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Kirsty Young's castaway is the veteran hairdresser Vidal Sassoon.
He developed the architecturally precise bobs and cropped styles that were a defini…
14 years, 5 months ago
Anne Wood
Kirsty Young's castaway is the children's TV producer Anne Wood.
Her creations - which include Teletubbies, Rosie and Jim and In the Night Garden - h…
14 years, 5 months ago
Arthur Edwards
Kirsty Young's castaway is the royal photographer Arthur Edwards.
He is a Fleet Street legend and, for more than thirty years, has captured the most …
14 years, 6 months ago
Martin Clunes
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor Martin Clunes.
He became a household name in the 1990s in the comedy "Men Behaving Badly" and, in the years sinc…
14 years, 6 months ago
Danny Baker
Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster and writer Danny Baker.
He is a Sony Gold award winning broadcaster with one of the most recognisable voic…
14 years, 8 months ago
Heather Rabbatts
Kirsty Young's castaway is the businesswoman Heather Rabbatts.
Born in Jamaica and raised in Britain, her early years were unpromising and she left s…
14 years, 8 months ago
Michael McIntyre
Michael McIntyre interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
In less than five years he's gone from being an unknown stand-up with debts of …
14 years, 8 months ago
John Graham
Kirsty Young's castaway is the crossword compiler John Graham.
Now aged 90, he works under the name Araucaria and, for more than fifty years, has inf…
14 years, 8 months ago
Tony Robinson
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor and broadcaster Tony Robinson.
His Baldrick to Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder turned idiocy into an art form and th…
14 years, 8 months ago
Dame Harriet Walter
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actress Dame Harriet Walter.
She has been a stalwart of the stage for more than three decades - winning great acclaim …
14 years, 9 months ago