36 episodes

• Deborah Meaden

  08°16′S 012°01′W

  Deborah Meaden

  How Deborah Meaden flinched when her father was called her stepfather

  Castaway · 17 October 2021·Lauren Laverne

• Michael Holding

  07°43′S 126°45′W

  Michael Holding

  Michael Holding on his impromptu four-minute monologue on racism

  Castaway · 12 September 2021·Lauren Laverne

• Heather Hallett

  11°44′S 171°56′W

  Heather Hallett

  Heather Hallett on a judge's unwanted sexual advance

  Castaway · 6 June 2021·Lauren Laverne

• Stephen Graham

  09°17′S 169°11′W

  Stephen Graham

  Stephen Graham on his dad renting The Godfather, Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter

  Castaway · 17 November 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Louis Theroux

  17°07′S 135°31′W

  Louis Theroux

  Louis Theroux on the freedom of filming with a gun nut on a hillside in Idaho

  Castaway · 12 May 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Matt Smith

  22°41′S 163°59′W

  Matt Smith

  Matt Smith on singing the Doctor Who theme tune to Jodie Whittaker

  Castaway · 4 March 2018·Kirsty Young

• Professor Dame Jane Francis

  17°59′S 116°29′W

  Professor Dame Jane Francis

  Jane Francis on accidentally making antifreeze instead of ice cream in Antarctica

  Castaway · 24 September 2017·Kirsty Young

• Liz Lochhead

  21°31′S 001°07′W

  Liz Lochhead

  Liz Lochhead on the Queen's giggling story about Edith Sitwell

  Castaway · 14 May 2017·Kirsty Young

• Bruce Springsteen

  22°39′S 069°38′W

  Bruce Springsteen

  Bruce Springsteen on putting on his father's clothes on stage

  Castaway · 18 December 2016·Kirsty Young

• Yinka Shonibare

  09°31′S 091°46′W

  Yinka Shonibare

  Yinka Shonibare on waking from a two-week coma to discover he was paralyzed

  Castaway · 13 March 2016·Kirsty Young

• Robin Millar

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  Robin Millar

  How Robin Millar missed his bus stop after being told he would go blind

  Castaway · 15 March 2015·Kirsty Young

• Dan Pearson

  12°30′S 140°27′W

  Dan Pearson

  How a walk in the Picos Mountains gave Dan Pearson a gardening epiphany

  Castaway · 8 February 2015·Kirsty Young

• Malcolm Gladwell

  12°28′S 163°26′W

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Malcolm Gladwell on the chance roommate who unlocked American journalism for him

  Castaway · 10 August 2014·Kirsty Young

• Malorie Blackman

  16°35′S 114°54′W

  Malorie Blackman

  Malorie Blackman on being accused of stealing a first-class train ticket

  Castaway · 17 November 2013·Kirsty Young

• Celia Birtwell

  03°10′S 008°02′W

  Celia Birtwell

  Celia Birtwell on being hopeless with a needle and thread

  Castaway · 7 October 2012·Kirsty Young

• Julian Fellowes

  06°59′S 104°25′W

  Julian Fellowes

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

  Castaway · 18 December 2011·Kirsty Young

• Kwame Kwei-Armah

  09°57′S 168°41′W

  Kwame Kwei-Armah

  Kwame Kwei-Armah on changing his name after watching Roots

  Castaway · 15 May 2011·Kirsty Young

• Cath Kidston

  00°55′S 142°17′W

  Cath Kidston

  Cath Kidston on turning a laurel bush into a shop as a child

  Castaway · 24 April 2011·Kirsty Young

• Sarah Doukas

  06°26′S 114°24′W

  Sarah Doukas

  Sarah Doukas on spotting a potential model in a Waitrose queue

  Castaway · 10 October 2010·Kirsty Young

• Tim Robbins

  10°27′S 102°21′W

  Tim Robbins

  Tim Robbins on being thrown off stage for insincerity

  Castaway · 18 July 2010·Kirsty Young

• Mary Portas

  10°18′S 068°27′W

  Mary Portas

  Mary Portas on her tearful supermarket encounter with her father's second wife

  Castaway · 10 January 2010·Kirsty Young

• Quentin Blake

  23°48′S 059°10′W

  Quentin Blake

  Quentin Blake on drawing with a waverly nib

  Castaway · 1 October 2006·Kirsty Young

• Bill Nighy

  12°34′S 137°48′W

  Bill Nighy

  How stealing Shakespeare from a library helped Bill Nighy into drama school

  Castaway · 14 March 2004·Sue Lawley

• Tim Smit

  06°40′S 160°13′W

  Tim Smit

  Tim Smit on discovering a secret garden door in the Lost Gardens of Heligan

  Castaway · 10 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Professor Stuart Hall

  07°04′S 131°16′W

  Professor Stuart Hall

  Stuart Hall on watching his father being patronised in colonial Jamaica

  Castaway · 13 February 2000·Sue Lawley

• Virginia Ironside

  16°05′S 176°32′W

  Virginia Ironside

  Virginia Ironside on regularly waking up screaming and calling the Samaritans

  Castaway · 30 March 1997·Sue Lawley

• Dr Susan Greenfield

  07°27′S 174°37′W

  Dr Susan Greenfield

  Susan Greenfield on her mother's question about seeing the colour red

  Castaway · 2 March 1997·Sue Lawley

• Pete Waterman

  10°19′S 061°38′W

  Pete Waterman

  How an astrologer led Pete Waterman to sleep in a vocal booth

  Castaway · 30 April 1995·Sue Lawley

• Raymond Seitz

  03°06′S 030°59′W

  Raymond Seitz

  Raymond Seitz on the bartender more astonished than him by a White House call

  Castaway · 17 October 1993·Sue Lawley

• Frank Bruno

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  Frank Bruno

  Frank Bruno on crying like a big baby at boarding school

  Castaway · 6 June 1993·Sue Lawley

• Ken Livingstone MP

  08°40′S 103°13′W

  Ken Livingstone MP

  Ken Livingstone on being greeted by the deputy whip as a horrible little monster

  Castaway · 7 March 1993·Sue Lawley

• Jackie Collins

  21°41′S 100°54′W

  Jackie Collins

  Jackie Collins on waving to the resident Flasher in Regent's Park

  Castaway · 7 December 1986·Michael Parkinson

• Bruce Oldfield

  12°14′S 102°37′W

  Bruce Oldfield

  Bruce Oldfield on leaving New York on a bus with his tail between his legs

  Castaway · 9 February 1986·Michael Parkinson

• Nigel Kennedy

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  Nigel Kennedy

  Nigel Kennedy on getting a perfect score after his teacher warned him against playing jazz

  Castaway · 12 January 1986·Michael Parkinson

• Alan Price

  08°46′S 111°23′W

  Alan Price

  Alan Price on the Animals' name coming from a squatter called Animal Hogg

  Castaway · 4 December 1982·Roy Plomley

• Daley Thompson

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  Daley Thompson

  Daley Thompson on British sports facilities being the worst in the world

  Castaway · 19 July 1980·Roy Plomley