Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.
Tommy Tiernan
Tommy Tiernan is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and extraordinary talk show host, extraordinary because on The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE he doesn’t know who his guest is until they walk on, there’s no script or preparation, so the conversation can go anywhere, and it does! As a comedian, he’s won the big award and even though his sense of humour has on occasions been controversial, he maintains there’s never malice intended. Tommy also has a podcast and is famous for playing Da Gerry in Derry Girls Although he was born in Ireland he had a peripatetic early life as you’ll hear in his Inheritance Tracks...Inherited: Amhrán na bhFiann, the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland.
Passed on: Maka Hannya HaramittaProducer: Glyn Tansley
2/24/2024 • 5 minutes, 55 seconds
Adam Hills
Adam Hills is a seriously funny man, and most well known as host of Channel 4’s hugely successful The Last Leg on Friday nights. Born in Sydney without a right foot, he turned his disability to his advantage and often referred to it in his comedy. His first stand up show was in 1997, and he became a hit at the Melbourne International comedy festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. Some alternative commentating on the 2012 London Summer Paralympics led to Channel 4 giving him his own series, which has now broadcast its 300th episode. Inherited: Crying by Roy Orbison
Passed on: One Day Like This by ElbowProducers: Ben Mitchell and Lowri Morgan
2/17/2024 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Richard Hammond
The Grand Tour presenter and lover of high-speed adventures Richard Hammond, was born in Birmingham, the eldest of three boys, and describes himself growing up as ‘a little fella’ in a close-knit family.His first broadcasting experience, and love, was not TV but local radio and as bass guitar player we wondered what his Inheritance Tracks might be.Inherited: Call Me The Breeze by J.J. Cale
Passed on: Memphis Soul Stew by King CurtisProducer: Ben Mitchell and Lowri Morgan
2/10/2024 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Jonathan Agnew
Millions of cricket fans all over the world have grown up with Jonathan Agnew’s voice as he’s expertly guided us through the highs and lows of the best sport ever invented. He’s joined Test Match Special in 1991 after a very successful career as a fast bowler for Leicestershire and a slightly less successful career as a fast bowler for England – which he often jokes about on air. He’s a keen flyer (he has a pilot’s licence), a keen dog owner (he has two) and also a lover of music. But what music? Let’s find out... Inherited: You're a Lady by Peter Skellern
Pass on: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina SimoneProducer: Ben Mitchell
2/3/2024 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
Iain Stirling
Iain Stirling started doing stand-up while studying law at University in Edinburgh and quickly drew the attention of the comedy world. Soon after, his popularity grew, and now sells out venues all over the country. In 2015 he became the voice of ITV2's dating show Love Island.He also clearly loves music so we asked him to share with us the song that have changed his life.Inherited: Africa, Toto
Passed on: The Modern Leper, Frightened Rabbit Producer: Ben Mitchell
1/27/2024 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
Keith Brymer Jones
The London born ceramic artist Keith Brymer-Jones, who regularly wells up when he’s moved by beauty and effort on The Great Pottery Throw Down, was eleven years old when he made his first pottery object.After a brief stint in the punk band The Wigs, he got an apprenticeship at Harefield Pottery in London and learned to make modern ceramics. We asked him to turn his hand to this week's Inheritance Tracks...Inherited: Fantasy by Earth, Wind and Fire
Passed on: I Feel Love by Donna SummerProducer: Ben Mitchell
1/20/2024 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Owain Wyn Evans
Owain Wyn Evans has been working in broadcasting since he was 18. He's an accomplished television and radio presenter and shot to superstardom during the pandemic in 2020 as the drumming weather presenter playing along to the BBC News Theme. He became a viral sensation and in 2021 he raised an extraordinary £3million for Children in Need by drumming non-stop for 24 hours. This week he took a break from warming up for Zoe Ball on Radio 2’s Early Breakfast Show to reflect on his inheritance tracks...Inherited: The Masquerade by the Carpenters
Passed on: This Hell by Reena SawayamaProducer: Ben Mitchell
1/13/2024 • 6 minutes, 33 seconds
James May
When he’s not working on his own gin brand, or his latest book, or guest editing the Today programme former petrol head James May is perhaps best known as the thinking man’s car guy from Top Gear and Grand Tour. His trademark wry humour and self-deprecation make him an interesting TV presenter, no matter what he turns his attention to and he’s an excellent travel guide on the various James May Our Man In... series. Born in Bristol, one of four children, he spent his teenage years in South Yorkshire and as someone who studied music at university and who’s apparently a rather accomplished musician. We asked James what his Inheritance Tracks might be.Inherited: Dream Darling Dream by McGuinness Flint
Passed On: Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceProducer: Ribika Moktan
1/6/2024 • 7 minutes, 19 seconds
Wynne Evans
Opera singer Wynne Evans was indelibly etched into the UK’s collective TV watching consciousness when he played Gio Compario - the moustachioed opera singer in those famous comparison site adverts. Born in South-West Wales, Wynne is a professionally trained opera star and his operatic roles have seen him onstage at major opera houses here in the UK and across the globe, with his debut album ‘A Song in My Heart’ went to Number 1 in the classical charts. This year, he won Celebrity MasterChef with a starter of Carmarthen-Japanese Tuna Tartare and a main course of Welsh lamb on samphire.We asked Wynne to share his equally delicious Inheritance Tracks with us...Inherited: Be My Love by Mario Lanza
Passed on: Laudate Dominum - Vesperae Solennes de Confessore by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartProducer: Ben Mitchell
12/30/2023 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Sandi Toksvig
Writer, comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig was born in Denmark to a Danish father and English mother and was brought up in Europe, Africa and the United States. She’s done it all; politics, children's books, theatre plays, the great British Bake Off, and taken part in pretty much every panel show worth its salt, including of course hosting QI, the much loved and quite interesting panel show she’s hosted on television since 2016. She was one of the members of the first all female comedy groups at Cambridge’s Footlights whilst gaining a first class degree, and in 2015 she co founded the Women's Equality Party. President of the Writers Guild of Great Britain, her writing credits take in radio, television and the stage. Inherited: Secret Love by The Oscar Peterson Trio
Passed on: Don't Rain on my Parade by Barbara StreisandProducer: Ben Mitchell
12/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Kelvin Fletcher
Kelvin Fletcher is best known for his portrayal of Andy Sugden in Emmerdale, a role he played for twenty years, and for which he won Best Actor at the British Soap awards for his portrayal. When he was just six years old he went to Oldham Theatre Workshop where, before getting his big break in 1996.He’s a father of four and a keen motor racer, and documented his buying of a 120 acre farm in the Peak District in a BBC documentary and in 2019 he won Strictly Come Dancing with his dancing partner Oti Mabuse.Inherited: Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson
Passed on: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the WailersProducer: Ben Mitchell
12/16/2023 • 5 minutes, 58 seconds
Lucy Worsley
Before Lucy Worsley became a fixture on our TV screens as a trusted architectural and social historian she wanted to be either a spy, a witch or a nun. But her father was a geologist and he wanted Lucy to be a scientist, so when she switched from the sciences to the humanities he was unimpressed and told her she’d never earn a living with a history degree! It was a visit to Mompesson House, a National Trust property in Salisbury, when she was 18 that made her realise that keeping a historical place going was an actual job and one that spoke to her - she’s now Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces with an office in Hampton Court Palace. So who, what and when will her Inheritance Tracks come from?Inherited: Mozart Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major played by Maria João Pires
Passed on: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: The Seventh Service sung by The Choir of HM Chapel RoyalProducer: Ben Mitchell
12/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Romesh Ranganathan
This edition of Inheritance Tracks are chosen by Jonathan Ranganathan – better known, of course, by his middle name, Romesh. The comedian, presenter and DJ was born in West Sussex in the late 1970s to Sri Lankan parents. When he was 11, a friend left a cassette-tape at his house – labelled Public Enemy. Romesh listened – and that day, his love of hip-hop music began. But not just hip-hop. Music has been a huge part of his family’s story...across the generations.Inherited: Love Come Down by Evelyn "Champagne" King
Passed on: Juicy by The Notorious B.I.GProducers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
12/2/2023 • 6 minutes, 8 seconds
Adam Henson
If farmer, TV presenter and writer Adam Henson was a stick of rock the word Cotswolds would be sweetly written through him.
