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    Vittorio Radice

    Sun 8 Jun 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is retailer Vittorio Radice

  • Meera Syal

    Sun 1 Jun 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actor and writer Meera Syal

  • Derek Brown

    Sun 25 May 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is director of the Michelin Red Guides Derek Brown

  • Franco Zeffirelli

    Sun 18 May 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is director Franco Zeffirelli

  • George Fenton

    Sun 11 May 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is composer George Fenton

  • Professor A H Halsey

    Sun 4 May 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is sociologist Professor A H Halsey

  • Rory Bremner

    Sun 20 Apr 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is impressionist Rory Bremner

  • Margaret Atwood

    Sun 13 Apr 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Atwood

  • David Gilmour

    Sun 6 Apr 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is frontman of Pink Floyd David Gilmour

  • Kristin Scott Thomas

    Sun 30 Mar 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Kristin Scott Thomas

  • Claude-Michel Schonberg

    Sun 23 Mar 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is composer Claude-Michel Schonberg

  • Nick Danziger

    Sun 16 Mar 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is photo journalist Nick Danziger

  • Vic Reeves

    Sun 9 Mar 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is comedian Vic Reeves

  • Gene Pitney

    Sun 2 Mar 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is singer-songwriter Gene Pitney

  • George Clooney

    Sun 23 Feb 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actor George Clooney

  • Cornelia Parker

    Sun 16 Feb 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is artist Cornelia Parker

  • Sir Ian McKellen

    Sun 9 Feb 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Sir Ian McKellen

  • Paul Whitehouse

    Sun 2 Feb 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is comedian Paul Whitehouse

  • Sir Trevor Nunn

    Sun 26 Jan 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn

  • Professor Baruch Blumberg

    Sun 19 Jan 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is Nobel Prize-winning scientist Professor Baruch Blumberg

  • Gillian Anderson

    Sun 12 Jan 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Gillian Anderson

  • George Foreman

    Sun 5 Jan 2003

    Sue Lawley's castaway is boxer George Foreman

  • Patricia Cornwell

    Sun 29 Dec 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is crime writer Patricia Cornwell

  • Rowan Williams

    Sun 22 Dec 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is Archbishop of Cantebury elect Rowan Williams

  • Sinead Cusack

    Sun 15 Dec 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Sinead Cusack

  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Sun 8 Dec 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson

  • John Malkovich

    Sun 1 Dec 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is actor John Malkovich

  • Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

    Sun 24 Nov 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is leader of the Conservative Party Iain Duncan Smith

  • Christopher Ondaatje

    Sun 17 Nov 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman, explorer and philanthropist Christopher Ondaatje

  • Marguerite Wolff

    Fri 15 Nov 2002

    Sue Lawley's castaway is pianist Marguerite Wolff

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