424 episodes

• George Carman QC

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  George Carman QC

  George Carman on giving up the priesthood because he liked women

  Castaway · 24 June 1990·Sue Lawley

• Harold Fielding

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  Harold Fielding

  Harold Fielding on the contract demand that got him a police car ride with Sinatra

  Castaway · 17 June 1990·Sue Lawley

• Maeve Binchy

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  Maeve Binchy

  Maeve Binchy on losing her faith after a disappointing visit to Jerusalem

  Castaway · 10 June 1990·Sue Lawley

• Ken Dodd

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  Ken Dodd

  How Ken Dodd sent away for itching powder and stink bombs

  Castaway · 3 June 1990·Sue Lawley

• Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

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  Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

  David Blunkett on not seeing his three boys smile

  Castaway · 27 May 1990·Sue Lawley

• Jonathan Pryce

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  Jonathan Pryce

  Jonathan Pryce on being stopped in the corridor at RADA

  Castaway · 20 May 1990·Sue Lawley

• Molly Keane

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  Molly Keane

  Molly Keane on the postman kissing her to congratulate her on her fame

  Castaway · 13 May 1990·Sue Lawley

• Prue Leith

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  Prue Leith

  Prue Leith on catering from a bedsitter with lobsters on the dressing table

  Castaway · 6 May 1990·Sue Lawley

• June Whitfield

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  June Whitfield

  June Whitfield on corpsing with Eric Morecambe

  Castaway · 29 April 1990·Sue Lawley

• Mary Wesley

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  Mary Wesley

  Mary Wesley on not being able to afford a stamp until pension day

  Castaway · 22 April 1990·Sue Lawley

• Sir Crispin Tickell

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  Sir Crispin Tickell

  Crispin Tickell on being knighted in an open-necked shirt

  Castaway · 15 April 1990·Sue Lawley

• Rt Hon John Biffen MP

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  Rt Hon John Biffen MP

  How National Service tore John Biffen from the security of the family farm

  Castaway · 25 March 1990·Sue Lawley

• Richard Rogers

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  Richard Rogers

  Richard Rogers on being beaten at boarding school for failing to remember lines

  Castaway · 18 March 1990·Sue Lawley

• Professor Sir George Porter

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  Professor Sir George Porter

  George Porter on challenging God to give a sign at age 14

  Castaway · 11 March 1990·Sue Lawley

• Sir Ian Trethowan

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  Sir Ian Trethowan

  Ian Trethowan on being told he was not a star by BBC Television boss Hugh Weldon

  Castaway · 4 March 1990·Sue Lawley

• John Sessions

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  John Sessions

  John Sessions on talking to himself in the kitchen

  Castaway · 25 February 1990·Sue Lawley

• John Pilger

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  John Pilger

  John Pilger on passing out in the morgue as a young cadet reporter

  Castaway · 18 February 1990·Sue Lawley

• Michael Tilson Thomas

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  Michael Tilson Thomas

  Michael Tilson Thomas on being told to put his suit on and conduct mid-concert

  Castaway · 11 February 1990·Sue Lawley

• Sarah Miles

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  Sarah Miles

  Sarah Miles on losing her virginity to a record

  Castaway · 4 February 1990·Sue Lawley

• Lord Weidenfeld

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  Lord Weidenfeld

  How his mother's grief helped George Weidenfeld get a visa to England

  Castaway · 28 January 1990·Sue Lawley

• Sir Robin Day

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  Sir Robin Day

  Robin Day on the time he thought he would be arrested for making an interruption

  Castaway · 21 January 1990·Sue Lawley

• John Peel

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  John Peel

  How a phone call to a Dallas DJ made John Peel a surrogate Beatle

  Castaway · 14 January 1990·Sue Lawley

• Dennis Skinner

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  Dennis Skinner

  Dennis Skinner on being chased by bullies with a penknife

  Castaway · 7 January 1990·Sue Lawley

• Dirk Bogarde

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  Dirk Bogarde

  How Dirk Bogarde used a cloth cap to hide from his eye phobia

  Castaway · 5 January 1990·Sue Lawley