518 episodes

• Ann Daniels

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  Ann Daniels

  How a nurse told Ann Daniels she wouldn't cope with her triplets

  Castaway · 21 January 2007·Kirsty Young

• Edna O'Brien

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  Edna O'Brien

  Edna O'Brien on her mother burying a censored copy of The Country Girls in a field

  Castaway · 14 January 2007·Kirsty Young

• Lady Natasha Spender

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  Lady Natasha Spender

  Natasha Spender on improvising on the piano to communicate with her father

  Castaway · 7 January 2007·Kirsty Young

• Anthony Horowitz

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  Anthony Horowitz

  Anthony Horowitz on discovering writing as an escape from a cold boarding school

  Castaway · 31 December 2006·Kirsty Young

• Gloria Hunniford

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  Gloria Hunniford

  Gloria Hunniford on her father the magician

  Castaway · 24 December 2006·Kirsty Young

• Arnold Wesker

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  Arnold Wesker

  Arnold Wesker on his mother’s upset over seeing her quarrels in his play

  Castaway · 17 December 2006·Kirsty Young

• Karl Jenkins

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  Karl Jenkins

  Karl Jenkins on returning to Wales for his father's funeral

  Castaway · 10 December 2006·Kirsty Young

• Raymond Gubbay

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  Raymond Gubbay

  Raymond Gubbay on the moment his father got him involved in Mozart's Il Seraglio

  Castaway · 3 December 2006·Kirsty Young

• Matt Lucas

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  Matt Lucas

  Matt Lucas on waking up to find his hair on the pillow aged six

  Castaway · 26 November 2006·Kirsty Young

• Stephen King

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  Stephen King

  Stephen King on his wife fishing Carrie out of the bin

  Castaway · 19 November 2006·Kirsty Young

• John Stevens

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  John Stevens

  Castaway · 17 November 2006·Kirsty Young

• Lord Stevens

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  Lord Stevens

  John Stevens on dealing with a fatally burnt man during his first weeks on the beat

  Castaway · 17 November 2006·Kirsty Young

• Humphrey Lyttelton

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  Humphrey Lyttelton

  Humphrey Lyttelton on pedalling away from his sister's terrible friends

  Castaway · 5 November 2006·Kirsty Young

• Heston Blumenthal

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  Heston Blumenthal

  How a Christmas tree showed Heston Blumenthal his regret

  Castaway · 29 October 2006·Kirsty Young

• Camila Batmanghelidjh

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  Camila Batmanghelidjh

  How a 13-year-old drug runner brought his younger siblings to Camila Batmanghelidjh

  Castaway · 22 October 2006·Kirsty Young

• Robert Fisk

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  Robert Fisk

  How Robert Fisk hit back when attacked by Afghan refugees

  Castaway · 15 October 2006·Kirsty Young

• Jane Horrocks

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  Jane Horrocks

  Jane Horrocks on discovering her talent for impersonation

  Castaway · 8 October 2006·Kirsty Young

• Quentin Blake

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  Quentin Blake

  Quentin Blake on drawing with a waverly nib

  Castaway · 1 October 2006·Kirsty Young