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20 episodes
Chosen over the decades
19
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Annie Nightingale on being told disc jockeys were husband substitutes
How Eve Stewart's father went to a party and never came back
Betty Boothroyd on being the only person who believed she could win a 20,000 Tory majority
Elijah Moshinsky on the night people walked out of his play because the theatre had no centre aisle
Douglas Hurd on a coronation bonfire and a wife's knickers caught in the wire
Miss Bluebell on hiding her husband in an attic for two and a half years in Nazi-occupied Paris
Marvin Hamlisch on the concert where his pajamas showed beneath his trousers
Duchess of Devonshire on never wanting to see another firework
Julia McKenzie on her first job as an understudy after only seeing the show three times
How winning at the National Eisteddfod led to Sian Phillips's first broadcast
James Bolam on having his on-screen family murdered while being assessed for a comedy part