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Kirsty's castaway this week is the former England cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff.
One of the best players of his generation, he was part of the E…
10 years, 8 months ago
Harry Rabinowitz
Kirsty's castaway this week is the conductor and composer Harry Rabinowitz.
His list of credits and collaborations read like a Who's Who of 20th centu…
10 years, 9 months ago
Stephen Fry
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Stephen Fry.
Comedian, actor, writer, director, presenter & award-ceremony host - his list of accomplishments is …
10 years, 9 months ago
Rebecca Adlington
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Rebecca Adlington - Britain's most successful female swimmer.
A multiple medal winner and record breaker she's pa…
10 years, 9 months ago
Lisa Jardine
Professor Lisa Jardine, academic, biographer and public thinker, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
Historian, biographer, public…
10 years, 9 months ago
Pamela Rose
Kirsty Young's castaway is Pamela Rose.
Now aged 97, she was a Bletchley Girl who spent her war years working in total secrecy, painstakingly indexing…
10 years, 10 months ago
Jimmy Wales
Kirsty Young's castaway is the internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales.
He is best known as the co-founder of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. He gre…
10 years, 10 months ago
Helen Browning
Kirsty Young's castaway is the farmer, and Chief Executive of the Soil Association, Helen Browning.
Born and brought up on the farm in Wiltshire she r…
10 years, 10 months ago
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Kirsty Young's castaway is the cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Winner of four Olympic gold medals, six track World Championship gold medals and the first…
10 years, 10 months ago
Paul Hollywood
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Paul Hollywood.
One of the UK's leading artisan bakers, he's a judge, together with Mary Berry, on BBC One's the …
11 years ago