Inheritance Tracks

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

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Episodes

Miriam Margolyes

MacCrimmon’s Lament - Jeannie Robertson & Cecilia Bartoli - Agitata Da Due Venti, Vivaldi

Nov 06, 2021•8 min

Pete Tong

Jingo performed by Santana and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Oct 30, 2021•8 min

John Barnes

You’ll Never Walk Alone performed by Shirley Jones and Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness

Oct 23, 2021•7 min

Bobby Gillespie

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by June Tabor, and Joe Hill by The Dubliners.

Oct 16, 2021•8 min

Bernardine Evaristo

Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole & Bridge Over Troubled Water sung by Roberta Flack

Oct 09, 2021•8 min

Robin Ince

Geoffrey Burgon's Theme from Brideshead Revisited and Batyar by The Ukrainians.

Oct 02, 2021•7 min

Hannah Mills MBE

Creep by Radiohead and A Thousand Trees by Stereophonics

Sep 25, 2021•7 min

Tez Ilyas

Mubarak Ho Tum Sabko Haj Ka Mahina by Shabbir Kumar and Tappe by Surinder Rattan

Sep 18, 2021•8 min

Neil Oliver

La Mer by Charles Trenet and Martha by Tom Waits

Sep 11, 2021•9 min

Ann Cleeves

Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific and Farewell to Stromness, Peter Maxwell Davies

Sep 04, 2021•8 min

Lynda La Plante

The Great Pretender by The Platters & Nessun Dorma from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti

Aug 28, 2021•7 min

Frankie Bridge

I Heard it Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye and Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin.

Aug 21, 2021•8 min

Emma Barnett

Cheek to Cheek by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong and The Time is Now by Moloko

Aug 14, 2021•8 min

David Thewlis

Vincent by Don McLean and 11.59 by Blondie

Aug 10, 2021•8 min

Andy Hamilton

It’s Impossible by Perry Como and It Doesn’t Matter Anymore sung by Buddy Holly.

Jul 31, 2021•8 min

Deborah Moggach

Ella Fitzgerald: Thanks for the Memory and Dory Previn: The Lady with the Braid.

Jul 25, 2021•8 min

Caitlin Moran

Sister Suffragette from Mary Poppins and Something Good by Utah Saints.

Jul 17, 2021•8 min

Anita Rani

Kiya Hai Pyar Jise Humne Zindagi by Jagjit Singh and Incredible by M-Beat

Jul 10, 2021•8 min

Michael Rosen

Tom Lerher’s Wernher von Braun, Young Hearts Run Free, Candi Staton

Jul 03, 2021•8 min

George The Poet

And the Beat Goes On by The Whispers and Collateral Damage by Burna Boy

Jun 26, 2021•8 min

Keisha Buchanan

I Wanna Be Down by Brandi and Right Here by SWV

Jun 19, 2021•8 min

Archbishop Stephen Cottrell

Chopin Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor and Tippett, A Child of our Time

Jun 12, 2021•8 min

Victoria Hislop

Take Five by Dave Brubeck and Pio Poli by Michalis Hatzigiannis

Jun 05, 2021•9 min

Darcey Bussell

Dancing Queen by Abba and Prokofiev's Adagio from Cinderella

May 29, 2021•8 min

Mary Beard

Bridge over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel, Sisters are doin' it... by Eurythmics

May 22, 2021•8 min

Jonathan Dimbleby

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, the final movement.

May 15, 2021•8 min

Anya Hindmarch

Gregorio Allegri: Miserere and Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie

May 08, 2021•8 min

Deborah Meaden

Smooth Sailing by The Temptations and Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye

May 01, 2021•7 min

Liz Kershaw

Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea and You Could Be Mine by Guns N' Roses

Apr 24, 2021•8 min

Steve Davis

Sea Song by Robert Wyatt and Swimming with the Snake by Tim Smith

Apr 17, 2021•8 min

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