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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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Michael McIntyre

Desert Island Discs: Michael McIntyre

17/07/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Michael McIntyre

Comedian Michael McIntyre joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.

Comedian and Britain's Got Talent judge, Michael McIntyre, joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.

Michael McIntyre interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 

In less than five years he's gone from being an unknown stand-up with debts of more than £30,000 to become one of the most successful comedians in the business - with awards, chart topping DVDs and sell-out arena shows under his belt. 

He says: "I was on the circuit for years, I did get more and more in debt - it really did drag on and I just couldn't get a break. But when my chance came, I'd envisaged it so many times, I wasn't even nervous. I knew I could do it." 

Record: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Ella Fitzgerald 
Book: The Complete Prose of Woody Allen. 
Luxury: A pen 

Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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