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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

Eric Idle

Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles; Always Look on the Brightside of Life, Monty Python.

Dec 15, 20187 min

Sir Tim Rice

Sir Tim Rice chooses his Inheritance Tracks.

Dec 08, 20187 min

Joanne Froggatt

Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush and Proud Mary performed by Ike and Tina Turner

Dec 01, 20187 min

Richard Blackwood

Richard chooses Mama Used to Say, Junior; & Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing, Stevie Wonder

Nov 24, 20186 min

Dame Jenni Murray

The Blue Danube by Strauss, and Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez.

Nov 17, 20187 min

Nana Mouskouri

Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse.

Nov 10, 20187 min

Stephen Mangan

I Recall a Gypsy Woman, Don Williams; Who Knows Where the Time Goes?, Fairport Convention

Nov 03, 20187 min

Curtis Stigers

The American Jazz singer and saxophonist chooses his Inheritance Tracks

Oct 27, 20188 min

Paul Jones

The singer chooses My Babe by Little Walter and Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson.

Oct 20, 20187 min

Akram Khan

Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan shares his Inheritance tracks.

Oct 16, 20187 min

Zandra Rhodes

Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes shares her Inheritance Tracks. She chooses Boléro by Ravel and The Pearl Fishers’ Duet by Bizet.

Oct 06, 20187 min

Adam Henson

Countryfile's Adam Henson chooses Golden Brown by The Stranglers and Life on Mars by David Bowie

Sep 29, 20187 min

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.

Sep 22, 20187 min

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.

Sep 15, 20187 min

Helen Lederer

Comedian, writer and actress Helen Lederer chooses Que Sera, Sera by Doris Day and All I Want by Joni Mitchell.

Sep 01, 20186 min

Loyd Grossman

The presenter choses his Inheritance Tracks.

Aug 25, 20187 min

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.

Aug 21, 20187 min

Inheritance Track: Kim Wilde

Kim choses 'Anyone who had a heart' performed by Cilla Black and 'Everything put together falls apart' by Paul Simon

Aug 11, 20187 min

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.

Aug 04, 20186 min

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.

Jul 28, 20186 min

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.

Jul 21, 20187 min

Ken Howard

The artist on his music choices and why his mother never thought he had a proper job.

Jul 14, 20188 min

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.

Jul 07, 20187 min

Judy Murray

Judy Murray chooses The Jeely Piece Song by The Singing Kettle and Girl by Sharon Martin.

Jun 30, 20186 min

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.

Jun 23, 20186 min

Phil Daniels

Actor Phil Daniels chooses Nature's Way by Spirit and I'm One by the Who.

Jun 16, 20186 min

Jo Wood

Jo Wood, former wife of Ronnie Wood, chooses Patter Patte by Miriam Makeba, and Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones.

Jun 09, 20186 min

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.

Jun 02, 20187 min

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.

May 26, 20187 min

Imtiaz Dharker

Poet Imtiaz Dharker chooses Babu Samjho Ishare from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi sung by Kishore Kumar and Heroes by David Bowie.

May 19, 20186 min
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