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Composer
27 episodes
Chosen over the decades
27
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
5
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Elish Angiolini on the fickle finger of fate that put her on a doomed train
Terry Wogan on his nerve-wracking first broadcast reading the Cattle Market Report
Douglas Hurd on a coronation bonfire and a wife's knickers caught in the wire
Bamber Gascoigne on the paralysing boredom that made him give up acting
Joanna Lumley on being sent to boarding school where she could be 'bad solidly for three months'
Luciano Pavarotti on not being able to imagine himself alone for more than a day