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67 episodes
Chosen over the decades
67
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Stanley Tucci on being shocked by the erotic reaction to his negroni clip
Monica Galetti on cutting off the top of her finger during a cookery demo
Christina Lamb on women in Aleppo frying flour sandwiches to feed their children
Stella McCartney on her children telling Paul McCartney to shut up while he played guitar
Malorie Blackman on being accused of stealing a first-class train ticket
How a sudden break of sun among pine trees in a Citroën made Eric Pickles perfectly happy
Nicholas Parsons on his mother's fear that show business would deprave him
Humphrey Lyttelton on pedalling away from his sister's terrible friends
Ronald Searle on writing a note saying 'I've gone' and abandoning his old life
Meera Syal on being asked 'Why don't you go back where you come from?' as a child
Terry O'Neill on accidentally photographing a sleeping Rap Butler at Heathrow
Ronald Harwood on Donald Wolfit kicking his legs in the air after his knighthood
Neil Simon on his brother predicting at age 15 he’d be America’s best comedy writer
Gavin Laird on wealthy families offering to take the dog instead of evacuee children
Will Carling on being slapped by his mother after losing his temper at cricket
How a Marlon Brown impersonation in a bar landed Robbie Coltrane his first paid acting job
Marco Pierre White on the two kids who wanted chicken Kiev for their wedding
Ralf Dahrendorf on being called a social democrat in the Hitler Youth
Barbara Castle on her mother’s feeding kitchen for miners’ children during the 1920s lockout
Lionel Hampton on finding the vibraphone in a studio corner with Louis Armstrong