Archive 2005-2010 Podcast
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
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Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Sun 7 Mar 2010
Kirsty Young's castaway is space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
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Sir Clive Woodward
Sun 21 Feb 2010
Kirsty Young's castaway is former England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward.
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili
Sun 14 Feb 2010
Kirsty Young's castaway is the physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili.
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Mary Beard
Sun 31 Jan 2010
Kirsty Young's castaway is the Cambridge Professor of Classics, Mary Beard.
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Lord Coe
Sun 13 Dec 2009
Kirsty Young's castaway is Lord Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee.
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Baroness Scotland
Sun 6 Dec 2009
Kirsty Young's castaway is the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland.
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Professor Colin Pillinger
Sun 25 Oct 2009
Kirsty Young's castaway is scientist Professor Colin Pillinger.
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Nicky Haslam
Sun 2 Aug 2009
Kirsty Young's castaway is interior designer, socialite and one-time cowboy, Nicky Haslam.
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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Sun 26 Jul 2009
Kirsty Young's castaway is the food writer and cook Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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Prof Hugh Pennington
Sun 12 Jul 2009
Kirsty Young's castaway is bacteriologist Professor Hugh Pennington.
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