard}} | soap|A bar of soap}} | more |
| 28 January 2007}} | Brian|Aldiss}} | Halpern|John Halpern's biography of John Osborne}} | banjo|A banjo}} | more |
| 4 February 2007}} | Neil|Tennant}} | Human Comedy|The Human Comedy by Honoré de Balzac}} | DVD|A DVD projector and DVDs}} | more |
| 11 February 2007}} | Paul|Abbott}} | Miller|The complete works of Arthur Miller}} | writing pad|A writing pad and pencils}} | more |
| 18 February 2007}} | Grayson|Perry}} | Gothic|An art book on Gothic and Renaissance altarpieces}} | pens|Loads of really good pens and paper}} | more |
| 25 February 2007}} | Andrew|Neil}} | Wealth of Nations|The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith}} | radio|A wind up radio}} | more |
| 4 March 2007}} | J. P.|Donleavy}} | 1972|The 1972 Social Register of New York}} | spoon|His own long-handled spoon to make dressings}} | more |
| 11 March 2007}} | Andy|Kershaw}} | Kapu%C5%9Bci%C5%84ski|Collected works of Ryszard Kapuściński}} | toilet roll|Lots of toilet roll}} | more |
| 18 March 2007}} | Jo|Brand}} | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon}} | organ|A church organ}} | more |
| 25 March 2007}} | Professor Raymond|Tallis|Raymond Tallis}} | Being and Time by Martin Heidegger | video|A video of a day in the life of his family}} | more |
| 1 April 2007}} | Ben|Helfgott}} | The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell | Barbell|A bar with two discs for weight training}} | more |
| 13 May 2007}} | Joanna|Lumley}} | Atlas|A huge atlas}} | Video camera and film | more |
| 20 May 2007}} | Greg|Dyke}} | Complete works of Dylan Thomas | guitar|A guitar with a guide to playing it}} | more |
| 27 May 2007}} | Paul|McKenna}} | Diary of Anne Frank|The Path of the Human Being by Dennis Genpo Merzel}} | photo|Collage of photos of family, friends and girlfriend}} | more |
| 3 June 2007}} | Tom|Blundell}} | Lessons in Ndebele by James Pelling and Pamela Pelling | combined heat and power micro-unit|A combined heat and power micro-unit}} | more |
| 10 June 2007}} | Yoko|Ono}} | Sai-Yu-Ki|Sai-Yu-Ki}} | Life for the next thirty years|Her life for the next thirty years}} | more |
| 17 June 2007}} | Christy|Moore}} | Collection of Popular Songs of England & Scotland|Collection of Popular Songs of England & Scotland by Francis Child}} | Uilleann pipes|A set of Uilleann pipes}} | more |
| 24 June 2007}} | Ricky|Gervais}} | Art book|A coffee table book of art}} | Novocaine|Vat of Novocaine - a non-addictive pain-killer}} | more |
| 1 July 2007}} | Wangari|Maathai}} | Koran|The Koran}} | fruit|A huge basket of fruit}} | more |
| 8 July 2007}} | Simon|Russell Beale}} | Book on medieval history (Cambridge Press) | Daily Araucaria crossword | more |
| 15 July 2007}} | Oliver|Postgate}} | Book of poetry|Huge book of English poetry}} | bed|A comfortable bed}} | more |
| 22 July 2007}} | Thomas|Keneally}} | Collected plays of George Bernard Shaw | caviar|Can of caviar, spoon and tin opener}} | more |
| 29 July 2007}} | Nicola|Horlick}} | Alchemist|The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho}} | Bath|A bath}} | more |
| 5 August 2007}} | Andrew|Davies|Andrew Davies (writer)}} | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | Mojitos|Endless supply of Mojitos}} | more |
| 12 August 2007}} | Felix|Dennis}} | Great Expectations|Dictionary of National Biography}} | Pole|A very long stainless steel shaft to encourage pole dancing mermaids}} | more |
| 19 August 2007}} | Vladimir|Jurowski}} | Complete Works of Pushkin|The complete works of Alexander Pushkin}} | Piano|A piano}} | more |
| 30 September 2007}} | George|Michael}} | Short stories by Doris Lessing|Any book of short stories by Doris Lessing}} | DB9|Aston Martin DB9}} | more |
| 7 October 2007}} | Alan|Johnson}} | Pepys diaries|The complete diaries by Samuel Pepys}} | radio|A digital radio}} | more |
| 14 October 2007}} | Jill|Balcon}} | Collected works of Thomas Hardy | video|A barrel of Guerlain Jicky perfume}} | more |
