Jarvis Cocker - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Pulp's singer and musician, Jarvis Cocker is castaway by Sue Lawley.

Jarvis formed the band Pulp in the late 1970s and says that as a gawky, self-conscious teenager he felt pop music did not properly inform him about the disappointments and miseries of growing up - and he was determined to write songs that included "the messy bits and the awkward, fumbling bits".

He had to wait more than a decade to find success - but Pulp went on to become one of the most popular bands of the 1990s, with hits including Do You Remember the First Time? Sorted For Es And Wizz and Common People.

The band's crowning glory was its performance of 'Common People' at the Glastonbury festival in 1995.

The following year, Jarvis Cocker made headlines again - this time the tabloid front pages after he invaded the stage while Michael Jackson was performing at the pop industry's annual awards ceremony. Fans were thrilled, but it marked the beginning of a difficult time in the singer's life.

Now he is married with a young son and living in Paris and has recently written songs for Nancy Sinatra and Marianne Faithfull as well as writing the music for the film Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.

DISC ONE: Theme - Robert Mellin
DISC TWO: Transmission - Joy Division
DISC THREE: Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pigeon
DISC FOUR: Ten Guitars - Engelbert Humperdinck
DISC FIVE: The War is Over - Scott Walker
DISC SIX: Lady With the Braid - Dory Previn
DISC SEVEN: I See a Darkness - Johnny Cash
DISC EIGHT: Sailing By - Ronald Binge

BOOK CHOICE: Sombrero Fallout - Richard Brautigan
LUXURY CHOICE: A bed with a mosquito net
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Sailing By - Ronald Binge

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Producer: Leanne Buckle

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.

Further episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010

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