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Baroness Newlove

Helen Newlove on her daughters pulling her husband’s tongue out to save him

Castaway · 22 July 2018·Kirsty Young

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Jane Gardam

How a chance meeting on a train told Jane Gardam she was a writer

Castaway · 15 October 2017·Kirsty Young

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Sir Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan on his nerve-wracking first broadcast reading the Cattle Market Report

Castaway · 1 January 2012·Kirsty Young

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Debbie Harry

How a manager's anger gave Debbie Harry her iconic unsmiling album cover

Castaway · 22 May 2011·Kirsty Young

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Prof David Phillips

David Phillips on being interrogated by the KGB for five hours

Castaway · 1 May 2011·Kirsty Young

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Dame Joan Bakewell

Joan Bakewell on the shock of seeing her affair dramatised in Harold Pinter's Betrayal

Castaway · 9 August 2009·Kirsty Young

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Ian Bostridge

Ian Bostridge on his brother's slide lectures on art history

Castaway · 26 October 2008·Kirsty Young

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Gloria Hunniford

Gloria Hunniford on her father the magician

Castaway · 24 December 2006·Kirsty Young

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Martha Lane Fox

Martha Lane Fox on her father's horror if she'd become a banker

Castaway · 4 January 2004·Sue Lawley

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George Clooney

George Clooney on dressing as a leprechaun with a cigar on his dad's show

Castaway · 23 February 2003·Sue Lawley

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P D James

P D James on narrating her own life from childhood

Castaway · 27 October 2002·Sue Lawley

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Sir Alec Broers

Alec Broers on being thought lonely at university for enjoying ice skating and music

Castaway · 1 April 2001·Sue Lawley

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Sir Anthony Caro

Anthony Caro on being stuck in a garage

Castaway · 16 April 2000·Sue Lawley

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Richard Noble

Richard Noble on seeing John Cobb's Crusader as a boy

Castaway · 15 February 1998·Sue Lawley

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Redmond O'Hanlon

Redmond O'Hanlon on losing his fetish in a Rotterdam restaurant

Castaway · 9 March 1997·Sue Lawley

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Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida on answering her brother's piano questions at three

Castaway · 28 April 1996·Sue Lawley

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Christabel Bielenberg

Christabel Bielenberg on ringing the Gestapo and demanding they turn off the lights

Castaway · 8 November 1992·Sue Lawley

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Baron Taylor of Gosforth

Castaway · 24 May 1992·Sue Lawley

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Lord Chief Justice Taylor

Lord Taylor on his regret after prosecuting Stefan Kiszko

Castaway · 24 May 1992·Sue Lawley

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Fred Zinnemann

How Fred Zinnemann's violin playing made his baby brother cry and his dog howl

Castaway · 20 January 1991·Sue Lawley

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Lord Charteris

Charteris on being one of four survivors from a lifeboat of twelve

Castaway · 9 September 1990·Sue Lawley

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Sir Ian Trethowan

Ian Trethowan on being told he was not a star by BBC Television boss Hugh Weldon

Castaway · 4 March 1990·Sue Lawley

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Sir James Callaghan

James Callaghan on the Ministry of Pensions paying his two-guinea school fees

Castaway · 18 October 1987·Michael Parkinson

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HRH Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret on packing for a weekend at Windsor and staying five years

Castaway · 17 January 1981·Roy Plomley

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Mark Elder

Mark Elder on picking up a bassoon the wrong way round

Castaway · 8 November 1980·Roy Plomley

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Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael on his first role as a robot

Castaway · 9 June 1979·Roy Plomley

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Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli on being discovered by ballet critic Richard Buckle

Castaway · 7 January 1978·Roy Plomley

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Egon Ronay

Egon Ronay on how a friend drinking a Russian commander under the table helped him leave Budapest

Castaway · 19 February 1977·Roy Plomley

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Dr Elsie Hall

Elsie Hall on refusing to play in uniform for South African troops

Castaway · 28 April 1969·Roy Plomley

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Sir Paul Gore-Booth

How a quiet Sherlock Holmes trip to Switzerland became a world story for Paul Gore-Booth

Castaway · 13 November 1968·Roy Plomley

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Alan Bullock

Castaway · 18 April 1966·Roy Plomley

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Jack de Manio

Jack de Manio on winning a music prize for pretending to play the piano

Castaway · 26 December 1964·Roy Plomley

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Glen Byam Shaw

Castaway · 29 June 1964·Roy Plomley

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Jean Pougnet

Castaway · 21 July 1958·Roy Plomley