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24 episodes
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24
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
6
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Felix Dennis on standing in the dock at the Old Bailey in 1971
How being called 'You with the big ears' got Donald Sutherland his first speaking role in The Dirty Dozen
Géza Vermes on becoming a priest because he couldn't go to university
Neil Simon on his brother predicting at age 15 he’d be America’s best comedy writer
Adelaide Hall on accidentally inventing scat while humming to Ellington's 'Creole Love Call'
Richard Branson on his agonizing meetings with artists while being tone deaf
How writing the first letter of each word cured Richard Condon's stutter
Gerald Priestland on being sent away to boarding school at the age of seven
Shirley Conran on walking down Tottenham Court Road with her morale shattered