Kathy Burke on being saved by punk as a moody teenager

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  Welcome to Desert Island Discs Postcards.

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  I'm Lauren Laverne.

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  We've cast away thousands of people to our imaginary desert island, among them many actors.

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  Our cast away today is the actor and comedian Kathy Burke,

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  who burst onto our TV screens when she appeared in sketches about Kevin and Perry opposite Harry Enfield.

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  She spoke to Kirsty Young in 2010 and told her more about Perry, the prepubescent schoolboy.

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  Perry was, well, 13, hitting 14, I think.

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  OK, yes, and all the hormones coming into play.

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  Where did you go for that?

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  Where did you get that sort of characterisation from?

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  Were you thinking about your brothers?

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  No, I was thinking more of myself.

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  I think Perry is probably the closest I've ever played to myself, really, because I was quite an awkward.

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  I hated being a teenager.

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  I really hated it.

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  I just didn't know what was going on or what I was turning into.

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  I think when I hit 13, I looked 45. Something happened to my hair, my face.

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  I don't know what went on.

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  It was just something out of the Black Lagoon came merging and just felt very awkward.

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  So it was really lovely then to play Perry and to sort of remember...

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