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31 episodes
Chosen over the decades
31
Total castaways
1970s
Peak decade
6
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Tidjane Thiam on his assistant stopping rebels from looting his office
Craig Brown on his delight when his daughter refused to join in a ballet recital
Antonia Fraser on her 'don't come in' notice for writing while raising six children
How an advert for foster children gave Jacqueline Wilson the idea for Tracy Beaker
Yvonne Brewster on being put out in the garden after showing her native costumes
Fay Maschler on being caught in disguise as Shirley Bassey by Marco Pierre White
Archie Norman on creating a standing room to prevent dozing during meetings
How a four-letter word on TV cost Peregrine Worsthorne the Sunday Telegraph editorship
Christopher Leaver on his earliest memory of a ship's cabin flooding
How Osbert Lancaster timed his daily cartoons to the evening paper editions
Catherine Gavin on the grenadier guards saluting de Gaulle in liberated Paris
Luciano Pavarotti on not being able to imagine himself alone for more than a day
Alan Pegler on his decision to buy the Flying Scotsman to save it from extinction