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18 episodes
Chosen over the decades
18
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
5
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Margaret Forster on her hit novel being an albatross round her neck
John Smith on being told he was fine before collapsing with a heart attack
Selina Scott on earning a penny a line by covering funerals and weddings aged 14
Alan Gemmell on how his mother declared him a botanist after a neighbour's suggestion
Kenneth McKellar on leaving forestry for a singing scholarship at the Royal College of Music
How Montgomery refused to give in after his mother beat him for smoking