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 Third Programme for broadcast by the BBC Music Department, playing a crucial role in the development of the career of composers such as Benjamin Britten. Particularly notable were its drama productions, including the radio plays of Samuel Beckett, Henry Reed (the Hilda Tablet plays), Harold Pinter, Joe Orton and Dylan Thomas, whose "Under Milk Wood" was written specially for the Programme. Philip O'Connor discovered Quentin Crisp in his radio interviews in 1963. Martin Esslin, BBC Director of Drama (Radio), was associated with the network's productions of European drama, and Douglas Cleverdon with its productions of poetry and radio plays. The Programme's contribution