6 episodes

• Gyles Brandreth

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  Gyles Brandreth

  Gyles Brandreth on applying to become an MP the day his youngest daughter became a teenager

  Castaway · 9 January 2011·Kirsty Young

• Neil Simon

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  Neil Simon

  Neil Simon on his brother predicting at age 15 he’d be America’s best comedy writer

  Castaway · 14 May 1995·Sue Lawley

• Dilys Powell

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  Dilys Powell

  Dilys Powell on being banned by MGM for criticising Gone with the Wind

  Castaway · 24 November 1991·Sue Lawley

• Leonard Rossiter

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  Leonard Rossiter

  How a drunk interrupted Leonard Rossiter's first live television play

  Castaway · 12 April 1980·Roy Plomley

• Dame Gladys Cooper

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  Dame Gladys Cooper

  Gladys Cooper on pretending to be Mary Hennessy to get her first stage role

  Castaway · 23 December 1967·Roy Plomley

• Dirk Bogarde

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  Dirk Bogarde

  Dirk Bogarde on his first job cleaning the gentleman's lavatory at Kew Theatre

  Castaway · 28 September 1964·Roy Plomley