Castaway television shows and films tell the story of castaways: This is a list of fiction. There are also memoirs such as "Castaway". Castaways are part of other stories as well, where the event is not the central plot but is still an important aspect. Examples include: "Desert Island Discs" is a BBC Radio 4 interview show in which the subject is invited to consider themselves as a castaway on a desert island, and then select their eight favourite records, one favourite book (in addition to "The Bible" and books by Shakespeare), and a luxury inanimate object to occupy their time.
BBC Radio Berkshire cutbacks, BBC Director-General John Birt announced that it was to merge with BBC Radio Oxford on 9 April 1996 to become BBC Thames Valley FM. On 14 February 2000, the two stations became separate once again. BBC Radio Berkshire was named Station of the Year in the 2012 Frank Gillard Awards, also winning in the Sports Coverage category for its coverage of olympic rowing at Eton Dorney. Andrew Peach won silver in both the Programme Presenter and The Ultimate Hot Seat categories. In the 2013 Sony Radio Academy Awards the Andrew Peach programme won bronze in the category Breakfast Show