6 episodes

• Alison Balsom

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  Alison Balsom

  Alison Balsom on the concert that made her want to play the trumpet aged 10

  Castaway · 4 October 2015·Kirsty Young

• Alice Walker

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  Alice Walker

  Alice Walker on being shot in the eye by her brother and told to lie

  Castaway · 19 May 2013·Kirsty Young

• Sir Anthony Caro

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  Sir Anthony Caro

  Anthony Caro on being stuck in a garage

  Castaway · 16 April 2000·Sue Lawley

• George Carman QC

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  George Carman QC

  George Carman on giving up the priesthood because he liked women

  Castaway · 24 June 1990·Sue Lawley

• Edward Heath

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  Edward Heath

  Edward Heath on his father's dying wish for a respectable occupation

  Castaway · 18 December 1988·Michael Parkinson

• Richard Adams

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  Richard Adams

  Richard Adams on improvising Watership Down on a car journey to see Judi Dench's Viola

  Castaway · 5 November 1977·Roy Plomley