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276 episodes
Chosen over the decades
275
Total castaways
2000s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Brendan Foster on breaking the world record at the opening of Gateshead Stadium
Miss Bluebell on hiding her husband in an attic for two and a half years in Nazi-occupied Paris
Jacques Loussier on instantly understanding piano at his first sitting
Elaine Paige on her fourth audition for Evita thinking ‘Here we go again’
How writing the first letter of each word cured Richard Condon's stutter
Geoffrey Howe on convincing Labour voters that Tories don't have horns, tails or cloven hooves
Jackie Stewart on learning about timing from a deer stalker on Loch Lomond
Dennis Taylor on standing on a lemonade crate to play snooker for the first time
Michael Quinn on telling Ritz directors they’d have to pay to taste his cooking
Trevor Brooking on being forced to practise with only his weaker foot as a child
James Clavell on being given a proclamation from King George VI as a returning POW
Arthur Askey on carving his initials on a desk Paul McCartney called a shrine
Donald Pleasence on winning a silver medal at a musical festival aged seven
Barry Norman on being hurled into a racial maelstrom as a 19-year-old journalist
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais on meeting at The Uxbridge Arms and playing hearts
Cathy Berberian on singing baritone, bass and coloratura as a child because nobody told her she couldn't
Charles Aznavour on selling chocolate and stockings on the black market during the occupation