Celia Imrie has worked in television, theatre and films over the past five decades. She’s taken roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in big budget films such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia! to name but a few. Celia will be starring in the film adaptation of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders but find themselves caught in a real case. So with that in mind, we wanted to solve the mystery of what are Celia’s Inheritance Tracks.Inherited Track: You Know What I Mean by Jeff Beck. Pass On: Merveille by Jean Louis Albert.Producer: Noa Dowling

The two-time Sunday Times bestselling author and journalist Candice Brathwaite grew up in Brixton, south London. Candice first became known for her conversations about the often over-looked experience of Black mothers in the UK which became the subject of her raw, searing and witty 2020 book, 'I am Not Your Mother'. She followed that with 'Sista Sista' essays which were equally forceful on the issues of diversity, identity and representation. Her latest book 'Manifesto' is out now. We asked Candice to share with us the tracks that have inspired her. Inherited: Never, Never, Never by John Holt Pass on: Spring 1, Vivaldi re-composed Four Seasons by Max Richter Producer: Lowri Morgan

Leigh Francis’ creation Keith Lemon came to our attention with Bo Selecta in the early noughties, and he hasn’t been off our screens much since, with various sketch and panel shows becoming hits, most notably Celebrity Juice and the revamped Through the Keyhole. Surreal and silly, his is a brand of comedy that has mass appeal, and his new book 'Leigh, Myself and I' charts how "a little boy called Leigh became a naughty bear".What then will his Inheritance Tracks be?Inherited: Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants Passed on: New Sensation by INXSProducer: Ben Mitchell

Tim Minchin is the multi-talented Australian musician, comedian, actor, writer, director, who helped bring Matilda from book to stage with his hit musical lyrics. In his new book "You Don't Have To Have A Dream" he shares his thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love - but it was his dream to be a musician that drove young Tim from an early age.It was his tongue-in-cheek songs and poetry that helped find him fame here in the UK and off the back of his success rebranding Dhal he has turned Groundhog Day into a musical and even trod the boards himself as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar.With a CV like that – what then will he choose as his Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Passed on: Lullaby of Birdland by Ella FitzgeraldProducer: Ben Mitchell

Nicola Adams was one of the stand-out stars of the London Games in 2012 when she became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal. And then she won gold again in Rio four years later. Born into a tough life in Leeds in the early 1980s, Nicola immediately loved enjoyed the discipline she found in boxing at the age of 12. If her punches have unnerved her opponents in the ring, her charm and winning smile have perhaps been even more disarming. Her Inheritance Tracks will have you heading straight to the gym.Inherited: Hustlin' by Rick Ross Pass on: Sure Thing by MiguelProducer: Ben Mitchell

Carrie and David Grant are the BAFTA award-winning power couple, broadcasters and vocal coaches to the stars. If, like me, you remember the early noughties reality song contest Fame Academy, they were the expert vocal coaches that helped the likes of Lemar find their voice. Their TV and music career has spanned over 35 years winning them a MOBO award and has seen them write a revealing memoir 'A Very Modern Family' which charts their parenting experiences in a neuro diverse family. What then will these musical aficionados choose as their shared Inheritance Tracks. Inherited, Carrie: Moon River by Andy Williams Inherited, David: Concrete Jungle by Bob Marley and The Wailers Passed on: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta FlackProducer: Ben Mitchell

Since graduating from Durham University, Ed Gamble has become one of the UK’s most successful stand-up comedians. He’s been a Taskmaster champion, a Pointless host and one of the Hunted on Channel 4. And his “Off Menu” series with James Acaster is one of the most listened-to podcasts in the UK – where guests choose their ideal meal. But Ed's own love of food hasn’t always been easy. He has Type One Diabetes...and has spoken, and written, movingly about his complicated relationship with eating and weight.In an interview a couple of years ago he said: I can’t tell day-to- day whether I’m arrogant or I hate myself, but I think somewhere in-between is absolutely ideal for a comedian. Inherited: Lady Grinning Soul by David Bowie Pass on: Black Sabbath by Black SabbathProducer: Ben Mitchell

