
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Kirsty Young interviews the comedian Lee Mack.
He writes and stars in the BBC One hit show "Not Going Out". His stand-up tours do great business and his lightening sharp comedy reflexes are also put to good use on a number of prime-time panel shows.
His first ever performance was doing impressions for his school mates, but it took him more than ten years to pluck up the courage to step on stage. Leaving school with two O'levels and a cheeky grin, he had a stint as Red Rum's stable boy and a bash at being a professional darts player.
He says of his comedy career "I'm the kind of person that, if I don't think it's hard work, I worry that it's not worthwhile. I have to feel as if I've struggled a bit."
Producer: Isabel Sargent.
 By BBC Radio 4
By BBC Radio 44.7
4545 ratings
Kirsty Young interviews the comedian Lee Mack.
He writes and stars in the BBC One hit show "Not Going Out". His stand-up tours do great business and his lightening sharp comedy reflexes are also put to good use on a number of prime-time panel shows.
His first ever performance was doing impressions for his school mates, but it took him more than ten years to pluck up the courage to step on stage. Leaving school with two O'levels and a cheeky grin, he had a stint as Red Rum's stable boy and a bash at being a professional darts player.
He says of his comedy career "I'm the kind of person that, if I don't think it's hard work, I worry that it's not worthwhile. I have to feel as if I've struggled a bit."
Producer: Isabel Sargent.

7,698 Listeners

1,042 Listeners

399 Listeners

5,429 Listeners

1,791 Listeners

1,781 Listeners

1,084 Listeners

1,921 Listeners

2,079 Listeners

162 Listeners

87 Listeners

67 Listeners

54 Listeners

42 Listeners

3,189 Listeners

735 Listeners

57 Listeners

1,618 Listeners

225 Listeners

109 Listeners

603 Listeners

46 Listeners

176 Listeners

517 Listeners

27 Listeners