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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

Jessica Ennis-Hill on rubbing her hands on her shorts for confidence

Castaway · 18 July 2021·Lauren Laverne

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Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis on mistaking REM guitarist Peter Buck for a lawyer

Castaway · 12 January 2020·Lauren Laverne

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Dr Robert Langer

Robert Langer on a senior faculty member blowing smoke in his face

Castaway · 16 October 2016·Kirsty Young

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Dame Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid on learning that buildings can't float

Castaway · 21 February 2016·Kirsty Young

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue on playing run, sheep, run at her Year Eight piano exam

Castaway · 13 December 2015·Kirsty Young

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Sir Bradley Wiggins

Bradley Wiggins on being mobbed while taking his daughter to buy a mini iPod

Castaway · 10 May 2015·Kirsty Young

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Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls on crying uncontrollably at the summit of Everest

Castaway · 27 November 2011·Kirsty Young

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Sarah Doukas

Sarah Doukas on spotting a potential model in a Waitrose queue

Castaway · 10 October 2010·Kirsty Young

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Lord Woolf

Harry Woolf on his mother's view that being a barrister was just a hobby

Castaway · 1 June 2008·Kirsty Young

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Steven Isserlis

Steven Isserlis on comparing listening to his own recordings to a dog sniffing the pavement

Castaway · 2 December 2007·Kirsty Young

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Ursula Owen

Ursula Owen on weeping outside her parents' house

Castaway · 14 September 1997·Sue Lawley

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Kaye Webb

Kaye Webb on rushing downstairs to announce Ronald Searle was alive

Castaway · 30 May 1993·Sue Lawley

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Lord Weinstock

Arnold Weinstock on being sent with a label and gas mask to the wilds of Warwickshire

Castaway · 23 May 1993·Sue Lawley

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Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy on losing her faith after a disappointing visit to Jerusalem

Castaway · 10 June 1990·Sue Lawley

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Barbara Taylor Bradford

Barbara Taylor Bradford on the dying friend who inspired her novel Voice of the Heart

Castaway · 27 April 1985·Roy Plomley

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James Stewart

James Stewart on being told to leave engineering because of his maths

Castaway · 17 December 1983·Roy Plomley

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Jule Styne

Jule Styne on jumping on stage to imitate Harry Lauder aged five

Castaway · 28 October 1978·Roy Plomley

23°15′S 117°01′W

Peggy Lee

How Peggy Lee auditioned with one dime to her name

Castaway · 14 May 1977·Roy Plomley

03°38′S 103°25′W

Denise Robins

Denise Robins on typing her mother's manuscripts as a child

Castaway · 20 January 1973·Roy Plomley

21°00′S 135°56′W

Mrs Mills

Castaway · 17 April 1971·Roy Plomley

06°54′S 153°12′W

Cicely Courtneidge

Castaway · 8 April 1957·Roy Plomley

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Florence Desmond

Castaway · 24 October 1952·Roy Plomley