Adam Kay was born in Brighton to Jewish parents, his father was a doctor and he too went into medicine gynaecology and obstetrics. After a traumatic experience in the operating theatre, Adam left medicine and wrote his first memoir…This is Going to Hurt. It covered his time as a trainee doctor and became not only a bestseller, but was adapted by him, into the TV series of the same name, starring Ben Whishaw as Adam. He won a BAFTA for his writing. His most recent memoir, Undoctored, was much, much more personal. Radically honest in fact - from revealing his previous marriage to a woman before finding love with his now husband, to talking about abuse and having an eating disorder. He’s also written fact and fiction books for children. explaining some of the more astonishing, and often revolting stories from the world of science and medicine. Inherited: Franz Schubert's Impromptu Op.90 performed by Llŷr Williams Passed on: I Never Do Anything Twice by Stephen SondheimProducer: Ben Mitchell

Rachel Stevens shot to fame as part of the iconic group S Club 7 aged just 19, catapulting her to fame, bringing with it all the glamour, glitz and BRIT Awards. But it was in 1993 when she first caught the attention of talent agents by winning a modelling contest sponsored by UK teen magazine Just 17, beating 5,000 other competitors. After a stint studying a business diploma at the London College of Fashion and briefly working in PR – she finally decided to pursue her musical dream. In her memoir Finding my Voice, Rachel talks about the highs and lows of her life and career, from managing lifelong anxiety to dealing with the loss of friend and S Club bandmate Paul Cattermole. Inherited: That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick ft. Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight Passed on: I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney HoustonProducer: Ben Mitchell

The comedian and professional quizzer Paul Sinha, grew up with a surgeon father and a midwife mother. He also became a doctor.His calling however was comedy and although for a while he was a full-time doctor and a part time comedian making people laugh proved irresistible. He became a household name in 2011, when he joined ITV’s show The Chase as one of the Chasers.Knowing his encyclopaedic knowledge about so many things, we asked him to share with us the tracks that matter most to him.Inherited: Uptown Top Ranking by Althea & Donna Pass on: Being Boring by the Pet Shop BoysProducer: Ben Mitchell

Danny Robins has created all kinds of shows for TV and radio – often embracing the spookier side of life and death. From the BAFTA-nominated Young Dracula on BBC One to The Cold Swedish Winter on BBC Radio 4. For Danny’s new series of the hit podcast – Uncanny – he’s criss-crossing America with a team of paranormal believers and sceptics as they investigate matters that seem to defy logical explanation. With all that in mind, we were fascinated to know Danny would choose as his Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: Ride On by Christy Moore Pass On: Nightrain by Guns ‘n’RosesProducer: Ben Mitchell

10 years ago Marlon James published 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' his bestselling novel which would go onto be awarded the Booker Prize. Born in Jamaica in 1970 his parents shared with him their passion for poetry and Shakespeare – but Marlon preferred to be in his room reading comics like X-Men...the mutant group who went onto inspire him to write his 'Black Leopard, Red Wolf' trilogy. For those who haven’t already read it, A Brief History of Seven Killings' is broken up into 5 sections, each named after a different piece of music, and music continues to play a prominent role in his writing life. In his acceptance speech for the Booker Prize back in 2015 he heralded the likes of Bob Marley for championing Carribean voices saying he was: “The first to recognise that the voice coming out our mouths was a legitimate voice for fiction and for poetry”. With all that in mind we were fascinated to know what Marlon James’s Inheritance Tracks would be.Inherited: 54/46 Was My Number by Toots and the Maytals Passed on: Equinox by John ColtraneProducer: Ben Mitchell

Actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe is perhaps best known for playing the non-clairvoyant husband Mike in the BBC One series, Ghosts. Kiell grew up in East London and his future as a thespian was set in stone when at the age of five he began acting in nativity plays. He studied acting at East 15 Acting School, and he honed his skills by making musical skits in the early years of YouTube, and can now be seen on stage in 'The Government Inspector' and on our screens as the new host of The Great British Sewing Bee. Thankfully, his career in acting worked out, as in his own words, “My plan B was to be a grime MC”. So with that in mind we asked Kiell to share his Inheritance Track with us. Inherited: Never Too Much by Luther Vandros Passed on: Do You Mind by KylaProducers: Eirian Jones and Ben Mitchell

Reece Shearsmith rose to fame with the darkly comic League of Gentleman. Since then his fascination with the macabre has led to starring roles on TV and stage, as well as to an enduring writing and acting partnership with Steve Pemberton. He is currently on our screens with his latest and last series of the genius Inside No9 - and these are his Inheritance tracks. Inherited: White Christmas by Darlene Love Passing on: Tonight we Fly by The Divine ComedyProducers: Catherine Powell and Ben Mitchell