| 21 October 2007}} | Ronnie|Corbett}} | Untold Stories by Alan Bennett | hammock|A hammock}} | more |
| 28 October 2007}} | Lord|Joffe|Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe}} | Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela | radio|A wind up radio}} | more |
| 4 November 2007}} | Nicholas|Parsons}} | Oxford Anthology of English Poetry | Radio|Portable radio with an endless supply of batteries}} | more |
| 16 November 2007}} | Jung|Chang}} | First Love by Ivan Turgenev | Snorkelling gear|Snorkelling gear}} | more |
| 18 November 2007}} | Eliza|Manningham-Buller|Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller}} | Rattle bag|The Rattle Bag – Anthology of poetry edited by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney}} | Snorkelling gear|Large supply of pencils and pens}} | more |
| 25 November 2007}} | Armistead|Maupin}} | Cole Porter songbook|The Cole Porter Songbook}} | Vaporiser|Vaporiser}} | more |
| 2 December 2007}} | Steven|Isserlis}} | Collected works of Anthony Trollope | Photo album|A huge, huge photo album of all my friends}} | more |
| 9 December 2007}} | Alec|Jeffreys}} | Flashman books|Complete books of Flashman by George McDonald Fraser}} | Church organ|World's biggest Church organ}} | more |
| 16 December 2007}} | Paul|Weller|Paul Weller (singer)}} | Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes | Settee|A settee to sit on}} | more |
| 23 December 2007}} | Victoria|Wood}} | Dickens book|A big Dickens book}} | Sudoku book|A bumper book of Sudoku with blank pages and pen}} | more |
| 30 December 2007}} | Karren|Brady}} | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | pillow|Her own pillow}} | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 6 January 2008}} | John|Humphrys}} | Poetry anthology|Biggest poetry anthology possible}} | cello|A cello}} | more |
| 13 January 2008}} | Simon|Rattle}} | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes | Coffee machine|Italian coffee machine and grinder}} | more |
| 20 January 2008}} | Rory|Stewart}} | Bhagvad Gita|A parallel text of the Bhagvad Gita}} | Bowl|A ceramic bowl from the village of Istalif in Afghanistan}} | more |
| 3 February 2008}} | Beryl|Bainbridge}} | Case books of John Hunter | pens and paper|Pens and paper}} | more |
| 10 February 2008}} | Oleg|Gordievsky}} | Encyclopædia Britannica | toiletries|Good toiletries for my bath}} | more |
| 17 February 2008}} | Martin|Evans}} | poetry anthology|Largest anthology of poetry possible}} | Microscope|A microscope, equipment and a stack of notebooks}} | more |
| 24 February 2008}} | David|Dimbleby}} | collected works of Michel de Montaigne's Essays|The collected works of Michel de Montaigne's essays}} | pens and paper|A collection of drawing books, pencils and varnish}} | more |
| 2 March 2008}} | Michael|Ball|Michael Ball (singer)}} | Sandman series|The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman}} | Cloudy Bay Sauvignon blanc | more |
| 9 March 2008}} | Liz|Smith|Liz Smith (actress)}} | Catalogue|A very large catalogue}} | Artist's set|A complete artist's set}} | more |
| 16 March 2008}} | Tariq|Ali}} | collected works of Proust|Collected works of Marcel Proust}} | DVD player|A mini DVD player}} | more |
| 23 March 2008}} | Stanley|McMurtry}} | collected works of Steinbeck|Collected works of John Steinbeck}} | Tenor saxophone | more |
| 30 March 2008}} | Penelope|Wilton}} | anthology of 20th century European poetry |An anthology of 20th century European poetry}} | Cinema|An open-air cinema with a selection of films}} | more |
| 11 May 2008}} | Annie|Lennox}} | Power of Now|The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle}} | suncream|Suncream}} | more |
| 18 May 2008}} | Diane|Abbott}} | Architectural & historical surveys of London|Volumes of architectural & historical surveys of London}} | bed|A nice bed with comfortable mattress, sheets and mosquito net}} | more |
| 25 May 2008}} | Howard|Goodall}} | Diary of Anne Frank|The diary of Anne Frank}} | vodka|Ice cold vanilla vodka and tonics}} | more |
