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 Forces Programme BBC Forces Programme The BBC Forces Programme was a BBC radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944. Upon the outbreak of World War II, the BBC closed the existing BBC National Programme and BBC Regional Programme, combining the two to form a single channel known as the BBC Home Service. Domestically, the BBC's medium-wave transmitters continued to broadcast only the Home Service until the start of 1940, when – the lack of choice and of lighter programming for people serving in the Armed Forces having been noted – some of the former regional frequencies (804