He’s loved by millions of Countryfile viewers and probably a lot of lambs, Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs, Highland cattle and horses too.
And he knows a thing or two about how food gets from farm to fork being an ambassador for British farming.
But will his Inheritance Tracks be pastorales, reflecting the bucolic nature of his life?
Inherited: Too Much Pressure by The Specials
Passed on: Pencil Full of Lead by Paolo Nutini
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
11/25/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Miles Jupp
The actor, writer, comedian and Radio 4 treasure, Miles Jupp has been delighting audiences for decades; from Balamory to The News Quiz and Rev.
Miles recently shared the news that he’d suffered a brain seizure - requiring complex neurosurgery.
Happily, he’s has made a good recovery, and he's about to go on tour...no doubt with his favourite music playing in the car as he criss-crosses the country.
Inherited: Just an Old Fashioned Girl by Eartha Kit
Passing on: Wherever You Roam by The Proclaimers
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
11/18/2023 • 5 minutes, 58 seconds
Derren Brown
Derren Brown amazes audiences with his extraordinary illusions and showmanship, as a mentalist and magic creator.
He captivates with his charm and is also disarmingly forthright and emotionally eloquent which is evident in his writing, podcast Bootcamp and painting.
Born in London and brought up in Purley, which he describes as the epitome of middle-class suburbia, Derren studied law and German at Bristol University which is where his Inheritance Tracks begin...
Inherited: The Prelude to the 1st Cello Suite by J S Bach
Passed on: Debussy's Brier played by Vikingur Olafsson
Producer: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
11/11/2023 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Tim Peake
From the moment he became a cub scout in Sussex in the 1970s, Tim Peake wanted to have adventures.
He joined the army...became an Apache helicopter pilot...and then set his sights even higher...A LOT higher.
As an astronaut, he became the first Brit to walk in space during a voyage to the International Space Station.
But what kind of music did he listen to while he was up there?
Inherited: It Must be Love by Labi Siffre
Passed on: Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses
Producer: Ben Mitchell
11/4/2023 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Kate Bottley
The Reverend Kate Bottley is a not your run of the mill vicar...
...since rising to fame on Channel 4’s Gogglebox she’s gone on to become a writer and broadcaster on the likes of Songs of Praise, and you can hear her every Sunday with Jason Mohammad (formerly of this parish) on Radio 2’s Good Morning Sunday.
Kate’s latest book, Have a Little Faith, isn’t out to convert, quite the opposite, it’s a guidebook on how to navigate life’s ups and downs, be kind, and face your own challenges armed with hope...and plenty of lasagne.
So, with all that in mind, I’m praying for a miraculous set of Inheritance Tracks.
Inherited: Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
Pass on: Come Healing by Leonard Cohen
10/28/2023 • 6 minutes, 2 seconds
Simon Farnaby
Simon Farnaby is famed for his parts in Ghosts, Horrible Histories and Detectorists, but it's his starring role in that iconic sketch from the Diamond Jubilee, seen over 30 million times on YouTube, in which he served the late Queen tea with Paddington Bear.
Indeed, he was one of the writers of Paddington 2 – and his latest screenplay, Wonka, is actually a musical origin story of Roald Dahl’s eccentric chocolatier.
But Simon's Inheritance Tracks are not necessarily the golden ticket he'd have hoped for.
Inherited: Little Town by Cliff Richard
Passed on: Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
10/21/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Helen Skelton
She’s cycled to the South Pole, ran the Namibia ultra-marathon, kayaked the entire length of the River Amazon, solo, yet competing on Strictly made TV presenter and adventurer, Helen Skelton feel most vulnerable.
Helen began her presenting career at Newsround and has been a household name since 2008, when she became a Blue Peter presenter and graduated to Countryfile.
Her new memoir In My Stride charts her life from being raised on a dairy farm outside Cumbria to becoming a household name on Blue Peter and Countryfile.
What then, will she choose for her Inheritance Tracks?
Inherited: One Way or Another by Blondie
Passing on: Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
10/14/2023 • 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Tom Kerridge
Chef Tom Kerridge is more than just a Michelin-starred foodie – he's a TV presenter, author and entrepreneur.
Married to sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Tom’s new book ‘Pub Kitchen: The Ultimate Modern British Food Bible’ was recently published and we asked him to serve up his Inheritance Tracks.
Inherited: English Rose by The Jam
Passed on: Proof by I Am Kloot
As featured on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live on 07/10/2023. Presented by Olly Mann and Nikki Bedi.
Producer: Ben Mitchell/Gareth Nelson-Davies
10/7/2023 • 5 minutes, 38 seconds
Alan Fletcher
Casual, fun, yet competent and assuring Alan Fletcher's character, Dr Karl Kennedy, along with his on-screen wife Susan, was a genuine tea-time idol to a generation.
What you might not know is that the actor is a country music aficionado, part of a burgeoning Australian Americana scene, and at the age of 65, he's just released his first solo album.
As Neighbours returns to our screens we asked him to share his inheritance tracks.
Inherited: Going up the Country by Canned Heat
Passed on: We are Vampires by Jason Isbell
Producer: Ben Mitchell
9/30/2023 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Mawaan Rizwan
The actor, comedian and writer Mawaan Rizwan, recently told the NME, “In every job I do, I want to smash the box that people put me in”.
Born in Pakistan, Mawaan’s family moved to the UK when he was three, he grew up in East London, with a mother who’d been a child star in Pakistan so if the performance gene were a thing, he very much has it it.
As an actor he’s played roles in Simon Amstell’s Benjamin and Carnage, he wrote for the hit Netflix series Sex Education, and you can see his new surreal BBC Three series Juice on iPlayer.
What then, will his Inheritance Tracks be?
Inherited: Mera Laung Gawacha by Musarrat Nazir
Pass on: Paper Planes by MIA
Producer: Ben Mitchell
9/23/2023 • 6 minutes, 35 seconds
Geoff Norcott
If you type ‘right wing comedian’ into a search engine the top answer will be Geoff Norcott.
Amazingly...the second, third and fourth results would also be the comedian and podcaster.
He's certainly cornered his niche making us laugh on Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, and his own stand-up special for Radio 4 Geoff-erendum.
But, ironically, it seems Geoff doesn't necessarily skew right, when it comes to at least one of his musical heroes – as we discovered, when we asked him to share his Inheritance Tracks.
Inherited: Itchycoo Park by Small Faces
Pass on: Zoo Station by U2
Producer: Ben Mitchell
9/16/2023 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
Richard Osman
Born in Billericay, Richard Osman got his first taste for broadcasting on BBC Radio Sussex, when he was still at school. He read Politics and Sociology at Cambridge and then worked behind the scenes in TV before creating and co-presenting the BBC quiz show, Pointless.
His own show, Richard Osman’s House of Games followed, another huge success, and along the way he’s managed to become an international best-selling crime fiction author!
It all began with The Thursday Murder Club in 2020 and with the fourth book in the wildly popular series on the horizon we asked him to put down that feather quill and share his Inheritance Tracks with us.
Inherited: Life on Mars by David Bowie
Pass on: Boring People by Pet Shop Boys
Producer: Ben Mitchell
9/9/2023 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn - actor, poet, musician - he can do pretty much anything.
On stage and screen, he’s played Albert Einstein, Richard Burton and David Bowie - and in the studio he’s recorded albums of classic folk as well as the title track for The Detectorists.
Johnny took a break from playing a political broadcaster in his new show The Lovers to tell us about the musicians who have inspired him throughout his life.
Inherited: Joe Hill by Paul Robeson
Passing on: Close My Eyes by Arthur Russell
Producer: Ben Mitchell
9/2/2023 • 5 minutes, 28 seconds
Rose Matafeo
Comedian, writer and actor Rose Matafeo grew up in New Zealand, the daughter of a Samoan father and a mother with Scottish/Croatian heritage. In 2018 she won the prestigious ‘Best Show’ at The Edinburgh Fringe for ‘Horndog' - only the second woman, and the first person of colour, to win it. As an actor, she was brilliant in the New Zealand movie Baby Done and she’s soon to be back on our screens in season three of her hit BBC series Starstruck.
