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Kathy Burke

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 15 August 2010

Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor and director Kathy Burke.

She became a household name for her comedy performances, working with Harry Enfield to create the characters Kevin and Perry. She won critical acclaim for serious roles and picked up the Best Actress award at Cannes for her portrayal of an abused wife in the film "Nil By Mouth".

Her early life had been tumultuous - her mother died before she was two and her father was often drunk, leaving her older brother ran the family home. She was a teenager when she discovered acting and, she says, it was the saving of her.

Producer: Leanne Buckle

Record: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga.
Book: The Complete works of Graham Linehan.
Luxury: A life size laminated photo of James Caan from Dragon's Den.

Lady Gaga Bad Romance
The Fame Monster [Deluxe Edition], Polydor
The Specials Gangsters
The Specials: BBC Sessions, EMI
Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
Substance, Centredate
Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant
Best Rock Anthems in the World, Virgin
T. Rex Ride a White Swan
Baby Boomer Classics/Electric Seventies, TRAX
Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
A Man and His Music, Reprise
Gorillaz Clint Eastwood
Kiss Hitlist 2002, Universal
Missy Elliott Get Ur Freak On
Get UR Freak On- CD Single, The Gold Mind

BBC Radio 4Sun 15 Aug 2010 11:15 BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4Fri 20 Aug 2010 09:00 BBC Radio 4

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