12 episodes

• Antonio Carluccio

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  Antonio Carluccio

  Antonio Carluccio on the sad state of Italian food when he arrived in London

  Castaway · 6 July 2008·Kirsty Young

• Peter Maxwell Davies

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  Peter Maxwell Davies

  Peter Maxwell Davies on hearing the music he was going to write in a Lake District mist

  Castaway · 30 January 2005·Sue Lawley

• Franco Zeffirelli

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  Franco Zeffirelli

  Franco Zeffirelli on being born out of wedlock

  Castaway · 18 May 2003·Sue Lawley

• Cormac Murphy O'Connor

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  Cormac Murphy O'Connor

  Cormac Murphy O'Connor on waking up at three in the morning and wondering if it's all true

  Castaway · 22 July 2001·Sue Lawley

• Sir Bernard Ingham

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  Sir Bernard Ingham

  How Bernard Ingham blamed 'knifing Tories' for Thatcher's fall

  Castaway · 21 May 1995·Sue Lawley

• Jimmy Knapp

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  Jimmy Knapp

  Jimmy Knapp on having to put his coat on to use the toilet at night as a boy

  Castaway · 19 February 1995·Sue Lawley

• Margaret Kelly - Miss Bluebell

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  Margaret Kelly - Miss Bluebell

  Miss Bluebell on hiding her husband in an attic for two and a half years in Nazi-occupied Paris

  Castaway · 7 February 1988·Michael Parkinson

• Jacques Loussier

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  Jacques Loussier

  Jacques Loussier on instantly understanding piano at his first sitting

  Castaway · 27 September 1987·Michael Parkinson

• Stewart Granger

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  Stewart Granger

  Stewart Granger on the guilt of surviving his battalion's annihilation

  Castaway · 25 April 1981·Roy Plomley

• Arthur Askey

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  Arthur Askey

  Arthur Askey on carving his initials on a desk Paul McCartney called a shrine

  Castaway · 20 December 1980·Roy Plomley

• Renata Scotto

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  Renata Scotto

  Renata Scotto on replacing Maria Callas in Edinburgh

  Castaway · 30 August 1980·Roy Plomley

• Spike Milligan

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  Spike Milligan

  How failing a maths exam stopped Spike Milligan becoming a fighter pilot

  Castaway · 4 February 1978·Roy Plomley