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Kirsty Young

October 2023

  • Kirsty Young.

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in radio: Young Again with Kirsty Young; The Today Podcast; McCartney: A Life in Lyrics – review

    Kirsty’s back with the A-listers in a classy but flimsy format, Nick Robinson and Amol Rajan get emotional during their new show, while Macca takes a leisurely trip down memory lane

December 2022

  • Lauren Laverne and Kirsty Young

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: Desert Island Discs; Today guest editors; The Dark Is Rising; Terry Hall

  • Lauren Laverne, left, interviews former host Kirsty Young for a special Christmas Day edition of Desert Island Discs.

    ‘Losing sense of self’: Kirsty Young opens up about illness on Desert Island Discs

November 2022

  • Lauren Laverne and Kirsty Young

    Former Desert Island Discs host Kirsty Young to return as Christmas guest

    Long-time presenter will share her thoughts on the Queen’s funeral in BBC festive schedule highlight

June 2022

  • Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George, Prince William and Princess Charlotte on the balcony at Buckingham Palace

    BBC platinum jubilee review: Queen’s partial absence poses tricky challenges

  • The Queen watching trooping the colour

    Jubilee TV viewing figures down on previous royal occasions

May 2022

  • Kirsty Young

    Kirsty Young to anchor Queen’s platinum jubilee coverage on BBC

    Presenter will return to broadcaster for first time since 2018 to oversee weekend of programming

February 2022

  • The broadcaster and her husband, Nick Jones, have faced backlash from local residents, Chris Packham, the SSPCA and now the Woodland Trust.

    Woodland Trust joins objection to Kirsty Young’s plan for Scottish island

    Broadcaster and husband hit by claims they plan to cull wallabies and chop down trees on Inchconnachan island

July 2019

  • Kirsty Young.

    Kirsty Young to step down as host of Desert Island Discs

    Broadcaster says taking a break from show, due to fibromyalgia, made her reassess career

September 2018

  • Kirsty Young

    My endless pain: living with fibromyalgia

    Hazel Borland
    Kirsty Young, host of Desert Island Discs, has helped raise awareness of the painful, debilitating condition, but it remains poorly understood

August 2018

  • Kirsty Young

    Kirsty Young to take Desert Island Discs break because of illness

    Lauren Laverne will cover BBC Radio 4 show while host is away due to fibromyalgia

January 2017

  • Michelle Obama

    Michelle Obama or Bob Dylan? Readers suggest castaways for Desert Island Discs

  • Kirsty Young ... lover of Scotland and pickled herrings.

    Shortcuts
    Kirsty Young picks her Desert Island Discs

  • Boxer Nicola Adams and Desert Island Discs presenter Kirsty Young

    Roll over Beethoven: Desert Island Discs stars pick pop over classical

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    Desert Island Discs: 75 defining moments from 75 years of castaways

December 2016

  • How the tides have turned … Desert Island Discs

    Symphonies in sea – 75 years of Desert Island Discs

    What makes Desert Island Discs so intimate? As the programme celebrates 75 years on air, it’s the music that continues to crack open its castaways

July 2016

  • John Humphrys news programme on BBC Radio 4

    John Humphrys says he's 'over-friendly' – and misses top slot in Radio Times poll

    ‘Rottweiler of Radio 4’ comes second to in readers’ ballot after Eddie Mair, with Kirsty Young topping women’s list of nation’s favourite voices

May 2016

  • ‘As lovely as you would imagine’: Tom Hanks in the 2000 film Cast Away

    The week in radio: Desert Island Discs; The Swedish Ambassador’s Guide to Eurovision

    Why we love to be stranded with Kirsty Young. And the true meaning of Eurovision is revealed…

December 2015

  • After hearing Joshua Sasse’s recording for the first time, Kylie Minogue says she is ‘a mess’ and is shedding ‘tears of joy’.

    Kylie Minogue's partner reads erotic poem to her on Desert Island Discs

    During singer’s emotional appearance, Joshua Sasse reads work written by his father, the late poet Dominic Sasse

October 2015

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    I owe it all to my mum’s impeccable taste in music says rocker Keith Richards

    Rolling Stones carry on touring because we ‘still think we’re getting better’, guitar legend tells Kirsty Young
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