Dame Ellen MacArthur

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Solo yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur is castaway by Kirsty Young. Ellen was 28 when she became the fastest person to sail solo around the world, and has been called the 'first true heroine of the 21st century'. She still sails with friends and with the charity she set up for children with cancer and leukaemia, but her ambition now is to try to find a way of living the same sustainable existence on land that she lives at sea. When your life depends on it, she says, you realise how scarce food and fuel really are. DISC ONE: OutKast - Hey Ya DISC TWO: Don Henley - The Boys of Summer DISC THREE: Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down DISC FOUR: Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu (I Like You) DISC FIVE: Thomas Newman - Any Other Name DISC SIX: Dido - Here With Me DISC SEVEN: Spandau Ballet - Through the Barricades DISC EIGHT: Coldplay - Fix You CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Don Henley - The Boys of Summer BOOK CHOICE: SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman LUXURY CHOICE: A fluffy purple worm (which has been taken everywhere) Producer: Leanne Buckle First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.