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5. John, I’m afraid you may need to review more than 2 of the 3227 interviews before deciding on the premise; this is a rare example im which many castaways have taken the premise far more seriously — and far less seriously — than you

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4. “Comfort item”? Honestly, Merlin

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3. Regarding the Bible “still” being given to each castaway, along w/ the complete works of Shakespeare and one of their choosing, please remember this is the British Broadcasting Corporation, a state funded venture. The head of that state is the King, who happens also to be the head of the Church of England, and effectively God’s representative on earth. Difficult to deviate, therefore, from a bit of subliminal sunday school that’s been running since the 40s

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2. The format is intentionally structured to use the songs as a way to navigate biography, and often loosely correspond to a the interviewees personal chronology. Ideally, the songs dovetail with personal highs & lows, as contextual markers in dramatic life lived