Tracey Ullman, actor and comedian
Tracey Ullman, actor and comedian, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Tracey Ullman was the first woman to be offered her own television sketch show – both in Britain and America – and has starred in film and television dramas alongside Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Hugh Grant. The Emmy-winning Tracey Ullman Show ran for four seasons in the US and provided the launch pad for the Simpsons.
Tracey was born in Slough and as a child she would impersonate people and put on shows for the amusement of her mother after the death of her father. At 12 she won a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and worked in repertory theatre and the West End in London before her television career took off. She was one of the stars of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s prime time sketch show Three of a Kind alongside David Copperfield and a young Lenny Henry.
In 1985 she moved to Los Angeles with her husband, the producer Allan McKeown, where her uncanny impressions of Americans from all walks of life won her acclaim and awards in equal measure.
After the death of her husband Tracey returned to the UK in 2016 and was soon back on our screens in a new sketch series, Tracey Ullman’s Show, which showcased her enduring talent for sending up the powerful and the famous, including Dame Judi Dench, Angela Merkel and Theresa May.
DISC ONE: American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
DISC TWO: You Won't See Me by The Beatles
DISC THREE: Nichols and May At Work by Mike Nichols And Elaine May
DISC FOUR: That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire
DISC FIVE: Everyday I Write the Book by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
DISC SIX: They Don’t Know by Kirsty MacColl
DISC SEVEN: You and I by Stevie Wonder
DISC EIGHT: This Is the Sea by The Waterboys
BOOK CHOICE: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ by Sue Townsend
LUXURY ITEM: Nuts
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: You and I by Stevie Wonder
Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American Girl
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
- 10.
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The Beatles
You Won't See Me
- Rubber Soul.
- EMI Records Limited.
- 3.
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Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Nichols and May At Work
- In Retrospect.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 12.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
That’s the Way of the World
- Earth, Wind And Fire: The Greatest Hits.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 16.
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Every Day I Write The Book
- Punch the Clock.
- Mercury Records Limited.
- 2.
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Kirsty MacColl
They Don't Know
- Galore.
- Stiff Records Limited.
- 1.
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Stevie Wonder
You and I
- Talking Book.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
- 3.
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The Waterboys
This is the Sea
- This Is the Sea.
- Chrysalis Records Limited.
- 9.
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Sep 2021 11:00Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
- Fri 1 Oct 2021 09:00Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
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