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Kim Cattrall

Sue Lawley's castaway is the actress Kim Cattrall. Kim Cattrall became a household name in her forties as a result of playing man-eater, def...

36:06Dec 26, 2004

Engelbert Humperdinck

Sue Lawley's castaway is the singer Engelbert Humperdinck. Engelbert Humperdinck is one of Britain's most successful entertainers. He is kno...

35:08Dec 19, 2004

John Fortune

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is John Fortune. John Fortune is one of Britain's most respected and enduring satirists. For the past 12 yea...

36:28Dec 12, 2004

Sir Bobby Robson

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is Sir Bobby Robson. Sir Bobby Robson is one of the most enduring and popular faces in football. For more th...

36:18Dec 5, 2004

Tracey Emin

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the artist Tracey Emin. Tracey Emin is one of the most successful and controversial artists to emerge dur...

33:13Nov 28, 2004

Clive Stafford Smith

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the death row lawyer Clive Stafford Smith. Clive Stafford Smith spent more than 25 years representing peo...

33:56Nov 21, 2004

Matthew Bourne

Sue Lawley's guest this week is the internationally acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne. He was born in the East End of London in 1960. A...

36:06Nov 19, 2004

Ann Leslie

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the distinguished foreign correspondent Ann Leslie. She has witnessed and reported on some of the most si...

34:46Nov 7, 2004

Matthew Pinsent

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent. Matthew Pinsent won his fourth Olympic gold medal at this sum...

34:25Oct 31, 2004

Jack Mapanje

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the poet Dr Jack Mapanje who is one of the most important living African poets. He was born into a poor h...

34:16Oct 24, 2004

Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell MP

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the Liberal Democrat politician Sir Menzies Campbell. Born in Glasgow, he excelled at both academia and s...

37:20Oct 17, 2004

Anne Scott James

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the journalist and writer Anne Scott-James. Now in her 92nd year, Anne Scott-James came from a line of cr...

37:31Oct 10, 2004

Desmond Morris

Sue's Lawley's castaway this week is the zoologist turned author and broadcaster Desmond Morris. He made his name with The Naked Ape first p...

34:40Oct 3, 2004

Virginia McKenna

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actress and wildlife campaigner Virginia McKenna. She was born in London and, after spending five yea...

36:22Sep 26, 2004

Joe Simpson

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the mountaineer Joe Simpson. He was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1960 where his father was stationed with the...

33:54Sep 19, 2004

Hugh Masekela

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the world famous musician Hugh Masekela. As a boy growing up in the impoverished townships of South Afric...

34:17Jul 11, 2004

Rt Hon Michael Howard MP

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard. He was raised in an orthodox Jewish family in Llane...

36:21Jul 4, 2004

Tim Rice

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the world famous lyricist Sir Tim Rice. Sir Tim is best known for his collaborative work with Andrew Lloy...

34:51Jun 27, 2004

Diana Athill

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the writer and book editor Diana Athill. For nearly 50 years Diana Athill was involved in every aspect of...

37:31Jun 20, 2004

Karan Bilimoria

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the businessman Karan Bilimoria - who set up production of a beer designed to be drunk with Indian food,...

36:32Jun 13, 2004

Geraldine James

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of Britain's best known actresses - Geraldine James. Geraldine James became a household name 20 years...

36:47May 30, 2004

Sir Ken Adam

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the man who's designed some of the most famous film sets ever made. Sir Ken Adam was the production desig...

34:24May 23, 2004

Pen Hadow

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the explorer Pen Hadow. Pen Hadow made polar history in 2003 by becoming the first man to walk solo and u...

36:44May 16, 2004

U A Fanthorpe

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of Britain's best loved poets - U A Fanthorpe. She was the first woman ever to be nominated for the p...

37:06May 9, 2004

Graham Norton

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the larger than life TV presenter Graham Norton. He was recently voted the most powerful man in comedy wi...

