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Dawn French

Kirsty Young talks to comedian, actress and writer Dawn French.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Dawn French.

Her career started back when dungarees were considered a legitimate fashion choice and she's built her reputation on borderline surreal skits and glowingly warm characterisations.

Brought up in a forces family she had to move schools a lot and found making people laugh helped to make them her friends. Since then it's made her a household name and she may be moments away from becoming a 'national treasure'.

Double act partner, sit-com star, sketch show performer, writer, actor, Dawn has made us laugh for years. So does she ever feel overwhelmed by people's expectations? She says "I tell myself that I'm the sort of person who can open a one-woman play in the West End, so I do .... I am the sort of person who writes a book - so I do".

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Dec 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • The Best Comedy Album inThe World鈥ver!.
    • EMI.
  • Alison Moyet

    Ne Me Quitte Pas

    • The Essential Alison Moyet.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd..
  • James Taylor

    You鈥檝e Got A Friend

    • James Taylor: Greatest Hits.
    • Warner Bros..
  • Louis Prima & Keely Smith with Sam Butera & The Witnesses

    Just a Gigolo / I Ain鈥檛 Got Nobody

    • Raging Bull Soundtrack.
    • Capitol / EMI.
  • Etta James

    At Last

    • At Last: The Best Of Etta James.
    • Decca.
  • Patrick Macnee

    Kinky Boots

    • Chegger鈥檚 Choice.
    • Global TV.
  • Castaway's Favourite

    • This Mortal Coil

      Song To the Siren

      • It鈥檒l End In Tears.
      • 4AD.
  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • One Day Like This.
    • Polydor Limited.
  • Book Choice

    • Puckoon - Spike Milligan

  • Luxury Choice

    • 'My daughter's teddy bear'

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Dawn French

Broadcasts

  • Sun 23 Dec 2012 11:15
  • Fri 28 Dec 2012 09:00

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