Desert Island Discs
BBC Radio 4
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This is an extended version of a programme first broadcast on Sunday 17 September 2023.
Adrian Edmondson first shot to national fame in 1982, playing the studded punk Vyvyan in the TV sitcom The Young Ones, set in a seedy student flat. The cast largely came from the developing alternative comedy scene, and included Rik Mayall and Alexei Sayle.
Adrian was born in Bradford in 1957. He spent time as a child in Cyprus, Bahrain and Uganda, following his father who worked as a teacher for the armed forces. He attended a boarding school in Yorkshire from the age of 11, where he often rebelled against its rules and restrictions, but enjoyed performing in school plays.
He headed to Manchester University to study drama, where he soon met Rik Mayall. They bonded over their shared interests in comedy, double acts, violent slapstick and the plays of Samuel Beckett. It was the start of a long performing partnership and friendship, which included the anarchic TV comedy and long-running touring show Bottom and a production of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot on the West End stage.
Adrian has also worked widely as an actor and musician, including an acclaimed appearance as Scrooge for the RSC, and performances with the reunited Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
Adrian married Jennifer Saunders in 1985, and they have three daughters.
DISC ONE: Downtown - Petula Clark DISC TWO: A Song of the Weather - Flanders & Swann DISC THREE: Sugar, Sugar - The Archies DISC FOUR: On My Radio - The Selecter DISC FIVE: Jole Blon - Vin Bruce DISC SIX: Saturday Gigs - Mott the Hoople DISC SEVEN: I’m Bored - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band DISC EIGHT: Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks)
BOOK CHOICE: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett LUXURY ITEM: A tab of acid CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Wide Open Spaces - The Chicks
Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor
Vorherige Folgen
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2536 - Adrian Edmondson - Extended Edit Sat, 26 Oct 2024
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2534 - James Graham - Extended Edit Sun, 20 Oct 2024
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2532 - Classic Desert Island Discs - Edna O'Brien Sun, 13 Oct 2024
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2531 - Classic Desert Island Discs - Adele Sun, 06 Oct 2024
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2530 - Classic Desert Island Discs - Donald Sutherland Sun, 29 Sep 2024
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2529 - Classic Desert Island Discs - Baroness Floella Benjamin, DBE Sun, 22 Sep 2024
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2528 - Classic Desert Island Discs - Lord Coe Sun, 15 Sep 2024
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2527 - Steven Knight, writer Sat, 07 Sep 2024
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2526 - Mark Knopfler, musician Sat, 31 Aug 2024
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2525 - Sarah Raven, gardener and writer Sun, 25 Aug 2024
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2524 - David Nicholls, writer Sat, 17 Aug 2024
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2523 - Errollyn Wallen, composer Sun, 11 Aug 2024
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2522 - Rob Delaney, actor and comedian Sun, 04 Aug 2024
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2521 - Professor Patricia Wiltshire, forensic scientist Sun, 28 Jul 2024
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2520 - Anthony Joshua, boxer Sat, 20 Jul 2024
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2519 - Clive Myrie, journalist Sun, 14 Jul 2024
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2518 - Shirine Khoury-Haq, businesswoman Sun, 07 Jul 2024
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2512 - Rebel Wilson, actor Sun, 30 Jun 2024
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2511 - John Boyne, writer Sat, 22 Jun 2024
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2510 - Dame Sarah Storey, athlete Sat, 15 Jun 2024
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2509 - Greg Davies, comedian Sun, 09 Jun 2024
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2503 - Professor Tim Spector, scientist Sat, 27 Apr 2024
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2502 - Professor Alice Roberts, scientist and broadcaster Sun, 21 Apr 2024
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2501 - Jenny Sealey, theatre director Sat, 13 Apr 2024
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2500 - Desert Island Discs at 75 Sat, 28 Jan 2017
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2499 - Caitlin Moran Sun, 22 Jan 2017
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2498 - Wayne McGregor Sun, 15 Jan 2017
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2497 - Pinky Lilani Sun, 08 Jan 2017
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2496 - Sir Kenneth Grange Sun, 01 Jan 2017
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2495 - Gareth Malone Sun, 25 Dec 2016
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2494 - Bruce Springsteen Sun, 18 Dec 2016
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2493 - Sir Philip Craven Wed, 14 Dec 2016
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2492 - Davina McCall Sun, 11 Dec 2016
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2491 - Emma Bridgewater Sun, 27 Nov 2016
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2490 - Nicola Adams Sun, 20 Nov 2016
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2489 - Yotam Ottolenghi Fri, 18 Nov 2016
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2488 - Ali Smith Sun, 06 Nov 2016
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2487 - Michael Bublé Tue, 01 Nov 2016
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2486 - Jackie Kay Sun, 23 Oct 2016
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2485 - Dr Robert Langer Sun, 16 Oct 2016
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2484 - Stephen Hough Sun, 09 Oct 2016
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2483 - Christiane Amanpour Sun, 02 Oct 2016
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2482 - Joyce DiDonato Sun, 25 Sep 2016
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2481 - Nadiya Hussain Sun, 14 Aug 2016
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2480 - Michael Heath Sun, 07 Aug 2016
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2479 - Jilly Cooper Sun, 31 Jul 2016
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2478 - Professor Dame Ann Dowling Sun, 24 Jul 2016
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2477 - Levi Roots Sun, 17 Jul 2016
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2476 - Nicole Farhi Sun, 10 Jul 2016
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2475 - Matthew Barzun Sun, 03 Jul 2016