11 episodes

• Julian Fellowes

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  Julian Fellowes

  How a surprise phone call led Julian Fellowes to write for Robert Altman

  Castaway · 18 December 2011·Kirsty Young

• Penelope Wilton

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  Penelope Wilton

  Penelope Wilton on the warm air from a pantomime stage that made her want to act

  Castaway · 30 March 2008·Kirsty Young

• Ben Helfgott

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  Ben Helfgott

  Ben Helfgott on sleeping under sheets for the first time in three years

  Castaway · 1 April 2007·Kirsty Young

• Cecil Lewis

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  Cecil Lewis

  Cecil Lewis on lasting nine months as a fighter pilot when the average life was three weeks

  Castaway · 12 May 1991·Sue Lawley

• Stan Barstow

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  Stan Barstow

  Stan Barstow on the moment a book by H.E. Bates showed him what to write about

  Castaway · 24 August 1986·Michael Parkinson

• Bobby Robson

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  Bobby Robson

  Bobby Robson on learning he was sacked by Fulham from a newspaper

  Castaway · 25 May 1986·Michael Parkinson

• Rt Hon Shirley Williams

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  Rt Hon Shirley Williams

  How a tip-off about concentration camps sent Shirley Williams to America

  Castaway · 23 March 1986·Michael Parkinson

• Bruce Tulloh

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  Bruce Tulloh

  Bruce Tulloh on getting the idea to run across America from the Guinness Book of Records

  Castaway · 23 November 1974·Roy Plomley

• Dr Roy Strong

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  Dr Roy Strong

  Roy Strong on buying a long-lost portrait of Milton for £22

  Castaway · 7 March 1970·Roy Plomley

• Sir Gordon Russell

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  Sir Gordon Russell

  How walking down the main street of Chipping Camden taught Gordon Russell more than school

  Castaway · 3 June 1968·Roy Plomley

• Lupino Lane

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  Lupino Lane

  Lupino Lane on performing 63 traps in six minutes

  Castaway · 30 December 1957·Roy Plomley