Jack Vettriano
The artist Jack Vettriano chooses the tracks that mean something to him: he inherits Kitty Kallen's Little Things Mean A Lot and passes on My Father by Judy Collins
Jan 18, 2014•7 min
Inheritance Tracks
Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.
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Kate Adie
Journalist Kate Adie chooses the 'Housewive’s choice' theme - 'In Party Mood' by the West End Celebrity Orchestra composed by Jack Strachey. And passes on 'Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus' by Vaughan Williams.
Jan 11, 2014•8 min
Jennifer Saunders
Comedian Jennifer Saunders chooses The Q5 theme by Spike Milligan and Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s song ‘Talk to me of Mendocino’ sung by Kate and her children Rufus and Martha Wainwright.
Jan 04, 2014•7 min
John Challis
John Challis, AKA Boycie from 'Only Fools and Horses' chooses: Peter Lind Hayes: Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It? And Whitesnake - Here I Go Again.
Dec 28, 2013•7 min
Sir Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard is Britain's most enduring pop star, recently releasing his 100th album. He chooses 'Chewing Piece of Straw' by Jack Payne and his Orchestra and his own track 'We Don't Talk Anymore'.
Dec 21, 2013•7 min
Doreen Lawrence
Baroness Doreen Lawrence is the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Since his death she has campaigned for justice for the victims of race crime and founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust in 1998. She chooses ‘Redemption Song’ by Bob Marley and The Wailers and 'Hello Mama Africa' by Garnett Silk.
Dec 14, 2013•7 min
Judith Kerr
Judith Kerr is a children’s writer and illustrator whose books ‘The Tiger Who Came for Tea’ and ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’ have been delighting children and young people for many years. She inherits the Johannes Brahms Lullaby Wiegenlied and It Ain't Necessarily So by George Gershwin.
Dec 07, 2013•7 min
Margaret Atwood
Writer Margaret Atwood chooses Beethoven’s 6th Symphony and Joan Sutherland singing Casta Diva from the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.
Nov 30, 2013•7 min
Charlie Higson
Actor, author and comedian Charlie Higson chooses 'I'm Waiting For The Man' by The Velvet Underground and 'Rolling' by Randy Newman.
Nov 23, 2013•7 min
Mat Horne
Actor, comedian and Gavin and Stacey star Mat Horne inherits 'Runaway' by Del Shannon, and passes on 'Young Shields' by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.
Nov 16, 2013•6 min
Gary Barlow
Gary Barlow shares his Inheritance Tracks
Nov 09, 2013•8 min
Sir Richard Eyre
Director of theatre, opera, musicals and films, Sir Richard Eyre chooses 'Blue Suede Shoes' by Elvis Presley and 'The Heart of Saturday Night' by Tom Waits.
Nov 02, 2013•7 min
Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini, author of 'The Kite Runner' chooses 'Madar' by Ahmad Zahir and 'Aye Padesha Khuban' also by Ahmad Zahir
Oct 26, 2013•7 min
Kanya King
Kanya King founder of the MOBO Awards chooses 'Dream' by the Everly Brothers and 'Survivor' by Destiny's Child.
Oct 19, 2013•7 min
Lana Pillay
Lana Pillay, also known as Al Pillay, appeared in the Comic Strip and on French and Saunders, and alongside Fenella Fielding in John Jenkinson’s new movie ‘Pelicans’. Lana chooses 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell and 'Believe In Yourself' by Lena Horne.
Oct 12, 2013•7 min
Rula Lenska
Actress Rula Lenska talks about her Polish roots and two pieces of music that have great meaning for her.
Oct 05, 2013•7 min
Steve Earle
American singer-songwriter Steve Earle inherits ‘Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pandowdy’ by Ella Fitzgerald and passes on ‘I am a patriot’ by Little Steven.
Sep 28, 2013•7 min
Aggie Mackenzie
Aggie MacKenzie, former MI6 operative turned presenter of ‘How Clean is Your House’ inherits Donald Where's Your Troosers? by Andy Stewart and passes on Nina Simone's Here Comes The Sun.
Sep 21, 2013•7 min
Chris Ryan
Former SAS soldier turned author Chris Ryan chooses 'All Right Now' by Free and 'You Could Be Happy' by Snow Patrol.
Sep 14, 2013•7 min
Richard Alston
Choreographer Richard Alston chooses 'Sous Le Ciel De Paris' by Yves Montand and 'Lest Sexy' by Shantel.
Sep 07, 2013•8 min
Simon Hopkinson
Food writer and chef, Simon Hopkinson, chooses 'Catch a Falling Star' by Perry Como and '21st Century Schizoid Man' by King Crimson.
Aug 31, 2013•7 min
Judy Tzuke
Singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke inherits 'My Funny Valentine' by Chet Baker and passes on 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.
Aug 24, 2013•7 min
Django Bates
Multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates inherits Charlie Parker’s 'My Little Suede Shoes' and passes on his own 'Interval Song'.
Aug 17, 2013•7 min
KT Tunstall
Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall inherits ‘The Elements’ by Tom Lehrer, and passes on ‘Loser’ by Beck.
Aug 10, 2013•7 min
Lindsey Davis
Historical novelist Lindsey Davis, author of the Falco series of crime stories, chooses the storm scene from Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (This version - Symphony No 6 In F Pastoral Opus 68: Lightning, Thunderstorm - Allegro by the London Symphony Orchestra, Wyn Morris) and 'I'm Still Here' by Millicent Martin.
Aug 03, 2013•7 min
Maria Friedman
Olivier award-winning musical performer Maria Friedman chooses the theme from ‘Peter and the Wolf’, by Prokofiev and ‘Bess, You Is My Woman Now’ from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
Jul 27, 2013•8 min
Cyrille Regis
Cyrille Regis, the former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry striker inherited Distant Drums by Jim Reeves and passes on How Great Thou Art sung by the Canoldir Male Voice Choir.
Jul 20, 2013•8 min
Arthur Brown
The God of Hellfire, Arthur Brown, chose "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "Love Itself" by Leonard Cohen.
Jul 13, 2013•8 min
Griff Rhys Jones
Griff Rhys Jones chooses On The Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady as the song he has inherited and Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix as the track he'd like to pass on to future generations.
Jul 06, 2013•7 min
Otis Williams2
Otis Williams, co founder of Motown legends The Temptations, shares his Inheritance Tracks.
Jun 30, 2013•28 min
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