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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actress Imelda Staunton. Imelda Staunton is one of the UK's most versatile and popular actresses. Through a ca…
20 years, 10 months ago
Josephine Cox
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the novelist Josephine Cox. Josephine Cox is one of Britain's most popular authors. She became an overnight publis…
20 years, 10 months ago
Katharine Whitehorn
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the journalist Katharine Whitehorn. Katharine Whitehorn was the first journalist to write a column about her perso…
20 years, 10 months ago
Jarvis Cocker
Pulp's singer and musician, Jarvis Cocker is castaway by Sue Lawley.
Jarvis formed the band Pulp in the late 1970s and says that as a gawky, self-cons…
20 years, 11 months ago
Patrick Stewart
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actor Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart had to wait a long time for fame. The Shakespearean actor was nearly 50 w…
20 years, 11 months ago
Philippe Petit
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the high wire walker Philippe Petit. Since the age of 17 Petit had been, in his own words, a 'wandering troubadour…
20 years, 11 months ago
Lorin Maazel
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the musical director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Lorin Maazel.
He was a child prodigy whose career as a…
20 years, 11 months ago
Yvonne Brewster
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the theatre director Yvonne Brewster. She has been a major force in black British theatre for the last 20 years. B…
21 years ago
Raymond Briggs
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the writer and illustrator Raymond Briggs. For millions of children, Christmas would be incomplete without Briggs'…
21 years ago
Stephen Poliakoff
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the playwright and director Stephen Poliakoff. Stephen Poliakoff is probably best known for his explorations of th…
21 years ago