Matt Lucas
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010
BBC
4.4 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2006
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Kirsty Young's castaway on Desert Island Discs this week is the comedy performer and writer Matt Lucas. As one half of the team that created the hit TV show Little Britain, he's been responsible for dreaming up such characters as Vicky Pollard, the Asbo teenager who swapped her baby for a Westlife CD and Dafydd, the Welsh homosexual who is adamant he's "the only gay in the village".
When he was six years old his hair fell out and as a result he acquired a certain local notoriety - from then on it simply never occurred to him that he wouldn't go on to become famous. Just five years ago he was struggling to have his work commissioned and thought of abandoning his career in comedy. Today, he's one of the most popular and recognisable entertainers in Britain.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.4 | My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:10.7 | The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that. |
| 0:17.4 | With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to helping |
| 0:22.7 | you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put together |
| 0:28.7 | by people who know their stuff. So if you want some expertly curated music in your life, |
| 0:34.9 | check out BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Krista Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive. |
| 0:41.3 | For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music. |
| 0:44.3 | The program was originally broadcast in 2006. |
| 0:48.3 | Music My castaway this week is the comedy performer and writer Matt Lucas. |
| 1:08.3 | Legend, comedy legend. |
| 1:10.3 | Legend, I beg you pardon, |
| 1:11.6 | as one half of the team that created the hit TV show Little Britain. He's won a bundle of awards |
| 1:15.9 | and is responsible for the character of Vicky Pollard, the chav teenager who swapped her baby for a Westlife CD, |
| 1:22.1 | and Daffith, the Welsh homosexual who, despite all indications to the contrary, considers himself to be the only gay in the |
| 1:28.0 | village. The comedy characters that have brought him and his on-screen partner David |
| 1:31.8 | Williams' such success are grotesque as well as funny, appearing to reflect the habits and |
| 1:37.0 | attitudes of a nation as though through a fairground hall of mirrors. They exaggerate and distort. |
| 1:42.4 | But at the same time, show us something of the truth of how we behave and how we are. |
| 1:47.5 | Matt, the Little Britain catchphrases now are part of everybody's everyday life, |
| 1:52.2 | the yeah but no-but and the only gay in the village. |
| 1:53.8 | Do they follow you around everywhere you go? |
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