Inheritance Tracks

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

5 DAYS AGO

Ellie Taylor

Ellie Taylor is a comedian, actor, writer, award winning podcaster, host of Bake Off the Professionals and a reluctant mother - according to her book. You’ll probably have caught her being clever and funny on any number of TV panel shows, here on Radio 4, and as Sassy Collins on Ted Lasso. She’s about to take part in a celebrity Gladiators special and is going out on tour after four years. We asked her to take a break from writing punchlines and share her Inheritance Tracks with us. Inherited: Piano Man by Billy Joel Passed on: Sunflower Man by The Waifs Producer: Ben Mitchell

6 min
NOV 9

Kate Humble

Kate Humble has presented the majestic Animal Park from Longleat for more than two decades. As a champion of the environment and rural affairs, she’s been the president of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and founded Humble by Nature, a rural skills centre based at her farm here in Wales. But when she’s not frolicking in the fields or mucking out meerkats Kate unwinds at home, often in the kitchen, creating recipes for her latest book. I don’t know about you, but a bit of Beethoven always beats the boredom out of a bolognas...I wonder if Kate’s the same? Inherited: Suzanne by Leonard Cohen Passed on: Ain't got no / I got life by Nina Simone Producer: Ben Mitchell

6 min
NOV 2

Peter Capaldi

There’s so much more to the actor Peter Capaldi than his brilliant, edgy and original Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who…his career stretches far beyond the Tardis. He won a BAFTA, for playing the ferocious, foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, another BAFTA for the film spin off ‘In the Loop', and whilst we’re on awards…He’s also won an Oscar! A punk in his younger days…he’s now writing and recording his own rock music…his debut solo album was released in 2021…so we’re fascinated to hear what he’s chosen as his Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: That's Life by Frank Sinatra Passed on: Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey

7 min
OCT 26

Adrian Chiles

In his regular column Adrian Chiles has written candidly about everything from wearing compression socks to struggling to bend down - even his favourite coat hanger. These musings are now collected in a single book. He admits that his "orgy of oversharing" isn't for everyone, yet insists even life's most mundane details can hold deeper meaning. So, what meaning will we uncover in his musical tastes? Inherited Track: Reuben's Blues by Stan Kenton Pass On: Stop This World by Mose Allison Producer: Ben Mitchell

7 min
OCT 19

Chris and Rosie Ramsey

This week’s Inheritance Tracks come from the funny and startlingly honest double act and married couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey. They struck gold when they turned their bickering and banter into the wildly successful podcast… Sh*gged, Married, Annoyed… They take the quotidian absurdities of marriage, parenthood…life in general …and transform it all into comedy gold…nothing seems to be off limits! They’ve hosted their own BBC 2 chat show…Chris is a touring stand-up comedian…and they’ve both individually competed on Strictly. Chris and Rosie live just outside the town where they grew up, South Shields, and are now bringing up their family there We wanted to know about the song or piece of music they’ll pass on to them… Rosie - Inherited: Wake up Boo! by The Boo Radleys Chris - Inherited: Real gone Kid by Deacon Blue Pass on: I'm Alive by Celine Dion Producer: Ben Mitchell

8 min
OCT 12

Ian Rankin

The best-selling crime-writer Sir Ian Rankin began his life surrounded by food. His dad ran a grocery store in Fife, his mum worked in a school canteen, and Ian's early writing saw him reviewing wine. He says he never intended to turn to crime, so to speak, but it was his creation of the hard-drinking and stubborn Edinburgh detective Inspector John Rebus which changed his writing style – and his life. Beginning with Knots and Crosses in 1987, there have now been 25 Rebus novels - as well as the tv dramas and stage plays – mainly dealing with Scotland’s dark and dangerous underworld. What then will he reveal as his Inheritenace Tracks? Inherited: Seven Drunken Nights by The Dubliners Pass on: Another Man's Rain by Jackie Leven Producers: Ben Mitchell and Noa Dowling

7 min
OCT 5

Alexander Armstrong

Comedian, actor, Pointless presenter and debut author Alexander Armstrong, grew up in rural Northumberland where his musical ability and joy at being able to entertain began at a young age. He went to both school and Trinity College Cambridge on music scholarships and after a Footlights’ writing stint, he went on to become one half of the BAFTA-winning comedy duo Armstrong & Miller If you’re wondering where his passion for classical music began...his Inheritance Tracks will provide the answer. Inherited: Minuetto Allegretto by the Wombles Passed on: It Must Be Love by Madness Producers: Ben Mitchell and Noa Dowling

7 min
SEP 28

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie has worked in television, theatre and films over the past five decades. She’s taken roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in big budget films such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia! to name but a few. Celia will be starring in the film adaptation of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders but find themselves caught in a real case. So with that in mind, we wanted to solve the mystery of what are Celia’s Inheritance Tracks. Inherited Track: You Know What I Mean by Jeff Beck. Pass On: Merveille by Jean-Louis Aubert. Producer: Noa Dowling

7 min

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Inheritance Tracks

03/15/2019

Maryland Listner

Love it! But it’s unavailable way too often. Don’t know if this is a BBC problem or a US one.
Love it but....

12/29/2018

DarrylAx

It hasn’t worked the last three weeks. Been dying to hear the Eric Idle episode but “unavailable” keeps coming up.
BBC Radio Inheritance Tracks

12/13/2017

4luv

Love it!!