Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Comic Castaways: Frank Skinner

Frank Skinner

Comic Castaways

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Desert Island Discs Revisited, Comic Castaways, Frank Skinner

Comedian Frank Skinner chooses his Desert Island Discs

4 Extra Debut. From Mozart to The Fall. Comedian Frank Skinner shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2010.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the comedian Frank Skinner. 

As a football-obsessed comic whose stand-up routines were peppered with details of his personal life, he became the poster-boy for the 'Loaded' generation.  Beneath the surface, though, he seems to be full of contradictions.  He was expelled from school when he was a teenager - but went on to gain a masters degree; he has long been obsessed with Elvis Presley - but now says he feels a tingle when he goes to the opera.  Although he had long enjoyed entertaining his friends, he was 30 before he realised where his future lay.  "I was an unemployed drunk going nowhere," he says, "And then comedy turned up. Comedy saved my life"

Record:  The Fall  
Book:     Teach yourself French   
Luxury:  A ukulele   

Desert Island Discs was created by Roy Plomley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Comic Castaways

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A collection of comic castaways share their desert island choices.

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