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Back to SearchProfessor Colin Pillinger
Kirsty Young's castaway is the scientist Professor Colin Pillinger. A world-class planetary scientist, his first job was for NASA, analysing the luna…
16 years, 5 months ago
Jan Pienkowski
Kirsty Young's castaway is the illustrator Jan Pienkowski. He was born in Warsaw before the Second World War and lived through the uprising of 1944. …
16 years, 5 months ago
Steve Coogan
Kirsty Young's castaway is the comedian and actor Steve Coogan. As a child he found he had a knack for impressions, a talent which led him to work on…
16 years, 5 months ago
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Kirsty Young's castaway is the solo yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur. She was 28 when she became the fastest person to sail solo around the world, an…
16 years, 5 months ago
Barry Manilow
Kirsty Young's castaway is Barry Manilow. He has been a hugely successful performer for more than 30 years but, in this intimate interview, Manilow d…
16 years, 6 months ago
Roberto Alagna
Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer Roberto Alagna. He is one of the most celebrated tenors in the world and one half of opera's golden couple; his…
16 years, 7 months ago
Dame Joan Bakewell
Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell. Born in Stockport in 1933, it was in the 1960s that she first started to shape the cul…
16 years, 7 months ago
Nicky Haslam
Kirsty Young's castaway is the interior designer, socialite and one-time cowboy, Nicky Haslam. His life defies easy description. In America in the 19…
16 years, 7 months ago
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Kirsty Young's castaway is the food writer and cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Famous for making paté out of placenta and dining on such delicacies…
16 years, 8 months ago
David Mitchell
Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian David Mitchell. Mitchell has won two Bafta awards and, as a sitcom actor, sketch show writer and humorous columni…
16 years, 8 months ago