Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Luxury
138 episodes
Chosen over the decades
138
Total castaways
2000s
Peak decade
8
Decades seen
Castaways who chose this
Petula Clark on coming close to a nervous breakdown as a teenager
Elizabeth Jane Howard on the faded photograph that made her dread war
David Croft on how Jimmy Perry got the idea for Dad's Army from the Home Guard at Buckingham Palace
How Elvis Costello stood outside a bank with a whistle during bullion deliveries
Jacques Loussier on instantly understanding piano at his first sitting
Elaine Paige on her fourth audition for Evita thinking ‘Here we go again’
Anthony Andrews on his only memory of his father coming home with a drum
James Herbert on the review that said his first book belonged in the garbage
Gwyneth Jones on her father dying two hours before her scholarship acceptance letter arrived
Princess Margaret on packing for a weekend at Windsor and staying five years
Arthur Askey on carving his initials on a desk Paul McCartney called a shrine
Catherine Gaskin on practicing piano at her teacher's house every morning at 7:30
Jack Brymer on the phone call that opened with ‘Mister Brimer, I believe you play the clarionet’
Noel Barber on a 105-year-old man who apologised for being late after a four-mile walk
Bruce Tulloh on getting the idea to run across America from the Guinness Book of Records