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Kirsty Young's castaway is the creator of Downton Abbey, Julian Fellowes.
He won an Oscar for his screenplay for Gosford Park and went on to write ot…
14 years, 3 months ago
Eve Pollard
Kirsty Young's castaway is the journalist and former editor Eve Pollard.
She was groomed for success by Rupert Murdoch, but made an editor by Robert …
14 years, 3 months ago
Sir Martin Sorrell
Kirsty Young's castaway is the businessman Sir Martin Sorrell.
He's been called "the world's most influential ad man," and is the founder and chief e…
14 years, 3 months ago
Bear Grylls
Kirsty Young's castaway is the adventurer Bear Grylls.
His first career was with the SAS, but he was forced to leave after a parachute jump went wron…
14 years, 4 months ago
Robert Hardy
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor Robert Hardy.
He became a household name as the vet Siegfried Farnon in the hit TV series All Creatures Great and…
14 years, 4 months ago
Anna Scher
Kirsty Young's castaway is the drama teacher Anna Scher.
It's more than forty years since she set up her theatre school and it has launched the care…
14 years, 4 months ago
Francesca Simon
Kirsty Young's castaway is the children's author Francesca Simon.
Educated at Yale and Oxford she initially thought she'd pursue an academic life - b…
14 years, 4 months ago
Lord Victor Adebowale
Kirsty Young's castaway is the crossbench peer and social entrepreneur Lord Victor Adebowale.
For the past decade, when not in the House of Lords, he…
14 years, 5 months ago
Mark Gatiss
Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer and actor Mark Gatiss.
His childhood passions have fuelled his adult creative life. As a boy he says he was draw…
14 years, 5 months ago
Michael Johnson
Kirsty Young's castaway is the athlete Michael Johnson.
He is the only person ever to hold world records in the 200 and 400 metres at the same time an…
14 years, 5 months ago