Hello, I'm Krestey Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1997, and the presenter was Sue Lawley. My castaway this week is a comedian brought up in a middle class family he went to a

Catholic public school but managed to unearth enough rebellious spirit to become a weekend punk.

At university he and his friends took a show to the Edinburgh Fringe and as a result moved

into the London cabaret circuit and appearances on radio and television.

It was his talent which ultimately prevented him from getting what he would call a proper job.

His characters, Stavros, Tim Nice But Dim, Kevin the teenager,

and perhaps most famously loads of money, have made

an indelible mark on British entertainment and made their creator at 35, one of its leading

stars. He is Harry Enfield. One of its leading stars, he is Harry Infield.

One of its leading stars and one who appeals to people across the board, Harry.

You have entered the realms of family entertainment, haven't you?

I suppose I have, although I'm a bit ruder than I should

be really for family entertainment. When are you rude? Well I'm always on at 930 and I

think I shouldn't have to be on at 930 and my father always pointed out to me

well we watched it but we had to turn the sound down I suppose if you think about it

Frank Doberman of the of the oi now no character he was pretty nasty about Camilla

Parker Bowles in this last series wasn't him pretty rough stuff for you really yes he was

foul and actually I think I thought of the joke in the first place.

The thing about him is he only works with certain names and Parker Bowles happen to be one of those names.

That you always talk about her as Camilla Parker Bowles no one calls her Parker Bowles but he does he says you know if

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