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21 episodes
Chosen over the decades
21
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
6
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Christopher Frayling on choosing Singing in the Rain over Wagner's Ring
How ballet saved Alicia Markova from a wheelchair
Géza Vermes on becoming a priest because he couldn't go to university
Betty Boothroyd on being the only person who believed she could win a 20,000 Tory majority
Adele Leigh on bursting into tears after her first night applause in Follies
Sue Ryder on being taken to Yorkshire slums by district nurses at age seven
Princess Michael of Kent on having a cat in her pocket when she was rescued
Cecil Beaton on first hearing the Merry Widow from a hurdy gurdy man aged five
Robin Richmond on putting his name down as an organ student to avoid punishment
Elizabeth Harwood on telling Sir Malcolm Sargent she would sing with him one day
How a South African tour convinced Raymond Mays to build a British Grand Prix car
Dirk Bogarde on his first job cleaning the gentleman's lavatory at Kew Theatre