Hilary and Michael are an entertainment power-couple. Having worked as a leading theatrical agent and producer for many years, with clients including Nigel Havers, Judi Dench and Colin Firth – it was at a glitzy party that Michael first set his eyes on the then actress Hilary Gish Hilary says of that night...“I was looking for an agent, he was looking for a wife.” They’ve gone on to have three children together, including the actor and comedian Jack Whitehall, and in recent years they’ve turned their family life into an entertainment empire. As well as starring in their own Netflix series, hosted TV and theatre chat shows, and co-authored books...their podcast, The Wittering Whitehalls, has added yet another string to the brand Whitehall bow. So, we invited Michael and Hilary to share their Inheritance Tracks with us...Michael Inherited: Symphony No.3, the 2nd movement, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Hilary Inherited: Let's Dance by David Bowie Passing on: Blue in Green by Miles DavisProducer: Ben Mitchell

Jamie Laing found fame in the second series of Made in Chelsea in 2011, and has gone on to rebrand himself several times.First as a veritable Willy Wonka, as the great great grandson of biscuit mogul Sir Alexander Grant, it is perhaps no surprise that he has created his own line of incredibly successful sweets.These days he is just as at home in the audio studio as he is on the factory floor, having just been named the new co-host of BBC Radio 1’s Going Home programme, and has been a mainstay in the podcast charts for many years; from NewlyWeds, alongside his wife, to his new interview show Great Company.What then will he choose as his Inheritance Tracks...Inherited: Man! I Feel Like A Woman! by Shania Twain Passing on: MMMBop by HansonProducers: Ribika Moktan and Ben Mitchell

Star of TV and radio, Vernon Kay comes from a Northern working-class family. His first job, at 14, was putting stickers on boxes of bananas at a ripening factory…and he also worked as caretaker, deep cleaning schools before his break came as a model. TV came next with stints on T4 and All-Star Family Fortunes and has recently taken over the mid-morning show on Radio 2. Last November Vernon ran an Ultra Marathon for Radio 2’s BBC Children in Need fundraiser, 115 miles in just four days, and he raised over £6 million!!! Married to fellow presenter Tess Daly, they have two daughters...so what’s the music he’ll choose to pass on to them?Inherited: Allentown by Billy Joel Passing on: You Got The Love by Candi StatonProducer: Ben Mitchell

Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris are a funny couple. Quite literally! The comedians have been regulars on comedy quiz panels, with Parris one of the hosts on the Mash Report, and Brigstocke appearing on many programmes here on Radio 4, including the popular I’ve Never Seen Star Wars amongst countless other shows. They're new podcast ‘How was it for you?’, offers a peek into the joyful mess that ensues when two comedians live together.So we were fascinated to see what there joint inheritance tracks would be.Inherited: Marcus - A Forrest by The Cure Rachel - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt by DJ Shadow Passed on: Together - Buona Sera by Louis PrimaProducer: Eirian Jones and Ben Mitchell

The Michelin starred chef and restaurateur Angela Hartnett likes crisps, prefers cheese to dessert, and her favourite pasta is spaghetti in a tomato sauce. Simple tastes for someone who’s famous for giving people fine dining experiences. A protegee of Gordon Ramsay, Angela cheffed in some of the best restaurants in the world before opening her own Murano in Mayfair.She’s famous and in demand for her TV appearances and hosts the excellent and entertaining podcast Dish along with Nick Grimshaw. Whilst growing up, she inherited the values of wholesome food and the importance of the family meal from her Italian grandmother. So we askes her to share the music that she’s inherited with us.Inherited: Simply the Best by Tina Turner Passed on: Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini, performed by Luciano PavarottiProducers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell

The comedian, podcaster and self described Vibe-Magnet John Robins is an Edinburgh Comedy Award winner whose dry stand up has taken him on several sold out tours, a BBC 5 Live programme with Elis James, and the latest series of Taskmaster.He openly talks about all aspects of his life, from the ridiculous to the sublime, and has been praised for the way he has discussed the way he has dealt with mental health and his sobriety.A lover of games and music - what then will he chose for his Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: Enlightenment by Van Morrison Passed on: The Wild Kindness (feat. Cassie Berman) by Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" BillyProducer: Ben Mitchell

