12 episodes

• Nicola Adams

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  Nicola Adams

  Nicola Adams on winning her first boxing bout in a smoke-filled working men's club

  Castaway · 20 November 2016·Kirsty Young

• Raymond Gubbay

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  Raymond Gubbay

  Raymond Gubbay on the moment his father got him involved in Mozart's Il Seraglio

  Castaway · 3 December 2006·Kirsty Young

• Dame Alicia Markova

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  Dame Alicia Markova

  How ballet saved Alicia Markova from a wheelchair

  Castaway · 29 September 2002·Sue Lawley

• Sir Stanley Kalms

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  Sir Stanley Kalms

  Stanley Kalms on his headmaster saying he was lucky to pass his exams

  Castaway · 1 July 2001·Sue Lawley

• Chili Bouchier

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  Chili Bouchier

  Chili Bouchier on how Sybil Thorndyke taught her to say 'powder'

  Castaway · 21 January 1996·Sue Lawley

• John Tavener

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  John Tavener

  John Tavener on flinging a Beethoven sonata across the room

  Castaway · 18 September 1994·Sue Lawley

• Rosemary Verey

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  Rosemary Verey

  Rosemary Verey on hoping her late husband could still enjoy her garden

  Castaway · 13 February 1994·Sue Lawley

• Rt Hon David Mellor MP

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  Rt Hon David Mellor MP

  How Margaret Thatcher told David Mellor he'd never make a living at the Chancery Bar

  Castaway · 26 July 1992·Sue Lawley

• Dame Ninette De Valois

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  Dame Ninette De Valois

  Ninette de Valois on the moment Margot Fonteyn stood out like a diamond

  Castaway · 17 February 1991·Sue Lawley

• David Lloyd Jones

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  David Lloyd Jones

  David Lloyd Jones on hearing the Magic Flute overture aged eight

  Castaway · 2 October 1982·Roy Plomley

• Dave Allen

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  Dave Allen

  Dave Allen on making a child disappear by moving two paces

  Castaway · 12 July 1975·Roy Plomley

• Geoff Boycott

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  Geoff Boycott

  Geoff Boycott on teaching monkeys to bowl coconuts

  Castaway · 10 April 1971·Roy Plomley