Desert Island Discs Revisited

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Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Comic Castaways 3: Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins

Comic Castaways 3

Desert Island Discs

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Desert Island Discs Revisited, Comic Castaways 3, Sue Perkins

Comedian Sue Perkins chooses the eight tracks she'd take to a desert island.

4 Extra Debut. From Pergolesi to T.Rex.  Comedian Sue Perkins shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.  From 2017.

From Pergolesi to T.Rex. 

Comedian and TV presenter, Sue Perkins shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

She and her friend Mel Giedroyc first appeared as a comedy duo at the Edinburgh Fringe over 20 years ago and together they presented the first seven series of The Great British Bake Off. 

Born at the end of the 1960s, Sue grew up in Croydon, the eldest of three siblings. By her own description a "shy and awkward" child, she nonetheless made it to Cambridge University to study English. She and Mel met at a Footlights open mic gig soon after she'd arrived. Their first joint high-profile success was landing a new live daytime programme on Channel 4 called Light Lunch, which turned them into household names. 

Sue also formed a second presenting partnership, making historical food programmes with Giles Coren. When she was 38 she was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour which left her unable to have children. Sue was in a relationship with the TV presenter Anna Richardson. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Comic Castaways 3

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Another collection of comic castaways share their desert island choices.

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