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99 episodes
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98
Total castaways
2000s
Peak decade
7
Decades seen
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Chi-chi Nwanoku on her parents seeing a sign that said 'no blacks, no dogs, no Irish'
Marjorie Wallace on learning the entire Rime of the Ancient Mariner by heart at six
Richards on adapting his orders to fight back in Sierra Leone
Terry Wogan on his nerve-wracking first broadcast reading the Cattle Market Report
Victor Adebowale on the casual cruelty he observed as a street sweeper
Joan Bakewell on the shock of seeing her affair dramatised in Harold Pinter's Betrayal
John Humphrys on fearing his career was over after Jonathan Aitken's accusation
Kim Cattrall on her childhood ambition to sing Jingle Bells in a Christmas pageant
Michael Howard on his aunt surviving three trips to the Auschwitz gas chamber
Andrew Lloyd Webber on building a toy theatre and getting his first tune published at age eight
Fay Maschler on being caught in disguise as Shirley Bassey by Marco Pierre White
Richard Curtis on the film idea he conceived at a petrol station then threw away
Dick Francis on the heartbreaking collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National