373 episodes

• Marlon James

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  Marlon James

  How an exorcism led Marlon James to leave the church

  Castaway · 17 March 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Dame Esther Rantzen

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  Dame Esther Rantzen

  How Esther Rantzen faced 50,000 calls on ChildLine's first night

  Castaway · 10 March 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Trevor Sorbie

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  Trevor Sorbie

  Trevor Sorbie on cutting a wig for a bride in a hospice

  Castaway · 3 March 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Margaret MacMillan

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  Margaret MacMillan

  Margaret MacMillan on finding Winston Churchill's scribbled comments in a pre-WWI document

  Castaway · 24 February 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Ann Cleeves

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  Ann Cleeves

  Ann Cleeves on having a Shetland islander read each of her books before publication

  Castaway · 17 February 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Cressida Dick

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  Cressida Dick

  How a phone call from Amber Rudd confirmed Cressida Dick as Met Commissioner

  Castaway · 10 February 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Bob Mortimer

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  Bob Mortimer

  Bob Mortimer on first seeing Vic Reeves with a Bryan Ferry mask and planks on his feet

  Castaway · 3 February 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Wendy Cope

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  Wendy Cope

  Wendy Cope on her fear of becoming a bag lady

  Castaway · 27 January 2019·Lauren Laverne

• James Rebanks

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  James Rebanks

  How James Rebanks' dad told him to stop being a pain in the ass and go to Oxford

  Castaway · 20 January 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Ruth Jones

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  Ruth Jones

  Ruth Jones on the real-life wedding song that inspired Nessa

  Castaway · 13 January 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Jeremy Deller

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  Jeremy Deller

  Jeremy Deller on walking away from his Battle of Orgreave reenactment to buy a chocolate bar

  Castaway · 6 January 2019·Lauren Laverne

• Alan Carr

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  Alan Carr

  Alan Carr on hearing his own camp voice for the first time, aged 12

  Castaway · 23 December 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Mariana Mazzucato

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  Mariana Mazzucato

  Mariana Mazzucato on being called the world's scariest economist

  Castaway · 16 December 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Gary Barlow

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  Gary Barlow

  Gary Barlow on the stillbirth of his daughter Poppy

  Castaway · 9 December 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Tom Kerridge

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  Tom Kerridge

  Tom Kerridge on driving around with a case of beer in his boot

  Castaway · 2 December 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Kate Atkinson

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  Kate Atkinson

  Kate Atkinson on burying her father the day before winning the Whitbread Book of the Year

  Castaway · 25 November 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Tracey Thorn

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  Tracey Thorn

  How a wartime pen pal brought Tracey Thorn's parents together

  Castaway · 18 November 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Hella Pick

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  Hella Pick

  Hella Pick on the time diplomats hid from her in the men's cloakroom

  Castaway · 16 November 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Vanley Burke

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  Vanley Burke

  How a lost passport sent Vanley Burke back to Jamaica

  Castaway · 4 November 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Jacqueline Gold

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  Jacqueline Gold

  Jacqueline Gold on a board member's claim that 'women aren't even interested in sex'

  Castaway · 28 October 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Venki Ramakrishnan

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  Venki Ramakrishnan

  Venki Ramakrishnan on thinking his Nobel Prize call was an elaborate prank

  Castaway · 21 October 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Nile Rodgers

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  Nile Rodgers

  Nile Rodgers on saving his father's life at age seven

  Castaway · 14 October 2018·Lauren Laverne

• Thea Musgrave

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  Thea Musgrave

  How cutting up frogs led Thea Musgrave to music school

  Castaway · 7 October 2018·Lauren Laverne