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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the screen writer Paul Abbott. He has written some of the most controversial and successful television programme…
19 years, 1 month ago
Neil Tennant
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the singer and songwriter Neil Tennant. He is best known as one half of The Pet Shop Boys which, over the past 2…
19 years, 1 month ago
Brian Aldiss
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the author Brian Aldiss. He is best known for pioneering, alongside JG Ballard, a new wave of British science fi…
19 years, 2 months ago
Ann Daniels
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Polar explorer Ann Daniels. Before she was 30, she hadn't so much as walked with a rucksack and had no exper…
19 years, 2 months ago
Edna O'Brien
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the writer Edna O'Brien. Described as a 'poet of heartbreak' her lyrical storytelling captures the fragility and…
19 years, 2 months ago
Lady Natasha Spender
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the musician Lady Natasha Spender. She was born at the end of the First World War and has spent her life immerse…
19 years, 2 months ago
Anthony Horowitz
Kirsty Young's first castaway of 2007 is the writer Anthony Horowitz. He's a prolific author. His first novel was published when he was 23 and, as we…
19 years, 3 months ago
Gloria Hunniford
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the broadcaster Gloria Hunniford. She's one of our most popular interviewers and presenters and for 40 years has…
19 years, 3 months ago
Arnold Wesker
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the playwright Sir Arnold Wesker. He's a prolific writer and has penned more than 40 plays as well as books of p…
19 years, 3 months ago
Karl Jenkins
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Britain's most successful contemporary composer, Karl Jenkins. He is most famous for developing a style that fus…
19 years, 3 months ago