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20 episodes
Chosen over the decades
20
Total castaways
1970s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Simon Murray on being forced to run in circles with rocks in the Foreign Legion
How a banana thrown across the room proved to Henrietta her husband was recovering
John Smith on being told he was fine before collapsing with a heart attack
Douglas Hurd on a coronation bonfire and a wife's knickers caught in the wire
Alan King-Hamilton on nearly swooning when he mistook a VC for a KC
Shinwell on the generals who threatened to resign when he arrived at the War Office
How Margaret Thatcher volunteered to lead her party when no one else would
Christopher Milne on the weekly moment his singing voice dominated in chapel
Bransby Williams on dressing among seals and sea lions at his first theatre job