We asked her to take a break from writing her new stand-up show and share her Inheritance Tracks with us.
Inherited: Ramblin' Rose by Nat King Cole
Passed on: Where am I going? by Barbra Streisand
Producer: Ben Mitchell
8/26/2023 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
Lou Sanders
You’ll no doubt have seen the comedian Lou Sanders on pretty much every tv comedy show; from Live at the Apollo, to 8 out of 10 Cats and she was even champion on Taskmaster.
Her memoir "What's that Lady Doing?" charts a life of mistakes with funny look at what happens when we work through our issues and come out the other side.
The songs she has chosen to cherish from her past and to pass on to the next generation might surprise you…in fact, they seem to have surprised her!
Inherited: Dido Bendigo by The Watersons
Passing On: Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan
Producer: Ben Mitchell
8/19/2023 • 5 minutes, 38 seconds
Ros Atkins
The BBC’s News Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, knew he wanted to be a journalist when he was ten years old.
He grew up in Cornwall and the Caribbean and read history at Cambridge.
He’s now a trusted broadcaster and a man synonymous with news and, he became a bit of a social media sensation with his explainer videos.
As he once dabbled as a drum’n’bass DJ we wondered what his Inheritance Tracks might be.
Inherited: The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
Passed on: Suite - Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Jesse Edwards
8/12/2023 • 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Alice Oseman
Award-winning author, illustrator and screen-writer Alice Oseman created the hugely popular “Heartstopper” series about two teenage boys, Nick and Charlie, falling in love at a British school. The story has been a sensation going from online-comic to printed book to blockbuster Netflix show.
Inherited: Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac
Pass On: Dance with me by Beabadoobe
Producer: Ben Mitchell
8/5/2023 • 5 minutes, 35 seconds
Dave Mustaine
The Megadeth frontman on the tracks that inspire him both personally and his music.
7/29/2023 • 5 minutes, 26 seconds
Rob Rinder
The barrister turned broadcaster reveals the music that is most important to him.
7/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Minnie Driver
Actor and musician Minnie Driver's breakout film roles include Circle of Friends, Grosse Pointe Blank and the hugely successful 1997 movie, Good Will Hunting, for which she was Oscar nominated.
You may have recently seen her in the movies Cinderella or Chevalier - and on TV in the US sitcom Speechless or in Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck here on the BBC.
Minnie’s side-hustles are equally successful, she’s a podcaster, essayist and memoirist with her ‘tell most memoir’ Managing Expectations; which is a collection of essays about her life.
She lives in California and is a passionate surfer and a doting mother to her teenage son Henry
We asked mellifluous Minnie to share her Inheritance Tracks with us...
Inherited: Save Your Love for Me by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley
Passing on: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell
7/15/2023 • 5 minutes, 56 seconds
Annie Macmanus
Annie MacManus, known professionally as Annie Mac, is the DJ turned author whose new book ‘The Mess We're In’ is a story about how music can break you down and build you back up again.
Annie presented shows on BBC Radio 1 for seventeen years and, as well as writing, performs at music festivals all over the world and at some of the biggest clubs.
Inherited: A Rainy Night in Soho by The Pogues
Pass On: No one knows me like the piano by Sampha
Producer: Ben Mitchell
7/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 19 seconds
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
After the indie rock band, The Audience, disbanded in the late 90’s, their lead singer began her solo career.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor had early solo hits like Murder on the Dancefloor and Groovejet (If This Ain't Love). Sophie has now released her seventh studio album, Hana.
BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live asked Sophie to share her Inheritance Tracks with us.
Inherited: Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
Passing on: Harmony Hall by Vampire Weekend.
Producers: Lowri Rhiannon Morgan and Leni Hatcher.
7/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 34 seconds
Guz Khan
Actor, writer and stand-up comedian Guz Khan was born in Birmingham and raised in Coventry.
The former humanities teacher quit his job to pursue a career in comedy after his social media videos gained a following.
He went on to create the hit BBC television series Man Like Mobeen, and the fourth series is currently streaming via the BBC iPlayer.
Inherited: Tumhein Dillagi Bhool Jani Paray Gi by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Passing on: Do For Love by Tupac Shakur
Producer: Ben Mitchell and Melanie Pearson
6/24/2023 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
Tanya Moodie
On her Instagram profile, actor Tanya Moodie describes herself as Buddhist, actor, Willow’s mum, Mini Bull terrier mum.
Born in Canada to Jamaican parents Tanya came to England at the age of 17 and got a place at RADA.
She’s since worked with the RSC and The National Theatre and on TV is known for her award-winning work on the BBC series Motherland and for the RTE show The Clinic
Inherited: Duppy Gunman by Ernie Smith
Passing on: Freeman in Paris by Joni Mitchell
Producer: Ben Mitchell
6/17/2023 • 6 minutes, 16 seconds
Ben Bailey Smith
You might know Ben Bailey Smith better as Doc Brown, an actor, comedian, rapper and screen writer. Ben was born to a Jamaican mother and English father in Willesden, north west London, his older sister is the celebrated writer Zadie Smith.
He started rapping when he was 15, competing in Rap Battles in the early 2000’s, and became a successful stand up comedian. His acting talents have appeared in huge tv series like Channel 4’s Inbetweeners and Derek, to BBC’s Doctor Who, The Split and Damilola, Our Loved Boy to name but a handful. Often his comedy, music and acting talents overlap; he’s very good at all of these things so why wouldn’t he often combine them.
In his podcast Shrink the Box, Ben and psychotherapist Sasha Bates analyse fictional tv characters like Omar from the Wire and Ross from Friends, trying to figure out why they are as they are.
Inherited: Looks is Deceiving by The Gladiators
Passing on: Doo Wop (That Thing) by Lauryn Hill
Producer: Ben Mitchell
6/10/2023 • 6 minutes, 55 seconds
Gaz Coombes
The frontman of one of the biggest music acts of the 90’s, Supergrass, Gaz was born in Oxford to a food scientist father and an English teaching mother.
The family moved to San Francisco for a few of Gaz’s formative years, before returning to Oxford and at 13, he met 15-year-old Danny Goffey on the school playing field and that was the beginning of musical history.
Supergrass released six studio albums in their 17 years and famously turned down an offer from Stephen Spielberg for the band to do a Monkees style TV series.
The band broke up in 2010 and although they reformed, and played Glastonbury last year, Gaz has been making critically acclaimed solo records and has just released his fourth album Turn the Car Around.
Inherited: My Father’s Name Is Dad by Fire
Passing on: Land by Patti Smith
Producer: Ben Mitchell
6/3/2023 • 6 minutes, 1 second
Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan was born in 1970 in Tooting, south London. He became a solicitor in the early 90’s specializing in Human rights issues, and an MP in 2005. He was first elected as London Mayor in 2016, becoming the third mayor of the city and its first Muslim mayor. In his new book 'Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency' he describes his reaction to being diagnosed with adult-onset asthma.
He reveals the music that was the soundtrack to the mad house he grew up in - and the inspirational song that politicised him.
Inherited: Our House by Madness
Passing on: Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2
Producer: Ben Mitchell
5/27/2023 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Dr Alex George
Alex George was an A & E doctor in London when he entered the nation’s consciousness by appearing on the fourth series of Love Island.
Although he initially returned to work on the ward, the media clamour for his talent eventually lured him away. Using his medical expertise, he hosted a podcast, made appearances on many of the nation’s favourite TV shows and then, in 2020, his youngest brother took his own life.
Alex then launched a campaign requesting the UK Government prioritise mental health amongst children and adolescents and he’s been focusing on Youth Mental Health ever since, writing two books and using his huge social media following to affect change.
He describes how he remembers his mother singing and dancing to Elton John, and reveals how the power of listening Ben Howard helped him through grief.
Inherited: Your Song by Elton John
Passing on: Keep Your Head Up by Ben Howard
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
5/20/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Mathew Baynton
Mathew Baynton is an actor, writer, comedian and musician – who shot to fame as part of the troop who brought us the historical and hysterical sketch show Horrible Histories on CBBC.
