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606 episodes
Chosen over the decades
606
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Rowan Williams on nearly becoming a monk in his early twenties
Iain Duncan Smith on deciding to run for leader after talking to his wife
How Fiona Reynolds made the brave decision to close National Trust sites during foot and mouth
David Linley on running his hands along the underside of furniture to check the finish
Cormac Murphy O'Connor on waking up at three in the morning and wondering if it's all true
Timothy Clifford on taking his parents on a guided tour of Rome without ever having been there
John Mortimer on his blind father hiding in the herbaceous border from visitors
How Jocelyn Bell Burnell learned at 18 months that men count and women don’t
Richard Briers on being fired from amateur dramatics at 14 for speaking too fast
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
How a bombing raid seemed frightfully exciting to a young Charles Guthrie
How being called 'You with the big ears' got Donald Sutherland his first speaking role in The Dirty Dozen
How Rupert Murdoch asked Harold Evans to resign while he prepared for his father's funeral
How the Vienna Philharmonic apologised to Roger Norrington for their vibrato