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45 episodes
Chosen over the decades
44
Total castaways
1970s
Peak decade
6
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Anthony Julius on telling Princess Diana he had never done a divorce case
Antonio Carluccio on the sad state of Italian food when he arrived in London
Peter Scudamore on throwing stones at posts as a child to predict his racing success
How a blind date at a university ball led Sybil Marshall to the love of her life
Nicholas Snowman on his Cambridge sadness that music might not exist anymore
Michael Foot on the radiogram that brought Mozart into his flat
How bumping his head on the ceiling made Jeremy Isaacs dizzy with opera
Anton Mosimann on the banquet where all 500 puff pastry soups collapsed
Joanna Lumley on being sent to boarding school where she could be 'bad solidly for three months'
Nicholas Goodison on buying a cheap barometer that led to writing the standard reference book
Duchess of Devonshire on never wanting to see another firework
Christopher Milne on the weekly moment his singing voice dominated in chapel
Geoffrey Parsons on his childhood Saturday mornings of music lessons and clean sheets
Elizabeth Harwood on telling Sir Malcolm Sargent she would sing with him one day