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460 episodes
Barry Cryer on making a living out of glibness
Bamber Gascoigne on the paralysing boredom that made him give up acting
Bernard Levin on how being forced to learn the violin nearly poisoned him for music
James Callaghan on the Ministry of Pensions paying his two-guinea school fees
Jacques Loussier on instantly understanding piano at his first sitting
Joanna Lumley on being sent to boarding school where she could be 'bad solidly for three months'
How a two-book deal for Phil Edmonds started his wife's writing career
Kenneth Williams on the newsvendor whose voice he used for Gramp Fattock
Elaine Paige on her fourth audition for Evita thinking ‘Here we go again’
Michael Bogdanov on how a friend's letter to Trinity College Dublin earned him a place
Julian Critchley on being summoned by the chief whip for modelling a suit
Anthony Andrews on his only memory of his father coming home with a drum
David Penhaligon on being the star defence witness at a murder trial
Nicholas Goodison on buying a cheap barometer that led to writing the standard reference book
Victoria Wood on writing a song after being rejected for a part in Loot
Peter Fluck and Roger Law on splitting their desert island by the high tide
Sue Ryder on being taken to Yorkshire slums by district nurses at age seven
How James Prior challenged the minister of food over his school pig club
How a wise old man's advice led Albert and Michel Roux to pastry