Born in Paris, Liz Bonnin grew up in Ireland where she studied biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin.She joined an all-girl pop band rather than doing a PhD at Oxford and then came TV, initially on entertainment shows before her real calling pulled her back for a Masters in wild animal biology. When Liz returned to our tv screens it was as a science presenter; Tomorrow’s World, Bang Goes the Theory, Blue Planet Live.... She’s taken viewers from the Galapagos...to the Jurassic Coast and even Arctic...but where will her Inheritance Tracks lead us today?Inherited: Amélia by Malavoi Passed on: I'm Every Woman by Chakka KhanProducer: Ben Mitchell

Broadcaster Lauren Laverne has, arguably, two of the best jobs in radio - 6 Music’s Breakfast Show and Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.Her career in entertainment began though as the lead singer and a guitarist in the band Kenickie and her love of performing and sharing music see's her takes Desert Island Discs to the London Palladium for a series of special live shows.As someone who encourages people to share the music that shaped their lives we were fascinated to hear her Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan Passed on: Hit or Miss by OdettaProducer: Ben Mitchell

Natalie Cassidy has grown up in front of the nation. She was only ten years old when she joined the cast of Eastenders. Over the last 30 years, her character - Sonia - has become one of the most popular residents of Albert Square, as she’s dealt with a teenage pregnancy, a cancer scare and bereavements. Natalie had to have music lessons when her character famously took up the trumpet on Eastenders, so let’s see if that has influenced her choices as she selects her Inheritance Tracks.Natalie is the co-host of the podcast, 'Off The Telly' which is available now. Producer: Lowri Morgan

Strictly Come Dancing's longest serving professional dancer Karen Hauer was born in Valencia, Venezula where she lived until the age of eight before moving with her family to the Bronx in New York. Dance allowed Karen to express herself and at the age of nine she won a scholarship to the Martha Graham School of Contempoary Dance. On the show she has danced with the likes of Will Young and Eddie Kadi. Music gives Karen inspiration for her dance routines and will be touring the UK with the 'Strictly Come Dancing the Professionals Tour' from May 2024.Inherited: Don't Speak by No Doubt Pass on: Your Song by Elton JohnProducer: Lowri Morgan

Alex Horne is the comedian and creator of the BAFTA winning Channel 4’s hit comedy game-show, Taskmaster. On the show Alex is the Taskmaster’s assistant and this week, we’ve given him the task of assisting us with choosing our Inheritance Tracks.He is a musician himself and he will be will be on tour around the country with ‘The Horne Section’ and their brand-new show from March 2024. Inherited: In The Army Now by Status Quo. Passed on: Bang Bang by David Sanborn Producer: Ribika Moktan

Tommy Tiernan is a stand-up comedian, actor, writer and extraordinary talk show host, extraordinary because on The Tommy Tiernan Show on RTE he doesn’t know who his guest is until they walk on, there’s no script or preparation, so the conversation can go anywhere, and it does! As a comedian, he’s won the big award and even though his sense of humour has on occasions been controversial, he maintains there’s never malice intended. Tommy also has a podcast and is famous for playing Da Gerry in Derry Girls Although he was born in Ireland he had a peripatetic early life as you’ll hear in his Inheritance Tracks...Inherited: Amhrán na bhFiann, the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. Passed on: Maka Hannya HaramittaProducer: Glyn Tansley

Adam Hills is a seriously funny man, and most well known as host of Channel 4’s hugely successful The Last Leg on Friday nights. Born in Sydney without a right foot, he turned his disability to his advantage and often referred to it in his comedy. His first stand up show was in 1997, and he became a hit at the Melbourne International comedy festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. Some alternative commentating on the 2012 London Summer Paralympics led to Channel 4 giving him his own series, which has now broadcast its 300th episode. Inherited: Crying by Roy Orbison Passed on: One Day Like This by ElbowProducers: Ben Mitchell and Lowri Morgan

The Grand Tour presenter and lover of high-speed adventures Richard Hammond, was born in Birmingham, the eldest of three boys, and describes himself growing up as ‘a little fella’ in a close-knit family.His first broadcasting experience, and love, was not TV but local radio and as bass guitar player we wondered what his Inheritance Tracks might be.Inherited: Call Me The Breeze by J.J. Cale Passed on: Memphis Soul Stew by King CurtisProducer: Ben Mitchell and Lowri Morgan

