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506 episodes
Chosen over the decades
503
Total castaways
1980s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Margaret Atwood on writing her first poem while crossing a football field
Marguerite Wolff on seeing girls swinging tennis rackets and feeling wistful
Alec Broers on being thought lonely at university for enjoying ice skating and music
How three pints of strong ale cost Richard Doll his Cambridge scholarship
Ronald Harwood on Donald Wolfit kicking his legs in the air after his knighthood
How Christopher Lloyd replaced a Lutyens rose garden with bananas and palms
Géza Vermes on becoming a priest because he couldn't go to university
How Rupert Murdoch asked Harold Evans to resign while he prepared for his father's funeral
Michael Holroyd on his father threatening to take him to court over his novel
How the Vienna Philharmonic apologised to Roger Norrington for their vibrato
Patricia Routledge on the terror of putting her hand on the door handle before every performance
Anthony Howard on how friendship with Charles Straitshey changed his politics