<p>The former England manager Gareth Southgate was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2024.</p><p>He was 25 when he made his debut for the England team. By the time he retired from international football,...
<p>The actor Michael Sheen was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2025.</p><p>He has portrayed many real people on stage including Tony Blair, Brian Clough and David Frost, though never Jack Nicholson. Th...
<p>Record producer Rick Rubin was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2022.</p><p>He is responsible for shaping the sound of artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Beastie Boys and is credited w...
<p>The writer and journalist Caitlin Moran was cast away by Kirsty Young in 2017.</p><p>Her journey took her from a three-bedroom council house in Wolverhampton, where she lived with her parents and s...
<p>The comedian Romesh Ranganathan was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2025.</p><p>He’s a BAFTA-winning broadcaster, standup, actor and writer who has been a fixture on British TV screens for the past ...
<p>The wheelchair athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson was cast away by Sue Lawley in 2001.</p><p>She recalls the pressure to do well at the Sydney Olympics and the relief when she managed to clinch four gold ...
<p>The film director Greta Gerwig was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2023.</p><p>Growing up in what she calls a "culturally ravenous" family, the young Greta was inspired by her parents' record collec...
<p>The playwright James Graham was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2024.</p><p>He was a shy and quiet child who enjoyed nothing more than watching soap operas on TV. So what was he doing taking his "st...
<p>The Olympic heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2021.</p><p>She recalls pushing herself in her final event at the London 2012 Olympics, the 800-metre race, and how thr...
<p>The actor Warwick Davis was cast away by Kirsty Young in 2016.</p><p>When his grandmother heard an advertisement on the radio looking for short people to play Ewoks in the next Star Wars film, she ...
<p>The singer-songwriter Lily Allen was cast away by Kirsty Young in 2014.</p><p>Although her school reports painted a mixed picture of Lily's academic achievements, a singing teacher spotted her voca...
<p>The film director Steven Spielberg was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2022.</p><p>He gave the world Jaws, ET and Jurassic Park, but Steven Spielberg got his start in the film business when he went ...
<p>The writer Malorie Blackman was cast away by Kirsty Young in 2013.</p><p>Although she has published more than 70 books for children and young adults - among them her hugely popular Noughts and Cros...
<p>The World Snooker Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2023.</p><p>He remembers being dropped off unaccompanied at snooker halls across East London by his father as a young...
<p>The cookery writer Delia Smith was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2023.</p><p>She fell in love with her husband, the editor Michael Wynn-Jones, over a shared love of food and football and recalls h...
<p>The model Kate Moss was cast away by Lauren Laverne in 2022.</p><p>Her career began after a chance encounter with a model agent on a flight. She describes attending castings on her own as a teenage...
<p>The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards was cast away by Kirsty Young in 2015.</p><p>He recalls the moment he bumped into his primary school friend Mick Jagger at Dartford train station in 196...
<p>Chaka Khan’s unmistakeable voice and musical versatility have made her one of the most influential musicians of the past six decades, with an estimated 70 million records sold. Whether fronting the...
<p>Professor Dame Pamela Shaw is a pioneering Neurologists and a leading figure in tackling motor neurone disease or MND. She is the founder and Director of SITran – the World leading Sheffield Insti...
<p>Emma Grede is the businesswoman behind major fashion brands including Skims and Good American, which she co-founded with Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian, respectively. Last year Forbes included...
