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72 episodes
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Total castaways
2010s
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5
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Castaways who chose this
Beryl Bainbridge on being thrown out of school for illustrating a dirty rhyme
How Chris Lowe hissed "don't look triumphant" at Neil Tennant on Top of the Pops
Mario Testino on being screamed abuse and beaten up for his flamboyant clothes
Baruch Blumberg on the three years it took to connect an Australian blood sample to hepatitis B
Timothy Spall on his drama teacher's extraordinary praise after playing the lion in The Wizard of Oz
How falling off a donkey as a child convinced Richard Dunwoody he was a jockey
Archie Norman on creating a standing room to prevent dozing during meetings
Hanif Kureishi on being racially insulted every day from age four to sixteen