Since then, along with his fellow co-stars, he has gone on to create, write and star in the critically acclaimed BBC series – Ghosts.
He describes how he finds inspiration in both the light and shade of Leonard Cohen's songs, and takes great solace in Big Thief's lyrics when thinking of his children.
Music
Inherited - Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen
Pass on - Change by Big Thief
Producer: Ben Mitchell
5/13/2023 • 6 minutes, 10 seconds
Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain won him The Booker Prize in 2020.
It centres around an alcoholic single mother and her gay son navigating life on a Glasgow estate and it reflects Douglas’ own troubled upbringing.
After near homelessness he earned a place at The Royal College of Art…and went on to land in the epicentre of New York fashion, working for huge brands.
In this edition of the podcast Douglas discusses how the music of Nick Drake helped spark romance between him and his now husband, and why Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" keeps the spirit of his late brother alive.
Music
Inherited - Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Pass on - Sunny by Bobby Hebb
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell
5/6/2023 • 6 minutes, 32 seconds
Alex Jones
Alex Jones, is a broadcaster possibly best known and host of The One Show on BBC One.
But her new show Reunion Hotel sees her give people a unique chance to reunite with one person from your past in one-of-a-kind hotel.
In this edition of the podcast Alex reunites with the sound of Elton John playing on vinyl in the woodchip walls of her childhood home, and remembers the joy of the birth of her son thanks to Jason Mraz.
Music:
Inherited: Tiny Dancer by Elton John
Pass on: I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Lowri Rhiannon Morgan
4/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 6 seconds
Tony Robinson
Sir Tony Robinson is a multi-hyphenate; an actor, comedian, broadcaster and author whose career has, so far, spanned 50 years.
He’s probably best-known for playing turnip-brained Baldrick (who always had 'a cunning plan) in the iconic TV show Blackadder, and his twenty-year stint fronting Channel 4’s Time Team, a series inspired by own his passion for digging deep into the past, to understand the present.
His new podcast series “Cunningcast”, which sees him take the long view on the big stories of the day, is available now.
Music:
Inherited: The Man I Love by Billie Holiday
Pass on: Short People by Randy Newman
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
4/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Rufus Wainwright
In this edition of Inheritance Tracks Rufus Wainwright reveals the stories behind the music that continues to inspire him; from the highlands of Scotland to a powerful song gifted to his peers and contemporary gay men.
Rufus will be performing at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival on April 29th.
Music:
Inherited: Wild Mountain Thyme - Judy Collins
Pass on: Heading for Home by Peggy Seeger
4/15/2023 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Sophie Raworth
As well as being a consummate journalist, newsreader and broadcaster, Sophie does ‘beyond the limits’ running…the Marathon des Sables for example…for pleasure?!
In this edition of Inheritance Tracks she reveals the very personal stories behind the music that continues to inspire her and evoke such fond and beautiful memories; from her Grandfather's peerless piano performances to the raucously fun jazz nights with the Raworth house band.
Music:
Inherited: Franz Schubert - Impromptu
Pass on: Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
Producers:
Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
4/8/2023 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Elizabeth Day
For Elizabeth Day, nothing succeeds like failure as her award-winning podcast How To Fail With Elizabeth Day proves - and getting in the way of defeat once again is her new book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict.
In this edition of Inheritance Tracks she reveals how a warm down track in a spin class helped her through a tough time in her life and how the story behind one Abba classic struck a chord during her childhood growing up in Northern Ireland through The Troubles.
Music:
ABBA - Fernando
Andra Day - Rise Up
Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
4/1/2023 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Matthew Modine
Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto and On My Feelings by Ruby Modine
3/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
Anneka Rice
Joan Baez performing There but for fortune, Nina Simone: Feeling Good
3/18/2023 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
George Webster
I Feel by Teddy Thompson and Any Dream Will Do by Jason Donovan
3/11/2023 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Lily James
Eric Bibb, The Cape and Lianne La Havas, Green Papaya
3/7/2023 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Carlo Rovelli
Nothing Shines Unless It Burns by Belladonna and Fratres by Arvo Pärt
2/25/2023 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Andrew Roachford
Let's Stay Together by Al Green and Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield.
2/18/2023 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Sean Fletcher
He's Misstra Know-It-All by Stevie Wonder and Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
2/11/2023 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Chris Robshaw
If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red and California King Bed by Rihanna
2/4/2023 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Tom Allen
Saving All My Love for You by Whitney Houston and Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
1/28/2023 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
Blake Harrison
Photo credit: Joseph Sinclair
1/21/2023 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
George Takei
Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole and Don't Fence Me In by Gene Autry
1/14/2023 • 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Eliza Carthy
Good Morning Mr Walker by The Mighty Sparrow and Killer Queen by Queen
1/7/2023 • 8 minutes, 18 seconds
David Harewood
Everything I Own by Ken Boothe and Stevie Wonder, Living for the City
12/31/2022 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Tom Felton
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and All Things Must Pass by George Harrison.
12/24/2022 • 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Kate Hudson
The Promise by Bruce Springsteen and Simple Twist Of Fate by Bob Dylan
12/17/2022 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
William Shatner
Rocket Man by Elton John and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
12/10/2022 • 6 minutes, 20 seconds
Caroline Hirons
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by John Barry and Travelin' Soldier by The Chicks
12/3/2022 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Brian Johnson
Look over yonder wall by Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Broken Down Angel by Nazareth.
11/26/2022 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Michel Roux Jnr
Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf and Hiro by Soprano.
11/19/2022 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Hugh Bonneville
Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma - Melanie & Starman - David Bowie. Photo:Gavin Bond
11/12/2022 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
Dan Walker
Grandstand theme tune by Keith Mansfield and Heartache Tonight by the Eagles
11/5/2022 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Sharon D Clarke
Sweet Jamaica by Clancy Eccles and What’s Going on by Marvin Gaye
11/1/2022 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Gabby Logan
Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops and One Day Like This by Elbow
10/22/2022 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Billy Idol
Billy the Kid by Tex Ritter and Children of the Revolution by Marc Bolan and T-Rex.
10/15/2022 • 5 minutes, 51 seconds
Suzi Ruffell
You’re the First, the Last, My Everything by Barry White & Born This Way Lady Gaga
10/8/2022 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Jamie Oliver
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay/Otis Redding & Only To Be With You/Roachford Photo Paul Stuart
10/1/2022 • 8 minutes
Rylan Clark
Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen and Pure Shores by All Saints.
9/24/2022 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Karen Carney
Say You'll Be There by The Spice Girls & Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
9/17/2022 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Roddy Doyle
Photo credit: Anthony Woods
9/3/2022 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Jules Buckley
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley & Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich photo Suki Dhanda
8/27/2022 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Alison Balsom
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 by Bach and Con Alma by Dizzy Gillespie (Photo: Simon Fowler)
8/20/2022 • 8 minutes, 17 seconds
Kate Nash
Delirium Tremens by Christy Moore and Stay Wild by Shuga.
8/13/2022 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Paul Oakenfold
Rubberneckin' by Elvis Presley and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
8/6/2022 • 6 minutes, 14 seconds
Carol Kirkwood
Surfin USA by The Beach Boys and Love Will Keep Us Alive by The Eagles
7/30/2022 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Noma Dumezweni
Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba and O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps
7/23/2022 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
James Buckley
God Only Knows by the Beach Boys and Time For Heroes by The Libertines.
7/16/2022 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
Louis Theroux
Janie Jones - The Clash and Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green. Pic:Paul Marc Mitchell.
7/9/2022 • 8 minutes, 28 seconds
Karin Slaughter
Photo credit: Alison Rosa.
7/2/2022 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Labi Siffre
Il Canto sung by Luciano Pavarotti and Sail Away by Randy Newman.
6/25/2022 • 8 minutes, 16 seconds
James Nesbitt
Stardust by Nat King Cole and Star of the County Down by Van Morrison and the Chieftains
6/18/2022 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
Carl Davis, Last Train to Tomorrow and Bach Brandenburg concerto, Number 5.
