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39 episodes
Chosen over the decades
38
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Kevin Fong on finding his father's file of rejection letters
How a collapse of confidence in the US led Anthony Seldon to meditation and yoga
Chris Hadfield on the undignified pre-flight ritual of enemas and alcohol rubs
John Stevens on dealing with a fatally burnt man during his first weeks on the beat
Peter Mansfield on climbing into his prototype MRI scanner in complete darkness
Elizabeth Longford on her mother fighting a swan at Regent's Park Lake
Patricia Routledge on the terror of putting her hand on the door handle before every performance
Will Carling on being slapped by his mother after losing his temper at cricket
David Essex on the music from a Soho basement that felt like a star over Bethlehem
Barry Cryer on making a living out of glibness
How James Prior challenged the minister of food over his school pig club
James Herbert on the review that said his first book belonged in the garbage
Gordon Beningfield on getting down on his hands and knees to see a butterfly's landscape
Patrick Lichfield on his first photography session with Jacqueline Bissett and Charlotte Rampling
David Shepherd on raising £46,000 in one evening for a poacher-catching helicopter
Emlyn Williams on choosing eerie opening chords with producer Miles Mallison