5 episodes

• William Boyd

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  William Boyd

  William Boyd on a near-fatal roadblock during a driving lesson in Nigeria

  Castaway · 2 March 2025·Lauren Laverne

• Robin Millar

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  Robin Millar

  How Robin Millar missed his bus stop after being told he would go blind

  Castaway · 15 March 2015·Kirsty Young

• Anne Wood

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  Anne Wood

  Anne Wood on using a DV camera to observe children watching TV

  Castaway · 2 October 2011·Kirsty Young

• Imelda Staunton

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  Imelda Staunton

  Imelda Staunton on not knowing the police in Vera Drake were actors

  Castaway · 15 May 2005·Sue Lawley

• Bernard Cornwell

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  Bernard Cornwell

  Bernard Cornwell on promising to write a book to win his wife

  Castaway · 18 April 2004·Sue Lawley