6/11/2022 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
Sheila Hancock
White Cliffs of Dover by Vera Lynn and Feeling Good by Nina Simone
6/4/2022 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Brindley Sherratt
Beethoven: Fidelio, Mir ist so wunderbar and The Carpenters: We’ve Only Just Begun.
5/28/2022 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
Shobna Gulati
Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko by Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi and To Zion by Lauryn Hill
5/21/2022 • 7 minutes, 58 seconds
Grace Dent
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's Jackson, and The Human League, Being Boiled.
5/14/2022 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Dan Gillespie Sells
City of Dreams by Talking Heads and Together Again by Janet Jackson.
5/7/2022 • 7 minutes, 23 seconds
Gary Wilmot
Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin and Summer Breeze performed by the Isley Bothers
4/30/2022 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Jess Gillam
Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys and Stars - Nina Simone Live at Montreux 1976
4/23/2022 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Milton Jones
London Calling by The Clash and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
4/16/2022 • 8 minutes, 12 seconds
Patrick Gale
Kathleen Ferrier singing The Keel Row & Gabriel Faure's Piano Trio in D Minor
4/9/2022 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Craig Revel Horwood
Along the Road to Gundagai by Slim Dusty and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
4/2/2022 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Donna Leon
O Thou That Tellest from Messiah and As With Rosy Steps the Morn from Theodora by Handel
3/26/2022 • 8 minutes, 33 seconds
Andrew Garfield
Just a Gigolo by Louis Prima and Vincent by Don McClean. Photo credit: Monica Schipper
3/19/2022 • 8 minutes, 56 seconds
Rankin
English Rose by The Jam and Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
3/12/2022 • 8 minutes, 45 seconds
Trisha Goddard
I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin
3/5/2022 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Paterson Joseph
In Loving You, Junior English and Better Git it in Your Soul by Charles Mingus
2/26/2022 • 8 minutes, 45 seconds
Annie Nightingale CBE
Many A New Day from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma & Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
2/19/2022 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
Clive Myrie
Welcome to My World by Jim Reeves and So What by Miles Davis
2/12/2022 • 7 minutes, 37 seconds
Clemency Burton-Hill
Willow Weep for Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Vivaldi's Spring III recomposed by Max Richter
2/5/2022 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Neil Morrissey
Ray Stevens, The Streak and Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire
1/29/2022 • 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Sir Kenneth Branagh
Cyprus Avenue by Van Morrison and Rio by Michael Nesmith
1/22/2022 • 8 minutes, 29 seconds
Pam Ferris
You Are My Heart's Delight by Richard Tauber and Bonde by Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
1/15/2022 • 8 minutes, 58 seconds
Andy Summers
Manha de Carnaval by Luiz Bonfa and West Coast Blues by Wes Montgomery
1/8/2022 • 7 minutes, 55 seconds
Matt Goss
Your Song by Elton John and Piano Man by Billy Joel.
1/1/2022 • 9 minutes, 3 seconds
Patricia Hodge
Berceuse from Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure and Ring Out Wild Bells by Percy Fletcher
12/25/2021 • 8 minutes, 52 seconds
Josh Groban
‘S Wonderful - Tony Bennett and Move On sung by Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin
12/18/2021 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Mel Giedroyc
Hit me with your rhythm stick, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Sat in your lap by Kate Bush
12/11/2021 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Seth Lakeman
Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan and Beeswing by Richard Thompson.
12/4/2021 • 6 minutes, 49 seconds
Jack Dee
Downtown Petula Clarke and Really Free by John Otway and Wild Willy Barratt
11/27/2021 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Hannah Cockroft MBE
You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing and The Scientist by Coldplay.
11/20/2021 • 7 minutes, 49 seconds
Anne Lady Glenconner
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Platters and Nimrod, Edward Elgar
11/13/2021 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Miriam Margolyes
MacCrimmon’s Lament - Jeannie Robertson & Cecilia Bartoli - Agitata Da Due Venti, Vivaldi
11/6/2021 • 8 minutes, 10 seconds
Pete Tong
Jingo performed by Santana and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
10/30/2021 • 8 minutes, 15 seconds
John Barnes
You’ll Never Walk Alone performed by Shirley Jones and Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness
10/23/2021 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
Bobby Gillespie
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by June Tabor, and Joe Hill by The Dubliners.
10/16/2021 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Bernardine Evaristo
Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole & Bridge Over Troubled Water sung by Roberta Flack
10/9/2021 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Robin Ince
Geoffrey Burgon's Theme from Brideshead Revisited and Batyar by The Ukrainians.
10/2/2021 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Hannah Mills MBE
Creep by Radiohead and A Thousand Trees by Stereophonics
9/25/2021 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Tez Ilyas
Mubarak Ho Tum Sabko Haj Ka Mahina by Shabbir Kumar and Tappe by Surinder Rattan
9/18/2021 • 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Neil Oliver
La Mer by Charles Trenet and Martha by Tom Waits
9/11/2021 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Ann Cleeves
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific and Farewell to Stromness, Peter Maxwell Davies
9/4/2021 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Lynda La Plante
The Great Pretender by The Platters & Nessun Dorma from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti
8/28/2021 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Frankie Bridge
I Heard it Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye and Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin.
8/21/2021 • 7 minutes, 52 seconds
Emma Barnett
Cheek to Cheek by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong and The Time is Now by Moloko
8/14/2021 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
David Thewlis
Vincent by Don McLean and 11.59 by Blondie
8/10/2021 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
Andy Hamilton
It’s Impossible by Perry Como and It Doesn’t Matter Anymore sung by Buddy Holly.
7/31/2021 • 7 minutes, 46 seconds
Deborah Moggach
Ella Fitzgerald: Thanks for the Memory and Dory Previn: The Lady with the Braid.
7/25/2021 • 8 minutes, 2 seconds
Caitlin Moran
Sister Suffragette from Mary Poppins and Something Good by Utah Saints.
7/17/2021 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Anita Rani
Kiya Hai Pyar Jise Humne Zindagi by Jagjit Singh and Incredible by M-Beat
7/10/2021 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Michael Rosen
Tom Lerher’s Wernher von Braun, Young Hearts Run Free, Candi Staton
7/3/2021 • 8 minutes, 6 seconds
George The Poet
And the Beat Goes On by The Whispers and Collateral Damage by Burna Boy
6/26/2021 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Keisha Buchanan
I Wanna Be Down by Brandi and Right Here by SWV
6/19/2021 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell
Chopin Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor and Tippett, A Child of our Time
6/12/2021 • 7 minutes, 59 seconds
Victoria Hislop
Take Five by Dave Brubeck and Pio Poli by Michalis Hatzigiannis
6/5/2021 • 8 minutes, 37 seconds
Darcey Bussell
Dancing Queen by Abba and Prokofiev's Adagio from Cinderella
5/29/2021 • 8 minutes
Mary Beard
Bridge over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel, Sisters are doin' it... by Eurythmics
5/22/2021 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Jonathan Dimbleby
Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, the final movement.
5/15/2021 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Anya Hindmarch
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere and Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie
5/8/2021 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Deborah Meaden
Smooth Sailing by The Temptations and Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye
5/1/2021 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Liz Kershaw
Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea and You Could Be Mine by Guns N' Roses
4/24/2021 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Steve Davis
Sea Song by Robert Wyatt and Swimming with the Snake by Tim Smith
4/17/2021 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Alice Cooper
The Yardbirds' Train Kept a Rollin’ and Thunderclap Newman, Something in the air
4/10/2021 • 8 minutes, 17 seconds
Mica Paris
Come Live with Me Angel by Marvin Gaye and Tom Browne- Funkin for Jamaica.
