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217 episodes
Chosen over the decades
217
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Ron Pickering on his bare-knuckle fighter father's impossible standards
Barbara Taylor Bradford on the dying friend who inspired her novel Voice of the Heart
Princess Michael of Kent on having a cat in her pocket when she was rescued
Ian Richardson on dropping his rifle on a polished boot and being knocked unconscious
Alan King-Hamilton on nearly swooning when he mistook a VC for a KC
John Mortimer on playing all the parts in Shakespeare as an only child, including duelling with himself
William Walton on choristers threatening to quit over Belshazzar's Feast
Frankie Howerd on making up Bible stories as a Sunday school teacher aged 13
How a freeze in the 800 metres forced Sebastian Coe to refocus for the 1500 final
Patricia Ruanne on hiding behind a character to overcome performance nerves
Cathy Berberian on singing baritone, bass and coloratura as a child because nobody told her she couldn't
Catherine Gavin on the grenadier guards saluting de Gaulle in liberated Paris
Barry Cunliffe on how a young excavator’s neat cut uncovered a Roman inscription in Bath