Dame Ellen MacArthur

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.