749 episodes

• Dame Joan Plowright

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  Dame Joan Plowright

  Joan Plowright on the night Laurence Olivier tried to be a nanny

  Castaway · 27 August 2006·Sue Lawley

• A A Gill

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  A A Gill

  A A Gill on his GP telling him he was a classic alcoholic

  Castaway · 20 August 2006·Sue Lawley

• Simon Cowell

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  Simon Cowell

  Simon Cowell on his Eureka moment at 40 for judging hits

  Castaway · 13 August 2006·Sue Lawley

• Michael Rosen

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  Michael Rosen

  How a 200-yard walk made Michael Rosen realise he'd been fired from the BBC

  Castaway · 6 August 2006·Sue Lawley

• David Edgar

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  David Edgar

  David Edgar on the night before his wife died when she said 'I do have a right to my anger'

  Castaway · 30 July 2006·Sue Lawley

• Dr Hanna Segal

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  Dr Hanna Segal

  Hanna Segal on deciding not to go to the Spanish Civil War

  Castaway · 23 July 2006·Sue Lawley

• Ian Rankin

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  Ian Rankin

  How climbing into the attic helped Ian Rankin write an angry novel

  Castaway · 16 July 2006·Sue Lawley

• Monty Don

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  Monty Don

  Monty Don on the moment he felt at home while sowing carrots

  Castaway · 9 July 2006·Sue Lawley

• John Browne

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  John Browne

  Castaway · 2 July 2006·Sue Lawley

• Lord Browne

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  Lord Browne

  John Browne on a professor who thought his business ambition was funny

  Castaway · 2 July 2006·Sue Lawley

• Peter Mansfield

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  Peter Mansfield

  Peter Mansfield on climbing into his prototype MRI scanner in complete darkness

  Castaway · 18 June 2006·Sue Lawley

• George Davies

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  George Davies

  George Davies on launching Per Una and taking £180,000 in an hour

  Castaway · 11 June 2006·Sue Lawley

• Armando Iannucci

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  Armando Iannucci

  Armando Iannucci on reading the Bible and finding God 'a bit mad'

  Castaway · 4 June 2006·Sue Lawley

• Rt Hon David Cameron MP

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  Rt Hon David Cameron MP

  David Cameron on driving home from hospital after his son's diagnosis

  Castaway · 28 May 2006·Sue Lawley

• Sir Digby Jones

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  Sir Digby Jones

  Digby Jones on being teased for his unusual name

  Castaway · 21 May 2006·Sue Lawley

• Darcey Bussell

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  Darcey Bussell

  How Darcey Bussell nearly died from preeclampsia

  Castaway · 14 May 2006·Sue Lawley

• Daniel Barenboim

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  Daniel Barenboim

  Daniel Barenboim on only taking records out of politeness

  Castaway · 7 May 2006·Sue Lawley

• Terence Stamp

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  Terence Stamp

  How a letter in an ashram brought Terence Stamp back to play General Zod

  Castaway · 12 March 2006·Sue Lawley

• Jack Higgins

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  Jack Higgins

  Jack Higgins on the IRA bomb his step-grandfather carried him from

  Castaway · 5 March 2006·Sue Lawley

• Rachel Whiteread

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  Rachel Whiteread

  Rachel Whiteread on snipers on all the rooftops at her Holocaust Memorial unveiling

  Castaway · 26 February 2006·Sue Lawley

• Frederic Raphael

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  Frederic Raphael

  Frederic Raphael on his father's secret lover

  Castaway · 19 February 2006·Sue Lawley

• Karen Armstrong

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  Karen Armstrong

  How a diagnosis of epilepsy became Karen Armstrong's happiest day

  Castaway · 12 February 2006·Sue Lawley

• Jeremy Irons

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  Jeremy Irons

  Jeremy Irons on writing to Granada to pitch himself for Brideshead Revisited

  Castaway · 5 February 2006·Sue Lawley

• Rt Hon Shirley Williams

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  Rt Hon Shirley Williams

  How hiding behind a curtain reunited Shirley Williams with her mother

  Castaway · 29 January 2006·Sue Lawley

• John Sutherland

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  John Sutherland

  John Sutherland on putting his nose in a book after his father's death

  Castaway · 22 January 2006·Sue Lawley

• Frankie Dettori

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  Frankie Dettori

  Frankie Dettori on the day he rode seven winners at Ascot

  Castaway · 15 January 2006·Sue Lawley

• Richard Griffiths

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  Richard Griffiths

  Richard Griffiths on learning of his father's pride only after his death

  Castaway · 8 January 2006·Sue Lawley

• Kelly Holmes

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  Kelly Holmes

  Kelly Holmes on looking in the mirror at 14 and deciding to be Olympic champion

  Castaway · 1 January 2006·Sue Lawley

• John Rutter

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  John Rutter

  John Rutter on the out-of-tune upright piano that opened a world of magic at age three

