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71 episodes
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71
Total castaways
2020s
Peak decade
6
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Gustavo Dudamel on trying to play his father's huge trombone as a child
John Legend on being nicknamed 'the legend' by a friend before he had a record deal
Winnie Byanyima on the day her friend went from playing with dolls to becoming a bride
How Michael Sandel lured Ronald Reagan to a school debate with jelly beans
How a college conversation led Margaret Busby to co-found a publishing house with no experience
Maggie O'Farrell on hiding in her daughter's Wendy house to write during lockdown
Monica Galetti on cutting off the top of her finger during a cookery demo
Yusuf Cat Stevens on being treated in the same hospital where Boris Karloff died
Bernardine Evaristo on crossing the road to avoid her father aged 11
Elizabeth Anionwu on riding a scooter to meet her father for the first time
How James Rebanks' dad told him to stop being a pain in the ass and go to Oxford
Chi-chi Nwanoku on her parents seeing a sign that said 'no blacks, no dogs, no Irish'
Yotam Ottolenghi on his grandmother sipping espresso and making semolina gnocchi
Stephen Fry on his psychiatrist's frustration that his parents weren't in the diplomatic corps
Roger Graef on deciding to become a director after noticing audience attention at Harvard
Craig Brown on his delight when his daughter refused to join in a ballet recital