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This Week's Guest:
Jane Horrocks
8 October 2006
Repeated
13 October 2006 |
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Jane's Choice |
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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the actress Jane Horrocks.
She specialises in unconventional, complex roles - from the eccentric secretary Bubble in the cult sit-com Absolutely Fabulous to a bulimic teenager in Mike Leigh's film Life is Sweet. But the role that brought her the greatest public recognition and critical acclaim was Little Voice. Written especially for her, it told the story of a cripplingly shy girl who only finds liberation and expression when she takes on the voices of musical legends. Jane Horrocks's ability to sing like Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe, among others, was so convincing that the film's credits had to make it clear she had sung every note and not been dubbed by the originals.
The film had parallels with Jane's own life - as a shy school-girl, she too had discovered her facility for copying voices and would entertain family and friends with her portrayals of Shirley Bassey and Julie Andrews. She says that as soon as she found her gift she used it to win friends - and knew she had discovered her niche in life. |
1. I have Confidence
Performer Julie Andrews
Composer Rodgers and Hammerstein
CD Title The Sound of Music - original soundtrack
Track 5
Label RCA
Rec No: 07863 67965 2
2. Transmission
Performer Joy Division
Composer Joy Division
CD Title Substance
Track 5
Label CentreDate
Rec No: 5200142
3. Fred Fannakapan
Performer Gracie Fields
Composer Low/Haines
CD Title That Old Feeling: Gracie Fields
Track 8
Label ASV
Rec No: CDAJA5062
4. Like A Song
Performer U2
Composer U2
CD Title War
Track 4
Label Island
Rec No: CID112
5. Over the Rainbow
Performer Judy Garland
Composer H Arlen/E Harburg
CD Title Judy at Carnegie Hall
Track 19
Label Capitol
Rec No: CDP7464702
6. I Miss You
Performer Björk
Composer Björk/Howie Bernstein
CD Title Post: Björk
Track 9
Label One Little Indian
Rec No TPLP51CD
7. Alabama
Performer Neil Young
Composer Neil Young
CD Title Harvest
Track 8
Label Reprise
Rec No: 7599272392
8. The Alabama Song from Mahagonny (1929)
Performer Lotte Lenya
Composer Kurt Weill
CD Title Weill: Mahagonny
Track Cd1 trk 3
Label CBS
Rec No: M2K77341
Record: I Miss You
Book: Jamie's Dinners: The Essential Family Cookbook
Luxury: Endless supply of tissues
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