4/3/2021 • 8 minutes, 7 seconds
Philip Schofield
Unforgettable by Nat King Cole and Make Me Smile by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
3/27/2021 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
Craig Charles
Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit and Wilson Pickett's Hey Jude
3/20/2021 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Nicky Campbell
Smile by Nat King Cole and Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
3/13/2021 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Gabrielle
What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner and Islands in the Stream
3/6/2021 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Stuart MacBride
I Wanna Be Like You, Kenny Ball; My Chemical Romance, Welcome to the Black Parade
2/27/2021 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Stella Duffy
Life on Mars by David Bowie and You Got To Run by Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
2/20/2021 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Desi Girl by Shankar Mahadevan and The First Time I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
2/13/2021 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Jonny Greenwood
Sweetheart Contract by Magazine, Brotherhood of Man by Oscar Peterson with Terry Clarke
2/6/2021 • 8 minutes, 8 seconds
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Some Enchanted Evening by Giorgio Tozzi and Prokofiev's 7th Piano Sonata
1/30/2021 • 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Anna Friel
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi by Radiohead, and Heart on Ice by Desi Friel
1/23/2021 • 8 minutes, 1 second
YolanDa Brown
What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye and Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing by Tori Kelly
1/16/2021 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Skin
Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise and Nina Simone singing Strange Fruit
1/9/2021 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Andrew O'Hagan
This Is My Life by Shirley Bassey and Falling and Laughing by Orange Juice
1/4/2021 • 7 minutes, 53 seconds
Jools Holland
Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Love Made Them Do It by Ruby Turner
12/26/2020 • 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Sheila Ferguson
What Are You Doing New Years Eve/ Nancy Wilson & When Will I See You Again/Three Degrees
12/26/2020 • 6 minutes, 27 seconds
Don Black
Besame Mucho, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and The Way You Look Tonight, Fred Astaire
12/19/2020 • 6 minutes, 50 seconds
Richard Armitage
Dance Of The Blessed Spirits by C.W. Gluck and On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter
12/12/2020 • 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Mark Watson
The Logical Song by Supertramp and In The New Year by The Walkmen.
12/5/2020 • 8 minutes, 27 seconds
John Lanchester
JS Bach, Partita no. 1 in B flat major and Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees
11/28/2020 • 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Ken Follett
Myfanwy by Cor Meibion Dolgellau A'r Cylch & Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen
11/21/2020 • 8 minutes, 22 seconds
Hank Marvin
Rock Island Line performed by Lonnie Donegan and Joshua by Allan Holdsworth.
11/14/2020 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Sophie Kinsella
The Seekers' Five Hundred Miles, F. Couperin's "Les Baricades Mysterieuses", A Hewitt
11/7/2020 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Jodie Prenger
D.I.S.C.O by Ottawan and Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell.
10/31/2020 • 8 minutes, 38 seconds
Jamie Redknapp
Easy by The Commodores and The Notorious B.I.G - Juicy.
10/24/2020 • 8 minutes, 4 seconds
Bernard Cornwell
Alison Krauss, Down to the River to Pray and Voces8, Pie Jesu from Fauré’s Requiem
10/17/2020 • 7 minutes, 17 seconds
Tori Amos
Ain't Misbehavin' by Fats Waller and Really Love by D'Angelo and the Vanguard
10/10/2020 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Susie Dent
Calypso by John Denver and Me, Myself, I, by Joan Armatrading.
9/26/2020 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Jay Rayner
A Fats Waller Medley from Ain't Misbehavin and Night Boat to Cairo by Madness
9/19/2020 • 7 minutes, 41 seconds
Ruby Turner
Aretha Franklin, Don't Play That Song, and Gladys Knight, Licence to Kill.
9/12/2020 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Ed Balls
Former politician Ed Balls chooses 'Dopo notte, atra e funesta' from Handel's Ariodante and 'We Shall Overcome' by Pete Seeger.
9/5/2020 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Zawe Ashton
Crazy Love Vol II by Paul Simon and Don’t Touch My Hair by Solange featuring Sampha.
8/29/2020 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Matt Haig
Don't you Want Me - the Human League and It's Quiet Uptown from the Hamilton soundtrack.
8/22/2020 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
Fay Ripley
Streisand/Garland Happy days are here again/Get Happy and Nicky Mulvey Fever to the Form
8/15/2020 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
Tony Hadley
My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
8/8/2020 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Deborah Bull
Streets of London by Ralph McTell and Bury Me Naked by Merry Hell
8/1/2020 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Jessie Ware
I Get a Kick Out of You by Ella Fitzgerald and Love is Stronger than Pride by Sade.
7/25/2020 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Fern Britton
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of summer by Nat King Cole and Natural Woman by Carole King
7/18/2020 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Martha Wainwright
Me Myself I by Joan Armatrading and Going to a Town by Rufus Wainwright
7/11/2020 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Sally Phillips
Heart of Gold by Boney M and Days by Kirsty MacColl
7/4/2020 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
Norah Jones
Blue Christmas by Elvis and Trenchtown Rock by Bob Wailers and the Wailers
Schubert's Unfinished and Handel's organ concerto No.12 in B flat, op 7 no.6 Lentement
6/13/2020 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Dame Marina Warner
Si mi chiamo Mimi by Puccini and Sonata No. 3 in A major, op. 69 by Beethoven
6/6/2020 • 8 minutes, 3 seconds
Mark Ravenhill
The Theme from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and No-one Is Alone from Into the Woods.
5/30/2020 • 8 minutes
John Humphrys
Henry Belafonte singing Mary’s Boy Child and Take the A Train performed by Duke Ellington
5/23/2020 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Carol Morley
Life's a Gas by T. Rex and Lost and Lonely by Paloma Faith
5/16/2020 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Stewart Copeland
Aaron Copland's Hoe Down and Spanish Castle Magic by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5/15/2020 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Janice Long
Happiness performed by Ken Dodd and Love Song by The Cure
5/2/2020 • 6 minutes, 21 seconds
Jules Buckley
Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley and Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
4/25/2020 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Soweto Kinch
The jazz saxophonist chooses Snake Hip Swing by Ken Snake Hips Johnson and Pf Fat by Steve Williamson Feat. Black Thought (the Roots)
4/18/2020 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Christian Louboutin
Tina Turner’s Proud Mary and The Fugees’ Killing me Softly
4/11/2020 • 7 minutes, 39 seconds
Michelle Collins
She's Gone by Hall and Oates and Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross
4/4/2020 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Johnnie Walker
With a Song in My Heart; Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel.
3/28/2020 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
Martina Cole
Galway Bay, performed by Ruby Murray and Word on a Wing by David Bowie
3/21/2020 • 8 minutes, 1 second
Jane McDonald
Downtown by Petula Clark and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
3/14/2020 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, by Nancy Sinatra; and The Planets - Mars, by Holst.
3/7/2020 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
Clara Amfo
Run to the Sun by N.E.R.D and Everything is Everything by Lauryn Hill
2/29/2020 • 7 minutes, 56 seconds
Corey Taylor
Burning Love by Elvis Presley; Safe European Home by The Clash
2/22/2020 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Robert Carlyle
Watching the Wheels, by John Lennon; and Waiting on a Friend by The Rolling Stones.
2/15/2020 • 7 minutes, 32 seconds
Ainsley Harriott
Be My Life's Companion by Mills Brothers; I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl by Nina Simone
2/8/2020 • 7 minutes, 27 seconds
Emeli Sande
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley; Elgar's Cello Concerto performed by Jacqueline Du Pre.
2/1/2020 • 7 minutes, 43 seconds
Duff McKagen
of Guns N’ Roses, chooses Funk 49 by The James Gang and Little Doll, by The Stooges.
1/25/2020 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Chooses Sugar Bum Bum by Lord Kitchener and What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye.
1/18/2020 • 7 minutes, 1 second
Brian Cox
Chooses Sonny Boy performed by Al Jolson, and God Only Knows by The Beach Boys
1/11/2020 • 7 minutes, 51 seconds
Paul O'Grady
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody by Sonny Lester
1/4/2020 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Frank Skinner
Winter Wonderland - Dean Martin and George Formby - Why Women Don’t Like Me
12/28/2019 • 5 minutes, 52 seconds
Stephen Hough
Chopin Etudes opus 25 no 1 in A flat major; A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
12/21/2019 • 7 minutes, 5 seconds
Jeff Goldblum
'Misty’ by Erroll Garner and ‘We’ll Meet Again’ by Vera Lynn
12/14/2019 • 7 minutes, 32 seconds
Eoin Colfer
Get Down Make Love by Queen and Kindling (Fickle Flame) by Elbow feat. John Grant.
