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Luxury
23 episodes
Chosen over the decades
23
Total castaways
1990s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Louise Richardson on the only time her mother said 'I forbid it'
Ronald Searle on writing a note saying 'I've gone' and abandoning his old life
John Smith on being told he was fine before collapsing with a heart attack
Ian Trethowan on being told he was not a star by BBC Television boss Hugh Weldon
Robin Day on the time he thought he would be arrested for making an interruption
Douglas Hurd on a coronation bonfire and a wife's knickers caught in the wire
Egon Ronay on how a friend drinking a Russian commander under the table helped him leave Budapest
Melvyn Bragg on being addicted to reading anything from sauce bottles to the Old Testament