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John Lloyd

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 18 November 2012

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the director, producer and writer, John Lloyd.

His work has been making us laugh for over thirty years: Spitting Image, Not The Nine o'Clock News, Blackadder and QI are just a handful of the programmes he's helped to create. If the comedy work ever dries up he could open a shop selling second hand Baftas - he's won a stack of them and a Grammy and an Emmy.

Which isn't to say it's been an easy ride - fall outs, multiple sackings and missed opportunities have peppered his stellar career in comedy. He says,

"I like starting things ... there are starters and finishers in life, that's the great divide ... I like the fight and the passion and the difficulty - well I don't like it, but it's what I do".

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Van Morrison Bright Side of the Road
Into the Music, Mercury
The Waterboys The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
Room to Room, Ensign
The Lovin’ Spoonful Do you Believe in Magic?
The Lovin’ Spoonful – the Collection, Castle
America Sister Golden Hair
America – Greatest Hits, Warner
The Crystals Da Doo Rom Ron
Phil Spector Collection, Abkco
George Frideric Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Performer: The Academy of St Martins in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner
Pachelbel, Albinoni, …, Decca
Dire Straits Walk of Life
Sultans of Swing, Vertigo
Mark Fry Regrets
Shooting The Moon, Boredidlebaby

BBC Radio 4Sun 18 Nov 2012 11:15 BBC Radio 4
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