EP.275 - KATHY BURKE
6/16/20261 hr 17 min
Adam talks with English actor, comedian, writer and director Kathy Burke about her memoir A Mind Of My Own, including her relationship with her Dad, Punk, being a Two Tone skinhead, the comments that stoked Kathy's anxiety over her appearance and the kind words of Clash frontman Joe Strummer, the genesis of Kathy's character Perry, meeting Peter Cooke, frustrations on the set of Straight To Hell, plus thoughts on comfy trainers, painful bras and getting older.
CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 5 June, 2026
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Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.
Podcast illustration by Helen Green
SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (Audible)
ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)
ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 April, 2026 (Roundhouse)
RELATED LINKS
CARE Directed by Alexander Zeldin, starring Linda Bassett - current run ends 11 July 2026 (The Young Vic)
KATHY ON ACTING AND BEAUTY - 1989 (YouTube)
JONATHAN ROSS - THE LAST RESORT featuring Kathy as Tina Bishop, a young Vic Reeves drawing portraits of guests (Keith Allen, Lysette Anthony, Roland Gift, and a heavily sedated Malcom McLaren) - 1988 (YouTube)
THE NYAH FEARTIES - Bludgeon Man on The Tube - 1986 (YouTube)
THE PROCLAIMERS - THROW THE R AWAY Debut performance on The Tube - 1987 (YouTube)
STRAIGHT TO HELL Directed by Alex Cox (Trailer) - 1987 (YouTube)
KATHY IN THE SID AND NANCY BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE - 1986 (YouTube)
KATHY COMEDY AWARDS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH for Gimme Gimme Gimme - 2002 (YouTube)
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First 90 secondsAdam Buxton· Host0:00
I added one more podcast to the giant podcast bin. Now you have plucked that podcast out and started listening. I took my microphone and found some human folk. Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke. My name is Adam Buxton. I'm a man. I want you to enjoy this, that's the plan. Hey, how you doing, podcats? It's Adam Buxton here. I'm reporting to you from a crunchy Norfolk farm track in the middle of June 2026. I'm here with my best dog friend, Rosie Buxton of Success Pod fame. How you doing, Rosie? I'd love to know when I'm getting paid. What'd you think those sausages were last night? Sausages? Sausages, yeah. Sausages? Yeah, sausages. Sausages. Yes. Hey, speaking of Success Pod, my new six-part comedy series on Audible, thank you so much to all of you who have checked it out, sprinkled it with stars, left a review. Much appreciated. It makes a big difference in the numbers-based ecosystem of a major audiobook platform. It's an important part of encouraging the powers that be to consider, um,