33:46May 2, 2004

Antonio Pappano

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the conductor Antonio Pappano. He took over as music director of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden t...

35:42Apr 25, 2004

Bernard Cornwell

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is Britain's most popular writer of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell. His work has sold more than five mi...

35:22Apr 18, 2004

Michael Morpurgo

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the widely respected children's author and the current Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. He styles hi...

36:14Apr 11, 2004

Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu is one of the world's foremost sopranos, beautiful, a good actress and with a voice that critics say is close to perfect, s...

36:29Apr 4, 2004

Jack Vettriano

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the artist Jack Vettriano. Jack Vettriano is the painter of Britain's most popular work of art. More than...

34:12Mar 28, 2004

Ralph Kohn

This week Sue's castaway is a man who's made a success of two entirely different careers. Ralph Kohn is a Jewish businessman who has won the...

37:29Mar 21, 2004

Bill Nighy

This week Sue's castaway is the award winning actor Bill Nighy. Originally from Caterham in Surrey, he left school at 15 without any qualifi...

33:41Mar 14, 2004

Sir Gulam Noon

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is a businessman who brought authentic Indian foods to our supermarkets - Sir Gulam Noon. An instinctive bus...

35:45Mar 7, 2004

Judith Kerr

This week Sue's castaway is Judith Kerr - a writer and illustrator known to generations of children both for her charming Mog picture-books...

36:32Feb 29, 2004

John Cale

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is John Cale, a classically trained musician who went on to found one of the most influential bands of the 1...

35:14Feb 22, 2004

Sacha Distel

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is one of France's best known exports - the singer Sacha Distel. Born into a loving family in 1930s Paris, h...

34:52Feb 15, 2004

Sister Frances Dominica

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is a nun and a pioneer of the hospice movement. Sister Frances Dominica says she had always felt she was bor...

35:52Feb 8, 2004

Rt Hon Lord Sainsbury

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is David Sainsbury, now Lord Sainsbury of Turville. David Sainsbury who is a grocer and a politician is also...

36:37Feb 1, 2004

Paul Dacre

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is one of Britain's most powerful newspaper men - Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail. He was brought up in...

39:01Jan 25, 2004

Stephen Frears

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the film director Stephen Frears. His film credits include My Beautiful Launderette, When Sammy and Rosie...

44:41Jan 18, 2004

Jimmy Tarbuck

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the entertainer Jimmy Tarbuck. Originally from Liverpool, he began his career as a redcoat at Butlins hol...

34:52Jan 11, 2004

Martha Lane Fox

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the dot-com millionaire and businesswoman Martha Lane Fox. She says that as a child she was confident and...

35:05Jan 4, 2004

Paul O'Grady

Sue Lawley's castaway is the entertainer Paul O'Grady. Best known as the 'Blonde Bombshell', Lily Savage, he's one of the most popular figur...

34:07Dec 28, 2003

Emmylou Harris

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the country rock singer Emmylou Harris. Born in Alabama in 1947, her musical influences were folk rather...

33:55Dec 21, 2003

Nicholas Grimshaw

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw. An interest in engineering runs in the Grimshaw genes - one great-gr...

36:00Dec 14, 2003

Pat Barker

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the Booker prize-winning novelist Pat Barker. Pat Barker was 39 when she had the phone call every writer...

36:03Dec 7, 2003

Henry Blofeld

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the cricket commentator Henry Blofeld. Blofeld's become known as much for his musings on pigeons, planes,...

35:54Nov 30, 2003

Sir Christopher Meyer

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission Sir Christopher Meyer. Sir Christopher joined the PCC ear...

36:07Nov 23, 2003

Jeremy Clarkson

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the motoring journalist and motor-mouth Jeremy Clarkson. He came from a comfortable background - his moth...

32:46Nov 16, 2003

Christopher Frayling

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is Professor Sir Christopher Frayling the Rector of the Royal College of Art and a champion of popular cultu...

37:06Nov 2, 2003