About this episode

Adam Buxton interviews Kathy Burke about her memoir and various aspects of her life and career.

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 SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR Q&A EPISODE : Adambuxtonpodcast@gmail.com 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…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Buxton

Guest: Kathy Burke

Topics covered

• memoir
• anxiety
• acting
• comedy
• aging
• punk culture

Keywords

• Kathy Burke
• memoir
• anxiety
• Joe Strummer
• acting
• comedy
• aging
• punk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hattrick, Audible

Books & works: A Mind Of My Own

Places: London

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