Inheritance Tracks
Gina McKee
The BAFTA award winning actor Gina McKee, in a career spanning over three decades, has showcased her range in dramas, comedies and thrillers. She’s perhaps best known for her work in The Lost Prince, Our Friends in the North, Brass Eye and Notting Hill.Gina focuses on the craft rather than the fame and that’s so evident in her body of stage work…most recently in The Children’s Hour and Dear England… Born in Durham, she grew up, the daughter of a coal miner. Inherited:‘I’ll be there’ The Four Tops Pass on: ‘Mae Velha’ Cesaria Evora
29 mars 2025 - 08 min 41 s
Rachel Burden
Rachel Burden is a familiar voice on the BBC airwaves, she’s been a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast programme, regularly brings us the news on the television, and hosts Cafe Hope - Radio 4’s virtual coffee shop where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they're doing to make the world a better place. Born in Buckinghamshire, she graduated from Trinity College Dublin and studied broadcast journalism at Cardiff University. One of five children and a mother of four herself, music has always been something they’ve shared, what then has she chosen for her Inheritance Tracks... Inherited: "Overture" from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Pass on: "Days" by Kirsty MacColl Producers: Catherine Powell and Ben Mitchell
22 mars 2025 - 07 min 51 s
Christina Trevanion
Time for some radio gold...or silver? Christina Trevanion is an internationally-recognised jewellery expert whose work as an auctioneer has led her to a sparkling role presenting TV antiques shows like Antiques Road Trip, Bargain Hunt and Flog It. After studying Fine Art at University, Christina worked at Christies in London before setting up her own auction house in her home county of Shropshire. So, let’s see what musical treasures she can offer us in today’s Inheritance Tracks...
15 mars 2025 - 07 min 43 s
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Carrie Hope Fletcher is a true triple threat: a powerhouse performer, a bestselling writer and an inspiring voice off stage too. She’s been in the spotlight since she was seven years old and has made her name as a West End star playing iconic roles…Éponine and Fantine in Les Misérables, Veronica Sawyer in the original West End production of Heathers: The Musical, and she originated the role of Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella. Beyond the theatre, Carrie’s a big social media personality and has a massive YouTube following and she’s also a bestselling author. Her older brother Tom Fletcher is lead vocalist and guitarist of the band McFly but will any of their hits make it into her Inheritance Tracks? Inherited: Sophia by Nerina Pallo Passed on: Dancing in the Moonlight by Toploader Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan
8 mars 2025 - 07 min 22 s
Jared Harris
From playing Lane Price in Mad Men to King George VI in the Crown, and now Claudius in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet, performing is in Jared Harris' blood. His earliest memory is being in Hawaii while his late father – the actor Richard Harris – was filming a movie with Julie Andrews. But as a child, he wanted to be an astronaut...which might explain his Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: Fly Me to the Moon by Tony Bennett Passed on: The Galaxy Song by Monty Python Producers: Ben Mitchell and Jack Lee
1 mars 2025 - 05 min 43 s
Steph McGovern
The journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern is one of the most recognisable faces and voices and is currently on the run from Bear Grylls in new Netflix show Celebrity Bear Hunt. She grew up in Middlesbrough and went to a truly egalitarian school which believed that all children have skills, whatever their family’s background. A classic swot but also the class clown, she just wanted people to like her; ‘standard TV presenter syndrome’ - her words, not ours! Steph began her career as an engineer before moving into financial journalism, becoming a business correspondent for BBC News, and has always been discreet about her private life...but we do know that she’s a former champion Irish dancer and still keeps her foot in. Will there be a flavour of that dance heritage in her Inheritance Tracks? Inherited: Starman by David Bowie Pass on: C'est La Vie by B*Witched Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey
15 févr. 2025 - 07 min 02 s
Olly Alexander
Musician Olly Alexander was born in Harrogate, and discovered a love of acting at school, where tread the boards in Guys and Dolls and the bug had bitten. His role as Ritchie in Russel T Davies' acclaimed Channel 4 drama It's a Sin, bringing to life the horrors of HIV/Aids in the Gay community in the 1980's, brought him serious attention and plaudits, earning him a Bafta TV nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category amongst others. But it was as a musician where he originally made his mark as the vocalist for the band Years and Years, reaching number one in the UK album charts twice, and releasing a series of super catchy singles that made series dents in the mainstream charts. He went solo in 2024 in a big way by representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest last year and his debut solo album is Polari, recently released to rave reviews. Inherited: Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell Passed on: Honey by Robyn Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell
15 févr. 2025 - 06 min 36 s
Jesse Eisenberg
The acclaimed actor Jesse Eisenberg was born in New York, and raised in New Jersey, in a secular Jewish home, by his parents and two sisters. His latest film A Real Pain, honours that heritage, and alongside Succession's Kieran Culkin they play Jewish American cousins who travel to former Nazi German-occupied Poland to honour their late grandmother. The film is tipped to do well at this years Oscars and Baftas, but it was his big break playing Mark Zuckerburg in the 2010 film The Social Network that brought him his first taste of fame and accolades, a role he recently told The Today Programme he’s keen to distance himself from. He’s gone onto use magic to perform an audacious heist, killed Bill Murray during a zombie apocalypse and even fought Superman. And his Inheritance Tracks are a charmingly unique insight into the man behind the roles. Inherited: Variations by Andrew Lloyd Webber Passed on: Étude Op. 25, No. 1 "Aeolian Harp" by Chopin Producers: Anna Bailey and Minnie Harrop
8 févr. 2025 - 06 min 09 s
Felicity Jones
For some of you, before Wicked's Elphaba and Glinda entered our consciousness...there was Felicity Jones in the TV series The Worst Witch...the double Oscar nominee's first starring role before spending a decade as Emma Carter in The Archers. Born in Birmingham, down the road from Ambridge, it was in a galaxy far, far, away that she cemented her place in Hollywood in Rogue One: A Stars War Story Her most recent role in The Brutalist has earned her a supporting actress BAFTA and Oscar nomination and she credits her drive to being raised by a working single mother. As a mother herself now...her Inheritance Tracks have charmingly familial feel. Inherited: Love and Affection by Joan Armatrading Passed on: Pressure Drop by Toots and the Maytals Producer: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey
1 févr. 2025 - 09 min 20 s
DJ Spoony
Jonathan Joseph, DJ Spoony to his friends, is someone who spends his life selecting music – and has just taken over the late-night slot on Radio 2. Born in Hackney in the early 1970s to British West Indian parents, he loved music from an early age and quickly moved from underground pirate radio stations in the 90's before bringing garage music to Radio 1. At Christmas he revealed that he’d recently undergone emergency surgery for a bleed on the brain. He says music helped him recover. So what then has he chosen as his Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: Time is the Master by John Holt Pass on: Gabriel by Roy Davis Jr. Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell
25 janv. 2025 - 06 min 19 s