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45 episodes
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45
Total castaways
1970s
Peak decade
7
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How a phone call from Amber Rudd confirmed Cressida Dick as Met Commissioner
Helen Browning on walking out of her A-levels to be with her dying brother
Clive Stafford Smith on seeing a picture of Joan of Arc being burnt at the stake
Timothy Clifford on taking his parents on a guided tour of Rome without ever having been there
How a surprise visit from the chairman of NatWest led Alexander to leave the bar for banking
Raymond Seitz on the bartender more astonished than him by a White House call
Brian Redhead on vowing to be a journalist after reading about Scoop Mallory
Glyn Daniel on visiting every megalithic monument in southern Britain
How Wilfred Thesiger survived the Empty Quarter on half a pound of flour and a pint of water a day
Richard Adams on improvising Watership Down on a car journey to see Judi Dench's Viola
Deborah Kerr on her first film appearance ending up on the cutting room floor
Christopher Milne on the weekly moment his singing voice dominated in chapel
Melvyn Bragg on being addicted to reading anything from sauce bottles to the Old Testament