12/7/2019 • 7 minutes, 57 seconds
Andre Rieu
Sphärenklänge by Josef Strauss and What a Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong.
11/30/2019 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Dan Snow
Slide Away by Oasis, and Mr. Brightside by The Killers.
11/23/2019 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Toby Stephens
You Are In My Vision by Gary Numan and Tubeway Army and She Belongs To Me by Bob Dylan
11/16/2019 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
JoJo Moyes
She's leaving home by The Beatles and Are You Lonesome Tonight performed by Elvis Presley
11/9/2019 • 7 minutes, 33 seconds
Norman Jay MBE
Norman Jay chooses: Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole and Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness.
11/2/2019 • 8 minutes, 5 seconds
Jonathan Van Ness
You Gotta Be by Des'ree and Big Dream by Jazmine Sullivan.
10/26/2019 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald chooses: You are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis and I Love You by Woodkid.
10/19/2019 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Gok Wan
Make Your Own Kind of Music by Mama Cass Elliot and Top of the World The Carpenters
10/12/2019 • 6 minutes, 17 seconds
Danny Wallace
The writer and presenter, Danny Wallace, shares his Inheritance Tracks - Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers, and Live Forever by Oasis
10/5/2019 • 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Armistead Maupin
Every Time We Say Goodbye by Cole Porter sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Being Boring by the Pet Shop Boys.
9/28/2019 • 7 minutes, 49 seconds
Shirley Collins
Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughn Williams & A Denying by Shirley & Dolly Collins
9/21/2019 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Roisin Conaty
Crazy performed by Patsy Cline & My Foolish Heart performed by Sam Cooke
9/14/2019 • 7 minutes, 26 seconds
Marty Wilde
Blowing Wilde by Frankie Lane and Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley
9/7/2019 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
Doon Mackichan
The actor and comedian Doon MacKichan shares her Inheritance Tracks - Parigi o Cara Ah Gran Dio, from La Traviata, performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland and What Is and What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin.
8/31/2019 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Zefiro Torna by Monterverdi sung by Nadia Boulanger
Credo from Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis Op123
8/30/2019 • 7 minutes, 14 seconds
George RR Martin
George RR Martin chooses The Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant and Ripple by The Grateful Dead.
8/17/2019 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Susan Hill
Susan Hill chooses: The Sea Interludes from Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; and Mozart’s Oboe concerto 3rd movement played by Nicholas Daniel.
8/10/2019 • 7 minutes, 38 seconds
Stephen Poliakoff
Chooses The Forsyte Saga theme by Eric Coates and Willow by Joan Armatrading
8/3/2019 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Angelique Kidjo
Quimbara by Celia Cruz and Fire on the Mountain by Asa.
7/30/2019 • 18 minutes, 15 seconds
Michael Sheen
O Superman, Laurie Anderson and A Design for Life, The Manic Street Preachers.
7/13/2019 • 7 minutes, 44 seconds
David Gower
Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony, 4th movement and Candle in the Wind by Elton John
7/6/2019 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Luke Goss
The Bros drummer chooses U2, Where The Streets Have No Name and Bob Marley, One Love.
6/29/2019 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Sir Michael Caine
My Old Man’s a Dustman, Lonnie Donegan and Comme D’habitude, Claude Francois.
6/22/2019 • 7 minutes, 45 seconds
Professor Alice Roberts
A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum and Ash, Girl from Mars.
6/15/2019 • 7 minutes, 50 seconds
Bryn Terfel
Hen Wlad fy Nhadau by James James and Eli Jenkin's Prayer by Dylan Thomas and AHD Troyte
6/8/2019 • 7 minutes, 28 seconds
Paul Young
Paul chooses The Yellow Rose of Texas, Mitch Miller and These Arms of Mine, Otis Redding.
6/1/2019 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Greg James
This is The Sea performed by The Waterboys and Apply Some Pressure by Maximo Park
5/25/2019 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Francis Rossi
Cathy's Clown, The Everly Brothers, and In the Army now by Bolland and Bolland.
5/18/2019 • 6 minutes, 40 seconds
Jodie Kidd
Jodie Kidd chooses: Money for Nothing, Dire Straits and No Woman No Cry, by Bob Marley.
5/11/2019 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Nick Lowe
Fatback Louisiana USA by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Harlan County by Jim Ford.
5/4/2019 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
June Sarpong
Superwoman by Stevie Wonder and Love Train performed by The O'Jays
4/27/2019 • 6 minutes, 51 seconds
Sara Cox
Sara chooses: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor and Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton.
4/20/2019 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Alistair McGowan
Poem by Fibich performed by Alistair and Narcissus by Joyce Grenfell and Norman Wisdom.
4/13/2019 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Jack Savoretti
Jack chooses Forever Young sung by Joan Baez and Kathy's Song by Simon and Garfunkel.
4/6/2019 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Adrian Dunbar
Hear My Song Violetta, performed by Josef Locke and A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles.
3/30/2019 • 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Gina Yashere
Dancing Queen by Abba and Back to Life by Soul II Soul
3/23/2019 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Noel Fitzpatrick
The Supervet chooses Stairway to Heaven performed by Led Zeppelin and One by U2.
3/16/2019 • 6 minutes, 41 seconds
Al Murray
Come Together by The Beatles and Follow You Follow Me by Genesis.
3/9/2019 • 7 minutes, 8 seconds
Shakin' Stevens
Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance and We’ll Meet Again, Johnny Cash
3/2/2019 • 6 minutes, 11 seconds
Nicole Farhi
Former designer and sculptor Nicole Farhi chooses Kol Nidrei sung by Cantor Yitz Meir Helfgot and Casta Diva sung by Maria Callas from the opera Norma by Bellini.
2/23/2019 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Dave Gorman
Dave Gorman chooses: When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman, performed by Dr. Hook; and Reasons to Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
2/16/2019 • 7 minutes, 7 seconds
Mark Anthony Turnage
The Fairy's Kiss by Stravinsky and Blue in Green by Miles Davis
2/9/2019 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Natasha Gordon
Midnight Train to Georgia sung by Gladys Knight & the Pips & Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla
2/2/2019 • 7 minutes, 15 seconds
James Haskell
James chooses Billie Jean, Michael Jackson; and Wagon Wheel, Darius Rucker.
1/26/2019 • 7 minutes, 21 seconds
Sharon D Clarke
She has chosen Sweet Jamaica by Clancy Eccles and What’s Goin’ On by Marvin Gaye
1/19/2019 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Rick Wakeman
He chooses Woodman, Spare That Tree by Phil Harris and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
1/12/2019 • 6 minutes, 12 seconds
Simon Williams
Simon chooses: I Whistle a Happy Tune from The King and I & Lullabye, sung by Billy Joel.
1/5/2019 • 6 minutes, 8 seconds
Brian Conley
Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Who Loves You
12/29/2018 • 6 minutes, 13 seconds
Lily Allen
I’m Always on a Mountain When I Fall, performed by Merle Haggard and Fix You by Coldplay.
12/22/2018 • 6 minutes, 28 seconds
Eric Idle
Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles; Always Look on the Brightside of Life, Monty Python.
12/15/2018 • 7 minutes, 18 seconds
Sir Tim Rice
Sir Tim Rice chooses his Inheritance Tracks.
12/8/2018 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Joanne Froggatt
Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush and Proud Mary performed by Ike and Tina Turner
12/1/2018 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Richard Blackwood
Richard chooses Mama Used to Say, Junior; & Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing, Stevie Wonder
11/24/2018 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Dame Jenni Murray
The Blue Danube by Strauss, and Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez.
11/17/2018 • 6 minutes, 41 seconds
Nana Mouskouri
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse.
11/10/2018 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Stephen Mangan
I Recall a Gypsy Woman, Don Williams; Who Knows Where the Time Goes?, Fairport Convention
11/3/2018 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Curtis Stigers
The American Jazz singer and saxophonist chooses his Inheritance Tracks
10/27/2018 • 7 minutes, 31 seconds
Paul Jones
The singer chooses My Babe by Little Walter and Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson.
10/20/2018 • 7 minutes, 22 seconds
Akram Khan
Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan shares his Inheritance tracks.
