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85 episodes
Chosen over the decades
84
Total castaways
2000s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Shirley Anne Field on wiping off her make-up to land her role in The Entertainer
Alan Bleasdale on writing in a converted toilet with his dad's cement mixer outside
Barbara Windsor on practising to become a nun with a tea towel over her head
Salman Rushdie on the triple whammy of being bad at games, good at studies, and foreign
Arthur Scargill on learning sign language in three weeks down the pit
Dennis Taylor on standing on a lemonade crate to play snooker for the first time
Cindy Buxton and Annie Price on how Annie thought the Falkland Islands were in Scotland
Paul McCartney on swapping his trumpet for a guitar and discovering he was left-handed
James Bolam on having his on-screen family murdered while being assessed for a comedy part
How seeing herself in Rotten to the Core left Charlotte Rampling in tears