Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. 

Each week a guest, called a ‘castaway’ during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices.

[Desert Island Discs est une émission de radio diffusée sur BBC Radio 4. Chaque semaine, un invité, appelé ‘naufragé’ pendant l’émission, est invité à choisir huit enregistrements (généralement, mais pas toujours, de la musique), un livre et un article de luxe qu’il emporterait s’il devait être rejeté sur une île déserte, tout en discutant de sa vie et des raisons de ses choix.]

Activity 1

Listen to a clip of BBC version.

 

Activity 2

Choose 3 songs which define who you are, or a special moment for you. Note them down.
 

Activity 3

Choose a book, poem or speech that you treasure. Note it down.
 

Activity 4

Take it in turns to ask each other what they have chosen, in the style of an interview.