| 1 June 2008}} | Lord|Woolf|Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf}} | Koran|The Koran}} | photograph|A happy photograph of his whole family including the latest grandchildren}} | more |
| 8 June 2008}} | Bill|Bailey}} | Collected works of Somerset Maugham | cards|Pack of cards}} | more |
| 20 June 2008}} | Peter|Carey|Peter Carey (novelist)}} | Austerlitz by W G Sebald | A ‘magic’ pudding and a drink | more |
| 22 June 2008}} | Ara|Darzi|Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham}} | Yes Minister | Pencil and paper | more |
| 29 June 2008}} | Posy|Simmonds}} | London telephone directory|Four volumes of the London telephone directory}} | Crown jewels|The Crown Jewels}} | more |
| 6 July 2008}} | Antonio|Carluccio}} | His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman | truffles|White truffles}} | more |
| 13 July 2008}} | Felicity|Lott}} | His Dark Materials|Les Misérables by Victor Hugo}} | champagne and pistachio nuts|Lots of champagne and pistachio nuts}} | more |
| 20 July 2008}} | John|Stefanidis}} | Odyssey by Homer | Sketch book with lots of pencils|Sketch book with lots of pencils}} | more |
| 27 July 2008}} | Antonia|Fraser}} | Complete works of Walter Scott|The complete works of Walter Scott}} | false pearls|Strings and strings of false pearls}} | more |
| 3 August 2008}} | Richard|Ingrams}} | Teach yourself piano tuning | piano|Grand piano}} | more |
| 10 August 2008}} | A. C.|Grayling}} | Man Without Qualities|The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil}} | piano|A good piano}} | more |
| 17 August 2008}} | Ruthie|Henshall}} | Selfish Giant|The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde}} | mayonnaise|A jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise}} | more |
| 28 September 2008}} | Miriam|Margolyes}} | Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens | toilet|A flush toilet}} | more |
| 5 October 2008}} | David|McVicar}} | Vanity Fair by Thackeray{{ref>bible-bg}} | bar and fridge|Well stocked bar and fridge}} | more |
| 12 October 2008}} | Sanjeev|Bhaskar}} | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams}} | piano|A grand piano}} | more |
| 19 October 2008}} | Randy|Newman}} | Divine Comedy by Dante in Italian with English translation | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 26 October 2008}} | Ian|Bostridge}} | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | computer|A solar computer loaded with pictures of my family and friends}} | more |
| 2 November 2008}} | Shami|Chakrabarti}} | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | Movie theater|A private screening room with movies}} | more |
| 14 November 2008}} | Allan|Ahlberg}} | Selected Stories by Alice Munro | Wall|A wall to kick a football against}} | more |
| 16 November 2008}} | David|Davis MP|David Davis (British politician)}} | complete works of Iain Banks|The complete works of Iain Banks}} | Wine cellar|A magic wine cellar which never runs out}} | more |
| 23 November 2008}} | Janet|Street-Porter}} | Larousse Gastronomique | Notebook and pens | more |
| 30 November 2008}} | Michael|Eavis}} | Blake|Blake by Peter Ackroyd}} | Mouth organ|A mouth organ with instruction book}} | more |
| 7 December 2008}} | Marcus|du Sautoy}} | Glass Bead Game|The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse}}{{ref|bible-mah}} | Trumpet|His own trumpet}} | more |
| 14 December 2008}} | Michael|Deeley}} | Qur'an|A decently translated book of The Qur'an}} | Wine|200 cases of vintage wine}} | more |
| 21 December 2008}} | James|Nesbitt}} | Lawton|The collective writings of James Lawton}} | Sancerre|A bottle of chilled Sancerre for every night}} | more |
| 28 December 2008}} | Haleh|Afshar|Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar}} | Hafiz|The poems of the Iranian poet Hafiz}}{{ref|bible-qur}} | Rose bush|A rose bush}} | more |
