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276 episodes
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275
Total castaways
2000s
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7
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How a collapse of confidence in the US led Anthony Seldon to meditation and yoga
Helen Browning on walking out of her A-levels to be with her dying brother
Debbie Wiseman on composing 70 minutes of orchestral music in three and a half weeks
How a Richard Serra sculpture gave Damien Hirst the idea for a walk-through cow
John Bishop on the night his ex-wife appeared during his 'head in the fridge' joke
How wearing skirts helped Felicity Green navigate Fleet Street's boardroom
Jimmy Mulville on spending a year contemplating the death of his acting dreams
How a 4,000-volt near-miss sent Jim Al-Khalili from the lab to theory
Stuart Rose on his father being adopted by a Quaker lady named Nona Ransom
Jerry Springer on resigning from Cincinnati City Council after visiting a prostitute
Sebastian Faulks on his publisher's head-in-hands reaction to his Birdsong pitch
Kay Davies on her parents almost having to glue her to the seat at Oxford
Antonio Carluccio on the sad state of Italian food when he arrived in London
Beryl Bainbridge on being thrown out of school for illustrating a dirty rhyme
Steven Isserlis on comparing listening to his own recordings to a dog sniffing the pavement
Greg Dyke on reading Lord Hutton's report and knowing the public would side with the BBC
Raymond Tallis on his father asking why treat old people since everyone dies
How Chris Lowe hissed "don't look triumphant" at Neil Tennant on Top of the Pops