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Sara Pascoe, comedian and writer

Sara Pascoe, comedian and writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Sara Pascoe is a comedian and writer who has appeared on programmes including QI, Taskmaster and the Great British Sewing Bee. She is also a screenwriter and the author of three books including her debut novel Weirdo which won the inaugural Jilly Cooper Prize for fiction last year.

Sara was born in Dagenham and grew up in Romford. She joined a drama club when she was 14 and set her heart on an acting career but failed to get a place at drama school. She read English Literature at the University of Sussex and after graduating took on various jobs to make ends meet including a stint as a London tour bus guide.

In 2007 she performed her first comedy gig to an audience of 12 people in a south London pub. Even though no-one laughed at her jokes, she was well and truly bitten by the stand-up bug and the following year was joint runner-up at the Funny Women Awards. In 2010 she performed her first show at the Edinburgh Festival and appeared on the 麻豆社鈥檚 Live at the Apollo two years later.

She is currently touring her latest stand-up tour, I Am A Strange Gloop. Sara lives in London with her husband Steen Raskopoulos and their two children.

DISC ONE: Rhythm Of Life - Sammy Davis Jr. And Ensemble (from Sweet Charity)
DISC TWO: Never Forget - Take That
DISC THREE: Telemachus - Pascoe & Martin
DISC FOUR: Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
DISC FIVE: Gett Off - Prince & The New Power Generation
DISC SIX: Rock Star - N.E.R.D
DISC SEVEN: Best Friend - 50 Cent
DISC EIGHT: Wizardry - Self Esteem

BOOK CHOICE: 1984 by George Orwell
LUXURY ITEM: A typewriter
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Telemachus - Pascoe & Martin

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Paula McGinley

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Music Played

  • Sammy Davis Jr., Joseph Gershenson

    Rhythm Of Life

    • Sweet Charity.
    • Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC.
    • 8.

  • Take That

    Never Forget

    • Take That Greatest Hits.
    • RCA Records Label.
    • 2.

  • Pascoe & Martin

    Telemachus

    • Here Comes Everything.
    • De la Catessen Records.
    • 1.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Scar Tissue

    • Californication (Deluxe Edition).
    • Warner Records.
    • 3.

  • Prince & The New Power Generation

    Gett Off

    • Diamonds and Pearls (2023 Remaster).
    • Warner Records.
    • 7.

  • N*E*R*D

    Rock Star

    • In Search Of....
    • Virgin Catalog.
    • 10.

  • 50 Cent

    Best Friend

    • Get Rich Or Die Tryin'- The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • G-Unit Records.
    • 17.

  • Self Esteem

    Wizardry

    • Prioritise Pleasure.
    • Fiction.
    • 2.

Broadcasts

  • Sunday 10:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Friday 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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