Ant and Dec

Kirsty Young chats to the kings of TV prime time, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly

Specially extended edition for BBC Radio 4 Extra.

ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Britain's Got Talent stars look back over their careers and firm friendship spanning 20-odd years, from their days as child actors on TV’s Byker Grove.

They say, "without doubt, the best thing to come out of the last 20 years, the greatest thing we've ever achieved, our biggest success, has been our friendship. And nothing will ever change that."

Back in 2013, Ant and Dec were the first double-act to appear on Desert Island Discs since 1987 – following in the footsteps of legendary duos Morecambe and Wise, Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin, and Peter Brough and Archie Andrews.

DISC ONE: That's Living All Right (Theme from Auf Wiedersehen Pet) - Joe Fagin
DISC TWO: Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
DISC THREE: This Is How it Feels To Be Lonely - Inspiral Carpets
DISC FOUR: Golden Brown - The Stranglers
DISC FIVE: Baggy Trousers - Madness
DISC SIX: I am glad I'm finally going home (Trololo) - Eduard Khil
DISC SEVEN: In My Place - Coldplay
DISC EIGHT: Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise

BOOK CHOICE - Ant: Collected Works - William Boyd/Dec: High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
LUXURY CHOICE - Ant: A blow up chair/Dec: tweezers
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Ant: Bring Me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise/Dec: Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

Extended edition first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May 2014.