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Composer
18 episodes
Chosen over the decades
16
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
6
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Brian Aldiss on his mother's pretence that her stillborn baby had lived
Claude-Michel Schonberg on knowing he wanted to be an operatic composer at age six
Max Nicholson on the visit to the Natural History Museum's bird gallery that set him on his life's work
Betty Boothroyd on being the only person who believed she could win a 20,000 Tory majority
Arthur Scargill on learning sign language in three weeks down the pit
How the War Office tried to stop Powell and Pressburger making Colonel Blimp
How a last-minute casting for The Merry Wives of Windsor brought Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson together