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453 episodes
Chosen over the decades
448
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
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Tim Berners-Lee on his mother's motorbike and a tent made from parachute material
Mark-Anthony Turnage on the light bulb moment when music clicked aged nine
David Nicholls on the passage from Tess of the d'Urbervilles that inspired One Day
How a two-week-old nettle stem helped Patricia Wiltshire catch a murderer
Clive Myrie on his mother being turned away from a Catholic church because of her address
Sheku Kanneh-Mason on why he didn't stay for 'Rule Britannia' at the Proms
Marina Abramović on the moment the public put a loaded pistol in her hand
Peter Hennessy on weeping as the Queen’s coffin passed the cenotaph
Jenny Beavan on the headlines after collecting a BAFTA in a leather jacket
Corinne Le Quéré on bringing 100,000-year-old ice that pops like Rice Krispies
How a three-minute western for a Boy Scout merit badge sparked Steven Spielberg's filmmaking bug
Angela Gallop on taking a Buzz Lightyear toy to a police lecture
Winnie Byanyima on the day her friend went from playing with dolls to becoming a bride
David Spiegelhalter on the flash photograph that revealed his son's cancer
Brenda Hale on why she wore a spider brooch for the prorogation judgment
Sally Davies on sitting all night with a young woman drowning in her own lung fluid
Derren Brown on his student phase as a 'gay leisure pirate' reading Nietzsche in a cave
Venki Ramakrishnan on thinking his Nobel Prize call was an elaborate prank
Minouche Shafik on her mother crying at the mailbox after moving to America
Carlo Rovelli on writing physics equations under a tree in a commune
Amanda Levete on stripping off to sunbathe on the roof of the Science Block
Gareth Malone on the painful moment he couldn't sing, with his father and teacher joining in
Louise Richardson on the only time her mother said 'I forbid it'
Alison Balsom on the concert that made her want to play the trumpet aged 10
How Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's childhood home became a TV set
Stephen Fry on his psychiatrist's frustration that his parents weren't in the diplomatic corps
Jimmy Wales on losing a full scholarship after driving around listening to Motley Crue
Roger Graef on deciding to become a director after noticing audience attention at Harvard