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| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 4 January 2009}} | Simon|Murray|Simon Murray (businessman)}} | Cautionary tales by Hilaire Belloc | Paper and pencil|Lots of paper, pencil, and pencil sharpener}} | more |
| 11 January 2009}} | Ruth|Padel}} | Cautionary tales|The Iliad by Homer}} | Paper and pencil|A lot of paper and pencils}} | more |
| 18 January 2009}} | Vincent|Cable MP|Vincent Cable}} | Cautionary tales|A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking}} | Aston Martin car|An Aston Martin car}} | more |
| 25 January 2009}} | Alan|Sillitoe}} | Air Publication 1234|The Air Publication 1234 (RAF manual for navigation)}} | Communications receiver|A communications receiver – receiving only}} | more |
| 1 February 2009}} | Thomas|Quasthoff}} | Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela{{ref>shakespeare-qua}} | good wine|Good wine}} | more |
| 8 February 2009}} | David|Suchet}} | Cautionary tales|Magnum Magnum edited by Brigitte Lardinois}} | Clarinet|His clarinet and an unlimited supply of reeds}} | more |
| 15 February 2009}} | Professor|Dame Kay Davies|Davies}} | Untold Stories by Alan Bennett | A piano | more |
| 22 February 2009}} | David|Walliams}} | Larkin|Collected poems (edition 1988 or 2003 not stated) of Philip Larkin}}{{ref|bible-no}} | Gun|A gun (to shoot himself, if lonely)}} | more |
| 1 March 2009}} | Lord|Rix|Brian Rix, Baron Rix}} | Encyclopædia Britannica | orthopaedic cushion|A proper orthopaedic cushion}} | more |
| 8 March 2009}} | Richard|Madeley}} | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke | guitar|Guitar}} | more |
| 15 March 2009}} | Baaba|Maal}} | Coups de Pilon by David Diop{{ref>bible-qur}} | guitar|Guitar}} | more |
| 22 March 2009}} | Athene|Donald}} | Lymond novels|A set of the Lymond novels of Dorothy Dunnett}} | bath|A bath}} | more |
| 29 March 2009}} | Sebastian|Faulks}} | Remembrance of Things Past|C. K. Scott Moncrieff's translation of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past}} | cricket supplies|A wicket, cricket bat, net, an endless supply of balls and a bowling machine that can be set to replicate the style of any bowler}} | more |
| 10 May 2009}} | Whoopi|Goldberg}} | Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke | Wise Potato Chips | more |
| 17 May 2009}} | Peter|Sallis}} | The collected works of P. G. Wodehouse | Meccano| No. 7 Meccano outfit}} | more |
| 24 May 2009}} | Barry|Humphries}} | Melbourne Street Directory|The Melbourne Street Directory (an old version)}} | Paints | more |
| 31 May 2009}} | Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook | Food in England by Dorothy Hartley | Ink and a pen | more |
| 7 June 2009}} | Piers Morgan | An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan | cricket bat|His cricket bat}} | more |
| 14 June 2009}} | Baron|Healey|Denis Healey}} | Faber Book of English Verse | chocolates|Very large box of chocolates including nougat}} | more |
| 21 June 2009}} | Martin Shaw | Post Captain in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian | synthesiser|A synthesiser to make up his own music}}more |
| 28 June 2009}} | Arlene Phillips | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott | tweezers|Tweezers}}more |
| 5 July 2009}} | Harvey Goldsmith | The Reader's Digest Do-It-Yourself Guide | A pianomore |
| 12 July 2009}} | Hugh Pennington | Cabinet Cyclopedia|The Cabinet Cyclopedia edited by Dionysius Lardner}} | microscope|A brass microscope}}more |
| 19 July 2009}} | David Mitchell | Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh | DVD player and sitcom boxsetsmore |
| 26 July 2009}} | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | Moby Dick by Herman Melville | Scuba-diving gear|Full set of Scuba gear}}more |
| 2 August 2009}} | Nicky Haslam | Legacy by Sybille Bedford | a large 18th-century picture|A large 18th-century picture}}more |
| 9 August 2009}} | Dame Joan Bakewell | War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | paper and pencils|An abundance of paper and pencils}} | more |
| 16 August 2009}} | Roberto Alagna | works of Victor Hugo|The works of Victor Hugo}} | guitar|A guitar}} | more |
| 27 September 2009}} | Barry Manilow | Man vs Wild - Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth by Bear Grylls | piano|A piano}} | more |
| 4 October 2009}} | Ellen MacArthur | The SAS Survival Handbook | fluffy purple worm|A fluffy purple worm (which has been taken everywhere)}} | more |
| 11 October 2009}} | Steve Coogan | Tristram Shandy|The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne}} | morris minor|Fully restored Morris Minor Traveller with wooden detail}}more |
| 18 October 2009}} | Jan Pienkowski | Just William|An audiobook of Martin Jarvis reading Just William by Richmal Crompton}} | moleskin sketch books|A large supply of Moleskine sketch books}}more |
| 25 October 2009}} | Colin Pillinger | Journey into Space by Charles Chilton | picture of Clifton Suspension Bridge|A picture of the Clifton Suspension Bridge}}more |
| 1 November 2009}} | Jerry Springer | photo album|A photo album of family and friends}}{{ref|bible-tor}} | cheeseburger machine|A cheeseburger machine}}more |
| 13 November 2009}} | Anthony Julius | Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy | San Pellegrino water on tapmore |
| 15 November 2009}} | Julia Donaldson | poem for the day|Poem for the Day}} | a piano|A piano}}more |
| 22 November 2009}} | Sir Stuart Rose | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | power shower|A power shower with white fluffy towels and constant hot water}}more |
| 29 November 2009}} | Morrissey | The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde | comfortable bed|A comfortable bed with lots of pillows}}more |
| 6 December 2009}} | Baroness|Scotland|Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal}} | prose and poetry|A bound collection of her family's prose and poetry}} | luxutious bathroom|A luxurious bathroom}}more |
| 13 December 2009}} | Lord|Coe|Sebastian Coe}} | Such Sweet Thunder: Benny Green on Jazz by Benny Green | piano|A piano and a guide to playing it}} | more |
| 20 December 2009}} | Sir Michael|Caine|Michael Caine}} | The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand | bed|A large bed with 50% goose down and 50% feather pillows}} | more |
| 27 December 2009}} | David Tennant | A la recherche du temps perdu|A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust }} | solar DVD player|A solar DVD player loaded with the seven series of The West Wing}} | more |
| Date | Castaway | Book | Luxury | More
info | | 3 January 2010}} | John Copley | Grove's Operatic Dictionary of Music|Grove's Operatic Dictionary of Music}} | double bed|His 49-year-old double bed}} | more |
| 10 January 2010}} | Mary Portas | The works of Rumi, Persian poet and philosopher | fragrances|A set of different fragrances from the people she loves}}more |
| 17 January 2010}} | James Ellroy | Libra by Don DeLillo | sunblock|Sunblock}}more |
| 24 January 2010}} | Frank Warren | Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | Merlot grapevine | more |
| 31 January 2010}} | Mary Beard | Treasures of the British Museum by Marjorie Caygill | Elgin Marbles|The Elgin Marbles}} | more |
| 7 February 2010}} | Gok Wan | Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey | Lip balmmore |
| 14 February 2010}} | Jim Al-Khalili | The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose | acoustic guitar|His acoustic guitar}}more |
| 21 February 2010}} | Clive Woodward | Short Game of Golf by Dave Pelz | sand wedge and ball|A sand wedge and golf ball}}more |
| 28 February 2010}} | June Spencer | Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome | a Scrabble board|A Scrabble board}} | more |
| 7 March 2010}} | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon | a telescope|A telescope}} | more |
| 14 March 2010}} | Duncan Bannatyne | The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett | a pillow|A pillow}} | more |
