麻豆约拍

From Bruce Springsteen to The Jam.

Comedian Micky Flanagan shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

Micky found mainstream success as a comic in 2007 with his autobiographical 'What Chance Change?' show at the Edinburgh fringe, where he was nominated as best newcomer.

Raised in London's East End, he left school at 15 with no qualifications and followed his dad into work as a fish porter at Billingsgate fish market. When he quit that job, he spent a summer working in a kitchen in New York, and then returned to London to spend much of the 1980s working in the furniture trade. When his business collapsed, he worked as a window cleaner and decorator.

He played truant through much of his secondary school career, but in his mid-20s he studied for a GCSE in English and later gained a place at City University, London, graduating with Social Sciences degree. He trained to become a teacher and then discovered comedy through night classes.

Sell-out UK tours and appearances on 'Mock the Week' and 'Would I Lie to You' followed, and he's made two TV series for Sky - 'Detour De France' and 'Micky Flanagan: Thinking Aloud'.

DISC ONE: Help Me Make It Through The Night - John Holt
DISC TWO: Sail Away - David Gray
DISC THREE: That's Entertainment - The Jam
DISC FOUR: There Is Power in a Union - Billy Bragg
DISC FIVE: Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
DISC SIX: Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
DISC SEVEN: Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
DISC EIGHT: Searching (feat. Luther Vandross) - Change

BOOK CHOICE - A dictionary of philosophy
LUXURY ITEM - A handheld vacuum cleaner
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Help Me Make It Through The Night - John Holt

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in November 2017.