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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Rob Brydon

Desert Island Discs: Rob Brydon

16/05/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Rob Brydon

Kirsty Young's castaway is the comedian and actor Rob Brydon.

Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian and actor Rob Brydon.

The comedian and actor Rob Brydon joins Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs. 

Growing up in Port Talbot, South Wales, he discovered performing when he was a teenager and says he came alive when he was on stage: so much so that he left school with only a couple of O Levels. For years, he made a comfortable but unfulfilling living recording voice-overs and working on a television shopping channel. He always dreamed of working in comedy, though, and eventually it was 'Marion and Geoff' and then 'Gavin and Stacey' that made him a household name. 


Record: Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Book: Collected works of Dylan Thomas 
Luxury: A guitar.

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