  Castaway · 25 December 2005·Sue Lawley

• Maggi Hambling

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  Maggi Hambling

  Maggi Hambling on drawing her mother in her coffin

  Castaway · 18 December 2005·Sue Lawley

• David Hope

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  David Hope

  David Hope on following the stations of the cross in Notre Dame before a press conference

  Castaway · 11 December 2005·Sue Lawley

• Colin Firth

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  Colin Firth

  Colin Firth on his first stage role as Jack Frost at age five

  Castaway · 4 December 2005·Sue Lawley

• Sir David Frost

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  Sir David Frost

  David Frost on securing the Nixon interviews by guaranteeing six hours

  Castaway · 27 November 2005·Sue Lawley

• Mary Midgley

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  Mary Midgley

  Mary Midgley on witnessing Hitler enter Vienna in 1938

  Castaway · 20 November 2005·Sue Lawley

• Renee Fleming

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  Renee Fleming

  Renee Fleming on meeting Placido Domingo for the first time mid-scene

  Castaway · 18 November 2005·Sue Lawley

• Chris Evans

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  Chris Evans

  Chris Evans on walking out of school after a teacher punched him

  Castaway · 6 November 2005·Sue Lawley

• Boris Johnson MP

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  Boris Johnson MP

  Boris Johnson on politicians being like crazed wasps in a jam jar

  Castaway · 30 October 2005·Sue Lawley

• Mario Testino

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  Mario Testino

  Mario Testino on being screamed abuse and beaten up for his flamboyant clothes

  Castaway · 23 October 2005·Sue Lawley

• Jacqueline Wilson

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  Jacqueline Wilson

  How an advert for foster children gave Jacqueline Wilson the idea for Tracy Beaker

  Castaway · 16 October 2005·Sue Lawley

• Michael Winner

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  Michael Winner

  Michael Winner on how his father put up with his mother: dying at 65

  Castaway · 9 October 2005·Sue Lawley

• Frank Gardner

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  Frank Gardner

  Frank Gardner on his attacker saying peace be upon you before shooting

  Castaway · 2 October 2005·Sue Lawley

• Julian Clary

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  Julian Clary

  Julian Clary on being beaten by his favourite monk at school

  Castaway · 25 September 2005·Sue Lawley

• Brenda Blethyn

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  Brenda Blethyn

  How amateur dramatics led Brenda Blethyn's husband to fall for the lady opposite

  Castaway · 18 September 2005·Sue Lawley

• Ronald Searle

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  Ronald Searle

  Ronald Searle on writing a note saying 'I've gone' and abandoning his old life

  Castaway · 10 July 2005·Sue Lawley

• Paulo Coelho

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  Paulo Coelho

  Paulo Coelho on escaping a psychiatric hospital twice

  Castaway · 3 July 2005·Sue Lawley

• Ruby Wax

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  Ruby Wax

  Ruby Wax on borrowing 100,000 pounds of jewellery to impress Imelda Marcos

  Castaway · 26 June 2005·Sue Lawley

• Alexander McCall Smith

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  Alexander McCall Smith

  Alexander McCall Smith on the woman who wrung a chicken's neck

  Castaway · 19 June 2005·Sue Lawley

• Betsy Blair

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  Betsy Blair

  Betsy Blair on kissing Gene Kelly goodbye a year before he died

  Castaway · 12 June 2005·Sue Lawley

• Nigel Slater

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  Nigel Slater

  Nigel Slater on how unwrapping a chocolate flake unlocked childhood memories

  Castaway · 5 June 2005·Sue Lawley

• Satish Kumar

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  Satish Kumar

  How reading about Bertrand Russell inspired Satish Kumar to walk for peace

  Castaway · 29 May 2005·Sue Lawley