423 episodes

• Cormac Murphy O'Connor

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  Cormac Murphy O'Connor

  Cormac Murphy O'Connor on waking up at three in the morning and wondering if it's all true

  Castaway · 22 July 2001·Sue Lawley

• Martin Bell

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  Martin Bell

  Martin Bell on what TV wouldn't broadcast from the Bosnian war

  Castaway · 15 July 2001·Sue Lawley

• Peggy Seeger

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  Peggy Seeger

  Peggy Seeger on being dressed in model's gear to meet Ewan MacColl

  Castaway · 8 July 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Stanley Kalms

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  Sir Stanley Kalms

  Stanley Kalms on his headmaster saying he was lucky to pass his exams

  Castaway · 1 July 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Harry Kroto

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  Sir Harry Kroto

  Harry Kroto on checking the postmark to see if his knighthood offer was a joke

  Castaway · 24 June 2001·Sue Lawley

• Frank McCourt

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  Frank McCourt

  Frank McCourt on writing his earliest memory in the present tense

  Castaway · 17 June 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Kyffin Williams

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  Sir Kyffin Williams

  Kyffin Williams on cutting holes in his own paintings with a Stanley knife

  Castaway · 10 June 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Thomas Allen

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  Sir Thomas Allen

  Thomas Allen on getting a call to sing Figaro with 45 minutes' notice

  Castaway · 3 June 2001·Sue Lawley

• Courtney Pine

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  Courtney Pine

  Courtney Pine on failing every O-level except music

  Castaway · 27 May 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Timothy Clifford

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  Sir Timothy Clifford

  Timothy Clifford on taking his parents on a guided tour of Rome without ever having been there

  Castaway · 20 May 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir John Sulston

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  Sir John Sulston

  John Sulston on holding the human genome on a CD-ROM

  Castaway · 13 May 2001·Sue Lawley

• Margaret Drabble

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  Margaret Drabble

  Margaret Drabble on swallowing paracetamol out of bad temper

  Castaway · 6 May 2001·Sue Lawley

• Tasmin Little

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  Tasmin Little

  Tasmin Little on how chicken pox at six inspired her to play the violin

  Castaway · 29 April 2001·Sue Lawley

• Chris Tarrant

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  Chris Tarrant

  Chris Tarrant on his son telling him his job is just a bit of sitting down

  Castaway · 22 April 2001·Sue Lawley

• Ronald Blythe

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  Ronald Blythe

  Ronald Blythe on how a walk with Christine Nash led him to write a novel

  Castaway · 15 April 2001·Sue Lawley

• Tanni Grey Thompson

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  Tanni Grey Thompson

  Tanni Grey Thompson on her parents refusing to send her to special school

  Castaway · 8 April 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Alec Broers

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  Sir Alec Broers

  Alec Broers on being thought lonely at university for enjoying ice skating and music

  Castaway · 1 April 2001·Sue Lawley

• Shirley Hughes

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  Shirley Hughes

  Shirley Hughes on bursting from behind curtains for applause as a child

  Castaway · 25 March 2001·Sue Lawley

• Professor Peter Vanezis

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  Professor Peter Vanezis

  Peter Vanezis on eyeballing Ötzi the Iceman eye to eye

  Castaway · 18 March 2001·Sue Lawley

• Henry Sandon

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  Henry Sandon

  Henry Sandon on finding Ozzie the slipware owl on the Antiques Roadshow

  Castaway · 11 March 2001·Sue Lawley

• John Lill

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  John Lill

  John Lill on having his hands slashed by muggers

  Castaway · 4 March 2001·Sue Lawley

• Charlie Watts

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  Charlie Watts

  Charlie Watts on drawing every hotel bed he sleeps in on tour

  Castaway · 25 February 2001·Sue Lawley

• Professor Sir Richard Doll

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  Professor Sir Richard Doll

  How three pints of strong ale cost Richard Doll his Cambridge scholarship

  Castaway · 18 February 2001·Sue Lawley

• Griff Rhys Jones

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  Griff Rhys Jones

  Griff Rhys Jones on missing his cue as Rosencrantz while playing poker

  Castaway · 11 February 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir John Mortimer

