Mark Gatiss
Kirsty Young interviews writer and actor Mark Gatiss.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer and actor Mark Gatiss.
His childhood passions have fuelled his adult creative life. As a boy he says he was drawn towards the macabre and gothic - while his teachers remarked that his school essays resembled scripts for Hammer horror films. He has written for - and acted in - Dr Who, was one of the creators of The League of Gentlemen and his re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes for a contemporary TV audience was a huge success.
He says: "When I was a kid, anything supernatural drew me, I would try and find it in anything - Gardeners' Question Time - I would look for something."
Producer: Leanne Buckle.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Book Choice
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Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Victorian bath and hot water
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Mark Gatiss |
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 Oct 2011 11:15BBC Radio 4 FM
- Fri 28 Oct 2011 09:00
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