8 episodes

• Lord David Cobbold

  01°25′S 076°57′W

  Lord David Cobbold

  David Cobbold on sending a Girl Guide leader to talk to Mick Jagger

  Castaway · 8 August 2010·Kirsty Young

• Professor Raymond Tallis

  22°45′S 134°29′W

  Professor Raymond Tallis

  Raymond Tallis on his father asking why treat old people since everyone dies

  Castaway · 25 March 2007·Kirsty Young

• Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP

  06°33′S 088°38′W

  Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP

  How a rugby injury cost Gordon Brown parts of three university years

  Castaway · 3 March 1996·Sue Lawley

• John Updike

  20°01′S 116°05′W

  John Updike

  John Updike on falling in love with the New Yorker as a child

  Castaway · 10 September 1995·Sue Lawley

• Brendan Foster

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  Brendan Foster

  Brendan Foster on breaking the world record at the opening of Gateshead Stadium

  Castaway · 13 March 1988·Michael Parkinson

• Sue Lawley

  10°50′S 051°01′W

  Sue Lawley

  Sue Lawley on being called the kind of girl you'd take home to mum

  Castaway · 8 November 1987·Michael Parkinson

• Ismail Merchant

  08°13′S 113°40′W

  Ismail Merchant

  Ismail Merchant on his father wanting him to be a doctor or lawyer

  Castaway · 8 June 1986·Michael Parkinson

• John Hurt

  21°01′S 067°18′W

  John Hurt

  John Hurt on first stepping on stage at age nine

  Castaway · 29 September 1984·Roy Plomley