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Inheritance Tracks

BBC Radio 4www.bbc.co.uk

Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.

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Episodes

Gurinder Chadha

Film director Gurinder Chadha chose 'O Janewalo Jayo Na' from the 1957 film 'Mother India', performed by Lata Mangeshkar and 'Something Inside So Strong' by Labi Siffre.

Feb 25, 20177 min

Paul McKenna

Hypnotist and author, Paul McKenna, chooses 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA and 'Us and Them' by Pink Floyd.

Feb 18, 20178 min

Marti Webb

Singer Marti Webb chose 'As Long As He Needs Me' from the musical Oliver and 'Tell Me On A Sunday' the title track from the musical of the same name.

Feb 11, 20177 min

Bill Turnbull

Journalist and presenter Bill Turnbull chooses 'Three Little Maids' from the Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan and 'Che Gelida Manina' sung by Vittorio Grigolo from Puccini's La Boheme.

Feb 04, 20177 min

Michaela Strachan

Television presenter Michaela Strachan chose 'Asimbonang' uMandela thina' by Johnny Clegg and 'Earth Song' by Michael Jackson/

Jan 28, 20178 min

Tom Fletcher

McFly singer Tom Fletcher chose 'Kids Wanna Rock' by Bryan Adams and 'I Get Around' by the Beach Boys.

Jan 25, 20176 min

Tom Chaplin

Tom Chaplin, singer/songwriter and lead singer with the band Keane, chooses 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel and 'Charmed Life' by The Divine Comedy.

Jan 07, 20178 min

Alan Carr

Comedian and TV presenter Alan Carr chose 'Chain of Fools' by Aretha Franklin and 'Sign of the Times' by Prince.

Dec 31, 20168 min

Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey chooses Magic Moments by Perry Como and Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads.

Dec 24, 20167 min

Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman chooses 'When You Wish Upon A Star' performed by Barbara Cook and 'Frank Mills' from the musical Hair.

Dec 17, 20168 min

Phil Collins

Phil Collins shares his Inheritance Tracks. He has chosen All My Loving by The Beatles and The Times They Are A Changin' by Bob Dylan.

Dec 03, 20168 min

Alan Davies

Comedian and actor Alan Davies chooses Topol singing 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'St Swithin's Day' by Billy Bragg.

Nov 26, 20168 min

Johnny Marr

Guitarist Johnny Marr chooses 'Walk Right Back' by the Everly Brothers and 'Slow Emotion Replay' by The The.

Nov 19, 20167 min

Matt Baker

TV presenter Matt Baker chooses 'Brothers in Arms' by Dire Straits and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' by the Sherman Brothers.

Nov 12, 20167 min

Alexandra Shulman

Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, chooses Ladies who Lunch by Elaine Stritch and Blowin' in the Wind performed by Stevie Wonder.

Nov 08, 20168 min

Gabriela Montero

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero chooses the Schumann Fantasie performed by Clifford Curzon and Quintet Opus 18 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, performed by the Borodin Quartet

Oct 29, 20168 min

Paddy Ashdown

Former politician and diplomat Paddy Ashdown chooses 'The Parting Glass' by The Dubliners and 'Beim Schlafengehen' by Richard Strauss.

Oct 22, 20168 min

Ben Fogle

Adventurer, writer and broadcaster Ben Fogle chooses 'Flash Bang Wallop' sung by Tommy Steele and 'It's Tricky' by Run DMC.

Oct 15, 20168 min

Trevor Nelson

DJ Trevor Nelson chooses 'I Want You Back' performed by the Jackson 5 and 'As' by Stevie Wonder.

Oct 08, 20168 min

Enya

Irish singer/songwriter Enya chooses Claude Debussy's Nocturnes: Nuages and her own Orinoco Flow.

Oct 01, 20168 min

Wayne Hemingway

Designer Wayne Hemingway choose 'You've Got a Friend' by Carole King and 'Black Man' by Stevie Wonder.

Sep 24, 20168 min

Ruud Gullit

Football player, manager and pundit, Ruud Gullit chooses 'Let's Get It On' by Marvin Gaye and 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams.

Sep 17, 20169 min

Ade Edmondson

Comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director Ade Edmondson chose 'The Song of the Weather' by Flanders & Swann and 'Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold' by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Aug 27, 20168 min

Lord Richard Dannatt

Ex head of the British Army Lord Richard Dannatt chose 'High on a Hill' by The Band And Bugles Of The Light Division and 'Highland Cathedral' by the pipes and military band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard.

Aug 20, 20168 min

Steve Jones

Geneticist Steve Jones chose Rachie by Caradog Roberts and Richard Wagner's Twilight Of The Gods: Siegfried's Funeral March.

Aug 13, 20167 min

Billy Ocean

Singer Billy Ocean chooses 'No Woman, No Cry' by Bob Marley and 'A Change Is Gonna Come' by Sam Cooke.

Aug 06, 20168 min

Sian Lloyd

TV weather presenter Sian Lloyd chooses 'Can Walter' by Meic Stevens and 'Something Inside So Strong' by Labi Siffre.

Jul 09, 20168 min

Chris Rea

Singer Chris Rea choose 'My Father' by Nina Simone and 'So What' by Miles Davis'.

Jul 02, 20167 min

David Hare

Playwright David Hare chose 'Oh What a Lovely War' from the Joan Littlewood stage show and 'Simple Twist of Fate' by Bob Dylan, sung by Diana Krall.

Jun 25, 20168 min
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