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

Sheila Hancock

White Cliffs of Dover by Vera Lynn and Feeling Good by Nina Simone

Jun 04, 2022•7 min

Brindley Sherratt

Beethoven: Fidelio, Mir ist so wunderbar and The Carpenters: We’ve Only Just Begun.

May 28, 2022•8 min

Shobna Gulati

Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko by Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi and To Zion by Lauryn Hill

May 21, 2022•8 min

Grace Dent

Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's Jackson, and The Human League, Being Boiled.

May 14, 2022•8 min

Dan Gillespie Sells

City of Dreams by Talking Heads and Together Again by Janet Jackson.

May 07, 2022•7 min

Gary Wilmot

Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin and Summer Breeze performed by the Isley Bothers

Apr 30, 2022•8 min

Jess Gillam

Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys and Stars - Nina Simone Live at Montreux 1976

Apr 23, 2022•8 min

Milton Jones

London Calling by The Clash and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2

Apr 16, 2022•8 min

Patrick Gale

Kathleen Ferrier singing The Keel Row & Gabriel Faure's Piano Trio in D Minor

Apr 09, 2022•9 min

Craig Revel Horwood

Along the Road to Gundagai by Slim Dusty and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Apr 02, 2022•8 min

Donna Leon

O Thou That Tellest from Messiah and As With Rosy Steps the Morn from Theodora by Handel

Mar 26, 2022•9 min

Andrew Garfield

Just a Gigolo by Louis Prima and Vincent by Don McClean. Photo credit: Monica Schipper

Mar 19, 2022•9 min

Rankin

English Rose by The Jam and Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones

Mar 12, 2022•9 min

Trisha Goddard

I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin

Mar 05, 2022•9 min

Paterson Joseph

In Loving You, Junior English and Better Git it in Your Soul by Charles Mingus

Feb 26, 2022•9 min

Annie Nightingale CBE

Many A New Day from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma & Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

Feb 19, 2022•8 min

Clive Myrie

Welcome to My World by Jim Reeves and So What by Miles Davis

Feb 12, 2022•8 min

Clemency Burton-Hill

Willow Weep for Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Vivaldi's Spring III recomposed by Max Richter

Feb 05, 2022•8 min

Neil Morrissey

Ray Stevens, The Streak and Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire

Jan 29, 2022•8 min

Sir Kenneth Branagh

Cyprus Avenue by Van Morrison and Rio by Michael Nesmith

Jan 22, 2022•8 min

Pam Ferris

You Are My Heart's Delight by Richard Tauber and Bonde by Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

Jan 15, 2022•9 min

Andy Summers

Manha de Carnaval by Luiz Bonfa and West Coast Blues by Wes Montgomery

Jan 08, 2022•8 min

Matt Goss

Your Song by Elton John and Piano Man by Billy Joel.

Jan 01, 2022•9 min

Patricia Hodge

Berceuse from Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure and Ring Out Wild Bells by Percy Fletcher

Dec 25, 2021•9 min

Josh Groban

‘S Wonderful - Tony Bennett and Move On sung by Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin

Dec 18, 2021•8 min

Mel Giedroyc

Hit me with your rhythm stick, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Sat in your lap by Kate Bush

Dec 11, 2021•8 min

Seth Lakeman

Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan and Beeswing by Richard Thompson.

Dec 04, 2021•7 min

Jack Dee

Downtown Petula Clarke and Really Free by John Otway and Wild Willy Barratt

Nov 27, 2021•7 min

Hannah Cockroft MBE

You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing and The Scientist by Coldplay.

Nov 20, 2021•8 min

Anne Lady Glenconner

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Platters and Nimrod, Edward Elgar

Nov 13, 2021•8 min

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