Celia Birtwell
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the designer Celia Birtwell.In the ephemeral world of fashion she has endured; Marian Faithfull wore her creations in the 60s, Kate Moss is a fan today. Whimsical ...
7 Okt 201232min
Ade Adepitan
Kirsty Young's castaway is the Paralympian & broadcaster Ade Adepitan. Wheelchair basketball's his sport and this year he partnered Claire Balding anchoring the television coverage of the 2012 London ...
30 Sep 201232min
Goldie Hawn
Kirsty Young's castaway is Hollywood's prototype dizzy blond, Goldie Hawn.Like most things in Tinseltown the image is somewhat at odds with the reality. Goldie is an Academy Award winner and producer ...
23 Sep 201232min
Craig Brown
Kirsty Young's castaway is the critic and satirist Craig Brown. A prolific writer, he's lampooned everyone from DH Lawrence to Victoria Beckham and, earlier this year, he became the first journalist t...
12 Aug 201235min
Baroness Campbell
Kirsty Young's castaway is the campaigner Baroness Jane Campbell. She was born with a degenerative condition and her parents were told she would not survive infancy. Now in her mid-fifties and a cross...
5 Aug 201237min
Mary Berry
Mary Berry is one of the UK's best-known and respected cookery writers. More than six million copies of her books have now been sold - not bad for a girl who failed her school certificate in English. ...
29 Jul 201236min
Akram Khan
Kirsty Young's castaway is the dancer and choreographer Akram Khan.A child of Bengali immigrants, he started learning Indian dance almost as soon as he could walk. Talent-spotted in his teens, he went...
22 Jul 201236min
Simon McBurney
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor, writer and director Simon McBurney. It's 30 years since he set up the ground-breaking theatre company Complicite. It brought extraordinary physical deftness to th...
15 Jul 201236min
