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.
Material World (radio programme) Material World (radio programme) Material World was a weekly science magazine programme on BBC Radio 4 broadcast on a Thursday afternoon. The programme's regular presenter was Quentin Cooper, with contributions from scientists researching areas under discussion in each programme. The programme began as "The Material World" in April 1998. It was presented by Trevor Phillips, a chemistry graduate of Imperial College. In September 2000 Phillips was told that he could no longer work at the BBC due to his close links with the Labour Party, which broke BBC rules of impartiality. He was one of the few regular black broadcasters