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Pauline Quirke

Sue Lawley's castaway is actor Pauline Quirke.

BBC TV's Birds Of A Feather is one of the country's favourite comedy programmes, attracting audiences of 14 or 15 million on a Sunday evening. This week, one of its co-stars, Pauline Quirke, will be cast well away from Chigwell as she prepares to set sail for Radio 4's desert island.

Known more famously perhaps as Sharon of Sharon 'n' Tracey, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her poor upbringing in London's East End, her first role as a child arsonist at the age of 10 in Dixon of Dock Green and her most recent appearance as a 22-stone putative murderess in The Sculptress.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Book: Crying With Laughter by Bob Monkhouse
Luxury: Shampoo

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Fri 10 May 199609:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Gloria Gaynor

      I Will Survive

      • The Greatest Dance Album Of All Time.
      • Dino Entertainment.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Big Spender

    • The Collection.
    • Music For Pleasure France.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt

    Orchestra: The New York Philharmonic Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

    • Peer Gynt Suites.
    • CBS.

  • Bobby Bloom

    Montego Bay

    • The Golden Years Of The 70s Vol 2.
    • Pickwick Music.

  • Pauline Quirke & Linda Robson

    What'll I Do?

  • Curtis Stigers

    People Like Us

    • Curtis Stigers.
    • Arista.

  • Bette Midler

    Wind Beneath My Wings

    • Beaches: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.

  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite

    • The Ultimate Rock N' Roll Collection.
    • Columbia.

  • Book Choice

    • Crying With Laughter - Bob Monkhouse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Shampoo

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestPauline Quirke

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 May 199612:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 10 May 199609:05
    BBC Radio 4

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