10/16/2018 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Zandra Rhodes
Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes shares her Inheritance Tracks. She chooses Boléro by Ravel and The Pearl Fishers’ Duet by Bizet.
10/6/2018 • 6 minutes, 46 seconds
Adam Henson
Countryfile's Adam Henson chooses Golden Brown by The Stranglers and Life on Mars by David Bowie
9/29/2018 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Ken Bruce
Radio 2's Ken Bruce chooses I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra and Joe Brown performing I’ll See You In My Dreams from the Concert for George.
9/22/2018 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Ray Winstone
The East End actor shares a song he inherited and one he would like to pass on. His choices are Nat King Cole's Smile and Dean Martin's version of West Ham anthem I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.
9/15/2018 • 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Helen Lederer
Comedian, writer and actress Helen Lederer chooses Que Sera, Sera by Doris Day and All I Want by Joni Mitchell.
9/1/2018 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Loyd Grossman
The presenter choses his Inheritance Tracks.
8/25/2018 • 6 minutes, 31 seconds
Kiki Dee
The singer Kiki Dee shares her Inheritance Tracks: Some of Your Lovin sung by Dusty Springfield and Calling All Angels performed by Jane Siberry.
8/21/2018 • 6 minutes, 37 seconds
Inheritance Track: Kim Wilde
Kim choses 'Anyone who had a heart' performed by Cilla Black and 'Everything put together falls apart' by Paul Simon
8/11/2018 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
Gyles Brandreth
Author, broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth chooses Maurice Chevalier & Hermione Gingold singing I Remember It Well from the film Gigi and Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear by Scooter and Fozzie Bear from The Muppets.
8/4/2018 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Orla Kiely
Designer Orla Kiely chooses her Inheritance Tracks - Night and Day by Cole Porter and 7 seconds by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry.
7/28/2018 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Robert Winston
Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society, and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. He chooses the second movement from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Edouard van Remoortel and the opening of J S Bach's Christmas Oratorio, recorded by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Stephen Layton.
7/21/2018 • 6 minutes, 51 seconds
Ken Howard
The artist on his music choices and why his mother never thought he had a proper job.
7/14/2018 • 7 minutes, 30 seconds
Chris Difford
Chris Difford, co-founder, guitarist, vocalist and lyricist from Squeeze chooses Happy Jack by The Who and You've Got A Friend by Carole King.
7/7/2018 • 6 minutes, 51 seconds
Judy Murray
Judy Murray chooses The Jeely Piece Song by The Singing Kettle and Girl by Sharon Martin.
6/30/2018 • 6 minutes, 15 seconds
Ben Okri
Poet and novelist Ben Okri shares his Inheritance Tracks. He choses (Sittin' on The) Dock of the Bay by Otis Reading and 'Pastorale' from Scenes from Nigeria by Samuel Akpabot, performed by Marcus Eley with Lucerne DeSa.
6/23/2018 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
Phil Daniels
Actor Phil Daniels chooses Nature's Way by Spirit and I'm One by the Who.
6/16/2018 • 6 minutes, 3 seconds
Jo Wood
Jo Wood, former wife of Ronnie Wood, chooses Patter Patte by Miriam Makeba, and Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones.
6/9/2018 • 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Willard White
Opera singer Willard White chooses Smile by Nat King Cole and Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 In C Major, BWV 846.
6/2/2018 • 6 minutes, 30 seconds
Simon Mayo
DJ Simon Mayo chooses The Nightmare Song 'Love unrequited robs me of my rest' from Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan and Graceland by Paul Simon.
5/26/2018 • 6 minutes, 58 seconds
Imtiaz Dharker
Poet Imtiaz Dharker chooses Babu Samjho Ishare from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi sung by Kishore Kumar and Heroes by David Bowie.
5/19/2018 • 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden chooses Child in Time by Deep Purple and Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
5/12/2018 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Stephen McGann
Actor Stephen McGann chooses (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller and Within You and Without You by The Beatles.
5/5/2018 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Gail Porter
Television presenter Gail Porter chooses Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd and When Doves Cry by Prince.
4/28/2018 • 7 minutes, 12 seconds
Samuel West
Actor Samuel West chooses Dory Previn's Play It Again Sam and Matt Bianco's Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed.
4/21/2018 • 7 minutes, 3 seconds
Robert Peston
Robert chooses Beethoven's Opus 131 and Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon.
4/14/2018 • 7 minutes, 11 seconds
John Gordon Sinclair
Actor John Gordon Sinclair chooses I Love You Because by Jim Reeves and the title track from Aladdin Sane by David Bowie.
4/7/2018 • 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Mariella Frostrup
Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup chooses Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye by Leonard Cohen and Have I Told You Lately? by Van Morrison.
3/31/2018 • 6 minutes, 49 seconds
Henry Blofeld
Cricket commentator Henry Blofeld chooses Tit Willow from the Mikado and Bring in the Clowns by Barbra Streisand.
3/17/2018 • 6 minutes, 57 seconds
Jeremy Vine
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses Old Comrades by The Band of HM Royal Marines and Elvis Costello's Lipstick Vogue.
3/10/2018 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
Russell Watson
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo and You are So Beautiful, sung by Joe Cocker.
3/3/2018 • 7 minutes, 25 seconds
Debbie Wiseman
Composer Debbie Wiseman chooses I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing by The New Seekers and Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat Major, Opus 9 No 2.
2/24/2018 • 7 minutes, 40 seconds
Joanna Trollope
Novelist Joanna Trollope chooses La Mer by Charles Trenet and Mythical Kings and Iguanas by Dory Previn.
2/17/2018 • 7 minutes, 16 seconds
Martine McCutcheon
Singer and Actor, Martine McCutcheon choses 'Vultures' by John Mayer & 'Silver Springs' by Fleetwood Mac
2/13/2018 • 6 minutes, 56 seconds
Suzi Quatro
Singer and broadcaster Suzi Quatro chooses 'God Bless The Child' by Billie Holliday and 'Try A Little Tenderness' by Otis Reading.
2/3/2018 • 6 minutes, 24 seconds
Tony Blackburn
DJ Tony Blackburn chooses 'Reet Petite' by Jackie Wilson and 'I'm Still Waiting' by Diana Ross.
1/27/2018 • 7 minutes, 20 seconds
Josette Simon
Actress Josette Simon chooses 'Hit The Road Jack' by Ray Charles and 'You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me' by Gladys Knight and the Pips.
1/20/2018 • 5 minutes, 11 seconds
Feargal Sharkey
Singer Feargal Sharkey chooses 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man' performed by Buddy Holly and 'Aceperience' by Hardfloor.
1/13/2018 • 7 minutes, 10 seconds
Sharleen Spiteri
Singer and songwriter Sharleen Spiteri chooses 'Rock the Casbah' by The Clash and 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' by Nancy Sinatra.
1/6/2018 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Mavis Staples
Singer and activist Mavis Staples chooses 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' by The Staple Singers and 'What's Going On by Marvin Gaye.
12/30/2017 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Peggy Seeger
Goodnight Irene by Leadbelly & The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
12/23/2017 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 40 seconds
Ore Oduba
TV presenter and 2016 Strictly winner Ore Oduba chooses Pride by U2 and One Last Time by Ariana Grande.
12/16/2017 • 7 minutes, 9 seconds
David Jason
Actor David Jason chooses The Darktown Poker Club by Phil Harris and Holding Back the Years by Simply Red.
12/9/2017 • 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Seal
The singer Seal chose Smile by Nat King Cole and God Give Me Strength by Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach.
12/2/2017 • 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Jeff Brazier
Presenter, reality TV star and life coach, Jeff Brazier, chooses Crosstown Traffic by Jimi Hendrix and Searching by Roy Ayers.
11/25/2017 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 38 seconds
Benny Andersson
The musician, Benny Andersson, formerly of Abba chooses Rattvikarnas Ganglat by Dalarnas Spelmansforbund Mon oeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila) by Maria Callas.
11/11/2017 • 6 minutes, 48 seconds
Nick Knowles
TV presenter Nick Knowles chooses Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens and Synchronicity II by The Police.