| 21 March 2010}} | Frank Cottrell Boyce | The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin | a Ferris Wheel|A ferris wheel}}more |
| 28 March 2010}} | Emma Thompson | Odyssey|Homer's Odyssey}} | a saucepan|A saucepan - heavy bottomed with a removable handle}} | more |
| 9 May 2010}} | Fay Weldon | Kennedy's Latin Primer|Kennedy's Latin Primer}} | a shotgun|A shotgun}} | more |
| 16 May 2010}} | Rob Brydon | Collected Works of Dylan Thomas| The collected works of Dylan Thomas}} | a guitar|A guitar}}more |
| 23 May 2010}} | Dame Stephanie|Shirley}} | Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne | Madonna and Child by Henry Moore | more |
| 30 May 2010}} | György Pauk | How to be an Alien by George Mikes | espresso machine|An espresso machine}} | more |
| 13 June 2010}} | Frank Skinner | teach yourself book on French|Teach yourself French}} | ukulele|A ukulele}} | more |
| 20 June 2010}} | Lewis Gilbert | a book of poems|A book of poems}} | football|A football}} | more |
| 27 June 2010}} | Tony Adams | The book of Alcoholics Anonymous | football|A football}}more |
| 4 July 2010}} | Dame Fanny Waterman | The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith | grand piano|A grand piano and a stool}}more |
| 11 July 2010}} | Dr Gwen|Adshead|Gwen Adshead}} | Biggest book of poetry available | pen and paper|Pen and paper}} | more |
| 18 July 2010}} | Tim Robbins | a matchbook|A matchbook}} | a surfboard|A surfboard}}more |
| 25 July 2010}} | Lynn Barber | The Complete F. Scott Fitzgerald | a cyanide pill|A cyanide pill}} | more |
| 1 August 2010}} | Jimmy Mulville | The Complete Works of P. G. Wodehouse | a solar-powered espresso machine|A solar powered espresso machine}}more |
| 8 August 2010}} | Lord|Cobbold|David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold}} | Zanoni by Edward Bulwer-Lytton | a fishing rod|A fishing rod}} | more |
| 15 August 2010}} | Kathy Burke | The Complete Works of Graham Linehan | a life size laminated photo of James Caan from Dragon's Den|A life size laminated photo of James Caan from Dragon's Den}} | more |
| 26 September 2010}} | Sir Tom|Jones|Tom Jones (singer)}} | The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James | a bucket and spade|A bucket and spade}} | more |
| 3 October 2010}} | Johnny Vegas | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell | a kiln|A kiln}}more |
| 10 October 2010}} | Sarah Doukas | The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin | a photo album|A photo album of all her family}} | more |
| 17 October 2010}} | Michael Mansfield | The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine as his Bible and The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz | a drum kit|A drum kit}} | more |
| 24 October 2010}} | Nick Clegg | The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | A stash of cigarettes | more |
| 31 October 2010}} | Lang Lang | The Analects of Confucius | Two feathered pillows | more |
| 7 November 2010}} | Ian McMillan | The Long and The Short of It: Poems 1955–2005 by Roy Fisher | A tandem bike with wooden models of his family on the front | more |
| 19 November 2010}} | Anna Del Conte | The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | Extra virgin olive oil | more |
| 21 November 2010}} | Alice Cooper | Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut | Indoor driving range|An indoor golf driving range}}more |
| 28 November 2010}} | Robert Harris | Scoop by Evelyn Waugh | A nightly fragrant bath | more |
| 5 December 2010}} | Frances Wood | A copy of Chinese dictionary Cihai, which means Sea of Words | The war memorial outside Euston Station | more |
| 12 December 2010}} | Sir Torquil|Norman|Torquil Norman}} | A book of his father's poems and verses | A small still with an ice maker attached to itmore |
| 19 December 2010}} | Nick Park | A Collins bird book | His own "amazing pair of binoculars"more |
| 26 December 2010}} | Sandie Shaw | Lecture on The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life by Daisaku Ikeda | Omamori Gohonzon | more |