Inheritance Tracks

Writer Margaret Atwood chooses Beethoven’s 6th Symphony and Joan Sutherland singing Casta Diva from the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini.

Actor, author and comedian Charlie Higson chooses 'I'm Waiting For The Man' by The Velvet Underground and 'Rolling' by Randy Newman.

Actor, comedian and Gavin and Stacey star Mat Horne inherits 'Runaway' by Del Shannon, and passes on 'Young Shields' by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.

Gary Barlow shares his Inheritance Tracks

Director of theatre, opera, musicals and films, Sir Richard Eyre chooses 'Blue Suede Shoes' by Elvis Presley and 'The Heart of Saturday Night' by Tom Waits.

Khaled Hosseini, author of 'The Kite Runner' chooses 'Madar' by Ahmad Zahir and 'Aye Padesha Khuban' also by Ahmad Zahir

Kanya King founder of the MOBO Awards chooses 'Dream' by the Everly Brothers and 'Survivor' by Destiny's Child.

Lana Pillay, also known as Al Pillay, appeared in the Comic Strip and on French and Saunders, and alongside Fenella Fielding in John Jenkinson’s new movie ‘Pelicans’. Lana chooses 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell and 'Believe In Yourself' by Lena Horne.

Actress Rula Lenska talks about her Polish roots and two pieces of music that have great meaning for her.

American singer-songwriter Steve Earle inherits ‘Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pandowdy’ by Ella Fitzgerald and passes on ‘I am a patriot’ by Little Steven.

Aggie MacKenzie, former MI6 operative turned presenter of ‘How Clean is Your House’ inherits Donald Where's Your Troosers? by Andy Stewart and passes on Nina Simone's Here Comes The Sun.

Former SAS soldier turned author Chris Ryan chooses 'All Right Now' by Free and 'You Could Be Happy' by Snow Patrol.

Choreographer Richard Alston chooses 'Sous Le Ciel De Paris' by Yves Montand and 'Lest Sexy' by Shantel.

Food writer and chef, Simon Hopkinson, chooses 'Catch a Falling Star' by Perry Como and '21st Century Schizoid Man' by King Crimson.

Singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke inherits 'My Funny Valentine' by Chet Baker and passes on 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.

Multi-instrumentalist and band leader Django Bates inherits Charlie Parker’s 'My Little Suede Shoes' and passes on his own 'Interval Song'.

Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall inherits ‘The Elements’ by Tom Lehrer, and passes on ‘Loser’ by Beck.

Historical novelist Lindsey Davis, author of the Falco series of crime stories, chooses the storm scene from Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (This version - Symphony No 6 In F Pastoral Opus 68: Lightning, Thunderstorm - Allegro by the London Symphony Orchestra, Wyn Morris) and 'I'm Still Here' by Millicent Martin.

Olivier award-winning musical performer Maria Friedman chooses the theme from ‘Peter and the Wolf’, by Prokofiev and ‘Bess, You Is My Woman Now’ from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

Cyrille Regis, the former West Bromwich Albion and Coventry striker inherited Distant Drums by Jim Reeves and passes on How Great Thou Art sung by the Canoldir Male Voice Choir.

The God of Hellfire, Arthur Brown, chose "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "Love Itself" by Leonard Cohen.

Griff Rhys Jones chooses On The Street Where You Live from My Fair Lady as the song he has inherited and Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix as the track he'd like to pass on to future generations.

Otis Williams, co founder of Motown legends The Temptations, shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Actor and singer Paul Nicholas chooses 'Singing In The Rain' by Gene Kelly and 'Don't Worry About Me' by Frank Sinatra.

George Benson inherited Just Friends by Charlie Parker and would like to pass on Save The Children by Marvin Gaye.