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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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Celia Imrie

Desert Island Discs: Celia Imrie

13/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Celia Imrie

Actress Celia Imrie joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.

Immediately recognisable as one of Britain's most versatile actresses she's worked in television, theatre and films over the past four decades. While she's taken roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in big budget films, it's her instinct for TV comedy - working alongside Victoria Wood and Julie Walters - that has made her a household name. 

Audiences loved the spoof soap opera Acorn Antiques and she won an Olivier Award for her role in the stage production. In the early days, though, she remembers the camera crews were unsure what was going on. "I do remember the cameramen watching what had been a very slick show up until Acorn Antiques and then just thinking, 'Why is this bit so bad? Why is the scenery swaying in the background?'"

Record: Tiptoe Through the Tulips 
Book: The Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 
Luxury: A cut glass crystal chandelier with candles

Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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