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19 episodes
Chosen over the decades
19
Total castaways
1970s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Minette Walters on the neighbour who told her to do something with her day
Cicely Saunders on the patient who thanked her for telling him he was dying
Alfred Eisenstadt on being hoisted 142 feet into a rainforest tree to photograph from a platform
Ranulph Fiennes on the moment he saw the ship's masts after three years
Ian Richardson on dropping his rifle on a polished boot and being knocked unconscious
Shinwell on the generals who threatened to resign when he arrived at the War Office
Noel Barber on a 105-year-old man who apologised for being late after a four-mile walk