David Walliams

Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is David Walliams. He has seen extraordinary success - as one half of the comedy duo behind Little Britain, as a cross-channel swimmer and more recently on the West End stage and as a novelist. In this frank interview, he describes his life away from the spotlight; how he used to practise comedy routines in his bathroom, the excitement of an early trip out wearing a John Paul Gaultier skirt, the inner drive that propels him and the unhappiness he feels when he has no company except his own.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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Björk

So Broken

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Castaway's favourite

The Smiths

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

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Pet Shop Boys

Later Tonight

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The Velvet Underground

Sunday Morning

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Into My Arms

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Bob Dylan

You’re a Big Girl Now

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Sinéad O’Connor

You Do Something To Me

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Johnny Cash

I Still Miss Someone

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Book

Collected Poems by Philip Larkin

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Religious text

None Taken

Luxury item

A gun

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