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**Inheritance Tracks**

Guests on songs inherited from their parents and songs they’d pass on to their children.

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Nick Grimshaw Jun 28, 2025

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

Limahl Jun 21, 2025

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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.

Fearne Cotton Jun 14, 2025

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Broadcaster Fearne Cotton chooses ‘Dreams’ by Fleetwood Mac and ‘Campfire Day Four’ by Ludovico Einaudi.

Suzi Ruffell Jun 07, 2025

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Actor, writer and stand-up Suzi Ruffell chooses ‘You Can't Hurry Love’ by The Supremes and ‘Heart's Content’ by Brandi Carlile.

Georgia Mann May 31, 2025

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Broadcaster Georgia Mann chooses Gabriel Fauré’s ‘Pie Jesu’ and ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ by Bonnie Tyler.

Ivo Graham May 24, 2025

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Comedian and writer Ivo Graham chooses ‘Glastonbury Song’ by The Waterboys and ‘Funky Town’ by Lipps Inc.

Robert Macfarlane May 17, 2025

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Nature writer Robert Macfarlane chooses River Man by Nick Drake and Monkey Gone to Heaven by Pixies.

Rory Kinnear May 10, 2025

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The actor Rory Kinnear has won two Olivier Awards, played Bill Tanner (M’s chief of staff) in four Bond Movies and his wide acting range has also seen him play Frankenstein’s monster and a fictional British Prime Minister.

Born in London, educated at Oxford and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, if there is such a thing as an inherited performer’s gene, Rory got it.

Both his parents were actors…his father was Roy Kinnear and his mother is Carmel Cryan.

With that kind of lineage - what then will he have chosen as his Inheritance Tracks?

Inherited: Little Green Apples by Roger Miller Pass on: I Will (Take You Forever) by Christopher Cross

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Minnie Harrop

Jason Mantzoukas May 03, 2025

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Comedian, actor, screen-writer, voice-artist, podcaster - Jason Mantzoukas can do it all.

He’s gone from improvised stand-up to starring in films and shows including Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The League.

Born into a family of Greek-Americans in the early 1970s, he studied religion at college, drummed in a marching band, riffed in jazz clubs and moved to Morrocco to immerse himself in local rhythms.

So, what will this self-confessed music obsessive select as his Inheritance Tracks....

Inherited: When Problems Arise by Fishbone Passed on: Vocalise My Love by Florence Adooni

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Nigel Havers Apr 26, 2025

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The actor and presenter Nigel Havers was born in Middlesex in 1951 to a barrister father and an author mother.

His screen roles have been varied, from His portrayal of Lord Andrew Lindsay in the film Chariots of Fire in 1981 which earned him a BAFTA nomination, to Lewis Archer in Coronation Street for over a decade and a guest spot in Downton Abbey amongst other.

He was the face of Nescafe for many years, and is now seen presenting The Bidding Room on BBC television.

With such a varied life and career – what then will he choose for his Inheritance Tracks?

Inherited: I've Got You Under My Skin by Mel Tormé Pass on: Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey

This programme has been changed for music rights reasons.

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