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606 episodes
Chosen over the decades
606
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
James Dyson on welding a giant cyclone and racing home to rip the bag off his vacuum cleaner
Chris Bonington on disconnecting his Ford Popular's Speedo for climbing
Sybille Bedford on growing potatoes on the lawns while the cellar stayed full of claret
David Willcocks on being conducted by Elgar as a ten-year-old choir boy
Archie Norman on creating a standing room to prevent dozing during meetings
Colin Dexter on Lord Harding of Penshurst offering to publish his first Morse novel within 24 hours
Joanna MacGregor on the shock of being told what to think when she first went to school
Irene Thomas on being dismissed as a 'jamped up chorus girl' by Round Britain Quiz
Colin Blakemore on developing a stomach ulcer at the age of eleven
How a surprise visit from the chairman of NatWest led Alexander to leave the bar for banking
Roy Calne on the collie dog that bounded into an auditorium after a kidney transplant
Christopher Hampton on writing his first play at the age of eight in Egypt
George Martin on the morning in June 1962 when the Beatles walked into Abbey Road
How a friend's request for a short story led Umberto Eco to write The Name of the Rose
Gillian Shephard on being stuck in a teaching routine she didn't enjoy