The Island
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2025
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Desert Island Discs meets Lord Of The Flies in a sitcom spoofing Radio 4's classic interview format. Stars Stephen Mangan.
- Starts on Monday 17th February on Radio 4 at 2:45pm
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2025
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 6 (1 series)
- Star
- Stephen Mangan
- Writers
- Simon Alcock and Tom Oxenham
- Producers
- Bill Dare and Jon Holmes
- Company
Fresh from his real-life appearance on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Stephen washes up on the island. When he discovers he's not alone, he soon finds himself in the kind of trouble where the Bible, the Complete Works of Shakespeare, and his luxury item will be no help whatsoever.
Living among the palms and rocky outcrops and thousands of copies of the Bible lying in the sand is every former guest of the show - and it's all gone a bit Lord Of The Flies.
Through Stephen's audio diary, we learn that all TV chef Nadiya Hussain wants to do is hunt, that Richard Madeley's gone feral, and that Sandi Toksvig has the Conch. But there's something lurking in the forest, and when Stephen suspects foul play in the power struggle to be chief, he makes a dangerous enemy.
Can he win over his fellow islanders before it's too late? What lengths will he go to to survive? And what the hell is he going to do with this useless coffee machine he chose as his luxury item?