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  Sir John Mortimer

  John Mortimer on his blind father hiding in the herbaceous border from visitors

  Castaway · 4 February 2001·Sue Lawley

• Terry O'Neill

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  Terry O'Neill

  Terry O'Neill on accidentally photographing a sleeping Rap Butler at Heathrow

  Castaway · 28 January 2001·Sue Lawley

• Marguerite Patten

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  Marguerite Patten

  Marguerite Patten on rescuing a rabbit pie from the floor

  Castaway · 21 January 2001·Sue Lawley

• George MacDonald Fraser

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  George MacDonald Fraser

  George MacDonald Fraser on being transfixed by Captain Blood at age ten

  Castaway · 14 January 2001·Sue Lawley

• Marquess Of Bath

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  Marquess Of Bath

  Marquess of Bath on growing a ponytail and painting the walls of Longleat

  Castaway · 7 January 2001·Sue Lawley

• Stephen Sondheim

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  Stephen Sondheim

  How a lie from his mother led Stephen Sondheim to live with his father at 15

  Castaway · 31 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Norman Painting

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  Norman Painting

  Norman Painting on resigning from The Archers after three months

  Castaway · 26 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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  Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell

  How Jocelyn Bell Burnell learned at 18 months that men count and women don’t

  Castaway · 24 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Richard Briers

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  Richard Briers

  Richard Briers on being fired from amateur dramatics at 14 for speaking too fast

  Castaway · 17 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Tim Smit

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  Tim Smit

  Tim Smit on discovering a secret garden door in the Lost Gardens of Heligan

  Castaway · 10 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Tina Brown

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  Tina Brown

  How Tina Brown sacked 79 people in her first year at The New Yorker

  Castaway · 3 December 2000·Sue Lawley

• Albie Sachs

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  Albie Sachs

  Albie Sachs on how the bomb that maimed him gave him optimism

  Castaway · 26 November 2000·Sue Lawley

• Des Lynam

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  Des Lynam

  Des Lynam on not recognising his father when he picked him up as a child

  Castaway · 19 November 2000·Sue Lawley

• J K Rowling

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  J K Rowling

  J K Rowling on conceiving Harry Potter on a delayed train

  Castaway · 5 November 2000·Sue Lawley

• Ronald Harwood

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  Ronald Harwood

  Ronald Harwood on Donald Wolfit kicking his legs in the air after his knighthood

  Castaway · 27 August 2000·Sue Lawley

• Christopher Lloyd

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  Christopher Lloyd

  How Christopher Lloyd replaced a Lutyens rose garden with bananas and palms

  Castaway · 20 August 2000·Sue Lawley

• Robert Swan

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  Robert Swan

  Robert Swan on being hooked by Scott of the Antarctic aged 11

  Castaway · 13 August 2000·Sue Lawley

• Sir Norman Wisdom

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  Sir Norman Wisdom

  Norman Wisdom on falling into vases at Windsor Castle

  Castaway · 6 August 2000·Sue Lawley

• General Sir Charles Guthrie

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  General Sir Charles Guthrie

  How a bombing raid seemed frightfully exciting to a young Charles Guthrie

  Castaway · 30 July 2000·Sue Lawley

• Sir Roger Penrose

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  Sir Roger Penrose

  Roger Penrose on the arithmetic trick that amazed him aged ten

  Castaway · 23 July 2000·Sue Lawley

• Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

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  Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP

  Michael Portillo on feeling relief when he lost his seat

  Castaway · 16 July 2000·Sue Lawley

• Alan Parker

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  Alan Parker

  Alan Parker on seeing his name misspelled as 'Alan Paker' in Paris

  Castaway · 9 July 2000·Sue Lawley

• Peter Nichols

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  Peter Nichols

  Peter Nichols on his brother asking him to disguise the family more

  Castaway · 2 July 2000·Sue Lawley

• Dr. Max Pertuz

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  Dr. Max Pertuz

  Castaway · 25 June 2000·Sue Lawley

• Dr Max Perutz

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  Dr Max Perutz

  Max Perutz on developing his picture with his heart in his throat

  Castaway · 25 June 2000·Sue Lawley

• Donald Sutherland

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  Donald Sutherland

  How being called 'You with the big ears' got Donald Sutherland his first speaking role in The Dirty Dozen

  Castaway · 18 June 2000·Sue Lawley