DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: COMIC CASTAWAYS 2 - MATT LUCAS (320kbs-m4a/98mb/42mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th April 2021
From Danny Kaye to Queen.
Comedy performer and writer Matt Lucas shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
As one half of the team that created the hit TV show Little Britain, Matt has been responsible for dreaming up such characters as Vicky Pollard, the Asbo teenager who swapped her baby for a Westlife CD, and Dafydd, the Welsh homosexual who is adamant he's "the only gay in the village".
When he was six years old Matt's hair fell out and as a result he acquired a certain local notoriety - from then on it simply never occurred to him that he wouldn't go on to become famous. At the start of this century, he was still struggling to have his work commissioned and thought of abandoning his career in comedy.
Today, Matt Lucas is one of the most popular and recognisable entertainers in Britain.
Favourite track: These are the Days of Our Lives by Queen
Book: The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams
Luxury: Favourite London restaurant
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2006.
The Broadway Cast Of 42nd Street - Lullaby Of Broadway [RCA]
The Kids From Fame - Starmaker [RCA]
Danny Kaye - The Inchworm [Varese Sarabande]
Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives [Parlophone]
The Proclaimers - The Light [Chrysalis]
Ben Folds - Songs Of Love [EL]
Manoel Felciano & Patti LuPone - Not While I'm Around [Nonesuch]
Jacques Brel - Madeleine [Barclay]
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