BBC Radio 4

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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BBC Radio 4

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Music

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www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Simon Williams 05.01.2019

Simon chooses: I Whistle a Happy Tune from The King and I & Lullabye, sung by Billy Joel.

Brian Conley 29.12.2018

Elvis Presley, Jailhouse Rock and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Who Loves You

Lily Allen 22.12.2018

I’m Always on a Mountain When I Fall, performed by Merle Haggard and Fix You by Coldplay.

Eric Idle 15.12.2018

Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles; Always Look on the Brightside of Life, Monty Python.

Sir Tim Rice 08.12.2018

Sir Tim Rice chooses his Inheritance Tracks.

Joanne Froggatt 01.12.2018

Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush and Proud Mary performed by Ike and Tina Turner

Richard Blackwood 24.11.2018

Richard chooses Mama Used to Say, Junior; & Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing, Stevie Wonder

Dame Jenni Murray 17.11.2018

The Blue Danube by Strauss, and Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez.

Nana Mouskouri 10.11.2018

Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse.

Stephen Mangan 03.11.2018

I Recall a Gypsy Woman, Don Williams; Who Knows Where the Time Goes?, Fairport Convention

Curtis Stigers 27.10.2018

The American Jazz singer and saxophonist chooses his Inheritance Tracks

Paul Jones 20.10.2018

The singer chooses My Babe by Little Walter and Come Sunday by Mahalia Jackson.

Akram Khan 16.10.2018

Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan shares his Inheritance tracks.

Zandra Rhodes 06.10.2018

Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes shares her Inheritance Tracks. She chooses Boléro by Ravel and The Pearl Fishers’ Duet by Bizet.

Adam Henson 29.09.2018

Countryfile's Adam Henson chooses Golden Brown by The Stranglers and Life on Mars by David Bowie

Ken Bruce 22.09.2018

Radio 2's Ken Bruce chooses I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra and Joe Brown performing I’ll See You In My Dreams from the Concert for George.

Ray Winstone 15.09.2018

The East End actor shares a song he inherited and one he would like to pass on. His choices are Nat King Cole's Smile and Dean Martin's version of West Ham anthem I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.

Helen Lederer 01.09.2018

Comedian, writer and actress Helen Lederer chooses Que Sera, Sera by Doris Day and All I Want by Joni Mitchell.

Loyd Grossman 25.08.2018

The presenter choses his Inheritance Tracks.

Kiki Dee 21.08.2018

The singer Kiki Dee shares her Inheritance Tracks: Some of Your Lovin sung by Dusty Springfield and Calling All Angels performed by Jane Siberry.

Inheritance Track: Kim Wilde 11.08.2018

Kim choses 'Anyone who had a heart' performed by Cilla Black and 'Everything put together falls apart' by Paul Simon

Gyles Brandreth 04.08.2018

Author, broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth chooses Maurice Chevalier & Hermione Gingold singing I Remember It Well from the film Gigi and Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear by Scooter and Fozzie Bear from The Muppets.

Orla Kiely 28.07.2018

Designer Orla Kiely chooses her Inheritance Tracks - Night and Day by Cole Porter and 7 seconds by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry.

Robert Winston 21.07.2018

Robert Winston is Professor of Science and Society, and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London. He chooses the second movement from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Edouard van Remoortel and the opening of J S Bach's Christmas Oratorio, recorded by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and the Orchestra of the Ag...

Ken Howard 14.07.2018

The artist on his music choices and why his mother never thought he had a proper job.

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