Sarah Millican
4 Extra Debut. From Paul McCartney to Wham! Comedian Sarah Millican shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2014.
From Paul McCartney to Wham!
Comedian Sarah Millican shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
Her every woman yet no-holds-barred style of comedy has brought her sell-out tours and several of her own highly successful TV series. Revelling in normality and drawing on the difficult, intimate and ofter extruciating moments of being human, she dares to say what most of us are thinking, only she's much funnier.
A Geordie, born in South Shields, her dad was an engineer down the mines and her mum was a hairdresser. They encouraged their daughter in her storytelling and performing even though her childhood shyness meant she'd recite her poetry from behind the living room curtains.
Later it was pain that first propelled her onto the stage when a broken early marriage provided the catalyst she needed to find the courage to confront the glaring judgement of the audience's gaze. Her rise was then rapid. Within four years she was awarded the Best Newcomer prize at the Edinburgh Fringe.
She says, "People come along and think, 'oh she's being too rude'. They don't realise I'm just like this at home. People think I'm prim and proper at home but I'm not - I'm just me transplanted onto the stage".
First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 December 2014.
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Music Played
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Wham!
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
- If you were there: Greatest Hits.
- Epic.
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Perry Como
(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
- Perry Como Christmas.
- RCA.
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Pharrell Williams
Happy
- Hitdisc.
- EMI.
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Hans Zimmer featuring Pete Haycock
Thunderbird
- Thelma and Louise soundtrack.
- MCA.
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Snow Patrol
Chocolate
- Up to Now.
- Fiction.
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Paul McCartney
We All Stand Together
- All the Best/ Paul McCartney.
- Parlophone.
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CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE
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London Symphony Orchestra & John Williams
The Theme from the film, Superman
- Superman The Movie.
- Warner.
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Simon & Garfunkel
Homeward Bound
- Simon and Garfunkel Greatest Hits..
- CBS.
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BOOK CHOICE
A survival book
LUXURY ITEM
Notebooks and pens
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Sarah Millican |
Producer | Cathy Drysdale |
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Dec 2014 11:15Â鶹Éç Radio 4
- Fri 19 Dec 2014 09:00Â鶹Éç Radio 4
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