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31 episodes
Chosen over the decades
30
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
David Phillips on being interrogated by the KGB for five hours
Joanna Lumley on being put in a private hospital room because she had no male visitor
Terry O'Neill on accidentally photographing a sleeping Rap Butler at Heathrow
Laurens Van Der Post on resolving to apologize to the Bushmen at age eight
Willy Russell on the woman who told him the same story every week for two years
Robin Day on the time he thought he would be arrested for making an interruption
Barry Cryer on making a living out of glibness
How writing the first letter of each word cured Richard Condon's stutter
Stan Barstow on the moment a book by H.E. Bates showed him what to write about
Julia McKenzie on her first job as an understudy after only seeing the show three times
How a freeze in the 800 metres forced Sebastian Coe to refocus for the 1500 final
Alfred Hitchcock on describing Psycho as 'a rather gentle horror picture'