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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Joanna Page

From Swansea to Barry Island Joanna Page has been a friendly face in millions of houses for almost two decades. But by her own admission, despite her Welsh roots, music is not her forte...although it clear plays an important part in her life. Inherited: Northern Sky by Nick Drake Passed on: Chic Mystique by Chic Producer: Ben Mitchell

6 min
SEP 20

Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode is a brilliant Film critic, writer, broadcaster and co-host of podcasts Kermode and Mayo's Take - and Screenshot. In his book, Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, Mark and fellow author Jenny Nelson, discuss the power that music has on screen. With that in mind, what music will he choose as the soundtrack to his life? Inherited: 2002 Zarathustrevisited by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra Passed on: Top of the World by Shonen Knife Producer: Ben Mitchell

7 min
SEP 13

Dan Brown

The chances of writing a novel which sells more than 80 million copies are about as remote as a lad from Stockport making it to the NBA, but Dan Brown pulled it off with The Da Vinci Code. That book, like his new novel, delves into literature, symbology, secret societies and so on. None of which were his first passion. Dan Brown’s first passion was music - as he reveals in his Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: Todo a Pulmón by Miguel Ríos Passed on: Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg Producer: Ben Mitchell

6 min
SEP 6

Oti Mabuse

Oti Mabuse was the first professional dancer to win the Strictly Glitterball two years in a row with her partners Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey. But prior to her success on the Stricktly ballroom Oti had already become South African Latin American Champion no fewer than eight times. Music remains massively important to her, both professionally and personally, as she tells us in her Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: Modimo by Sowetto Gospel Choir Pass on: I was here by Beyoncé Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell

5 min
JUL 12

Ade Adepitan

TV presenter, and Paralympian, Ade Adepitan chooses ‘One Drop’ by Bob Marley and ‘Optimistic’ by Sounds of Blackness.

8 min
JUL 5

Rick Edwards

Presenter Rick Edwards chooses 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses and 'Witness (1 Hope)' by Roots Manuva.

7 min
JUN 28

Nick Grimshaw

BBC 6's presenter Nick Grimshaw chooses 'She's Lost Control’ by Joy Division and 'Subterraneans’ by David Bowie.

6 min
JUN 21

Limahl

Actor and singer Limahl chooses ‘Move Over Darling’ by Doris Day and ‘Four Brothers’ by Manhattan Transfer. After a short spell as a punk rocker, Limahl found fame with the band Kajagoogoo after responding to an advert in a music magazine in 1982, where the then named Art Noveau were looking for a new lead singer. The following year he left the band – but quickly went onto find his own success as a solo artist with his hit “The Never Ending Story”. His early ambitions, growing up in Wigan, were for a career as an actor and he even toured in production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Inherited: Move Over Darling by Doris Day Passed on: Four Brothers by Manhattan Transfer Producers: Catherine Powell and Anna Bailey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2025.

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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!!