Millions of cricket fans all over the world have grown up with Jonathan Agnew’s voice as he’s expertly guided us through the highs and lows of the best sport ever invented. He’s joined Test Match Special in 1991 after a very successful career as a fast bowler for Leicestershire and a slightly less successful career as a fast bowler for England – which he often jokes about on air. He’s a keen flyer (he has a pilot’s licence), a keen dog owner (he has two) and also a lover of music. But what music? Let’s find out... Inherited: You're a Lady by Peter Skellern Pass on: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina SimoneProducer: Ben Mitchell

Iain Stirling started doing stand-up while studying law at University in Edinburgh and quickly drew the attention of the comedy world. Soon after, his popularity grew, and now sells out venues all over the country. In 2015 he became the voice of ITV2's dating show Love Island.He also clearly loves music so we asked him to share with us the song that have changed his life.Inherited: Africa, Toto Passed on: The Modern Leper, Frightened Rabbit Producer: Ben Mitchell

The London born ceramic artist Keith Brymer-Jones, who regularly wells up when he’s moved by beauty and effort on The Great Pottery Throw Down, was eleven years old when he made his first pottery object.After a brief stint in the punk band The Wigs, he got an apprenticeship at Harefield Pottery in London and learned to make modern ceramics. We asked him to turn his hand to this week's Inheritance Tracks...Inherited: Fantasy by Earth, Wind and Fire Passed on: I Feel Love by Donna SummerProducer: Ben Mitchell

Owain Wyn Evans has been working in broadcasting since he was 18. He's an accomplished television and radio presenter and shot to superstardom during the pandemic in 2020 as the drumming weather presenter playing along to the BBC News Theme. He became a viral sensation and in 2021 he raised an extraordinary £3million for Children in Need by drumming non-stop for 24 hours. This week he took a break from warming up for Zoe Ball on Radio 2’s Early Breakfast Show to reflect on his inheritance tracks...Inherited: The Masquerade by the Carpenters Passed on: This Hell by Reena SawayamaProducer: Ben Mitchell

When he’s not working on his own gin brand, or his latest book, or guest editing the Today programme former petrol head James May is perhaps best known as the thinking man’s car guy from Top Gear and Grand Tour. His trademark wry humour and self-deprecation make him an interesting TV presenter, no matter what he turns his attention to and he’s an excellent travel guide on the various James May Our Man In... series. Born in Bristol, one of four children, he spent his teenage years in South Yorkshire and as someone who studied music at university and who’s apparently a rather accomplished musician. We asked James what his Inheritance Tracks might be.Inherited: Dream Darling Dream by McGuinness Flint Passed On: Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceProducer: Ribika Moktan

Opera singer Wynne Evans was indelibly etched into the UK’s collective TV watching consciousness when he played Gio Compario - the moustachioed opera singer in those famous comparison site adverts. Born in South-West Wales, Wynne is a professionally trained opera star and his operatic roles have seen him onstage at major opera houses here in the UK and across the globe, with his debut album ‘A Song in My Heart’ went to Number 1 in the classical charts. This year, he won Celebrity MasterChef with a starter of Carmarthen-Japanese Tuna Tartare and a main course of Welsh lamb on samphire.We asked Wynne to share his equally delicious Inheritance Tracks with us...Inherited: Be My Love by Mario Lanza Passed on: Laudate Dominum - Vesperae Solennes de Confessore by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartProducer: Ben Mitchell

Writer, comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig was born in Denmark to a Danish father and English mother and was brought up in Europe, Africa and the United States. She’s done it all; politics, children's books, theatre plays, the great British Bake Off, and taken part in pretty much every panel show worth its salt, including of course hosting QI, the much loved and quite interesting panel show she’s hosted on television since 2016. She was one of the members of the first all female comedy groups at Cambridge’s Footlights whilst gaining a first class degree, and in 2015 she co founded the Women's Equality Party. President of the Writers Guild of Great Britain, her writing credits take in radio, television and the stage. Inherited: Secret Love by The Oscar Peterson Trio Passed on: Don't Rain on my Parade by Barbara StreisandProducer: Ben Mitchell

Kelvin Fletcher is best known for his portrayal of Andy Sugden in Emmerdale, a role he played for twenty years, and for which he won Best Actor at the British Soap awards for his portrayal. When he was just six years old he went to Oldham Theatre Workshop where, before getting his big break in 1996.He’s a father of four and a keen motor racer, and documented his buying of a 120 acre farm in the Peak District in a BBC documentary and in 2019 he won Strictly Come Dancing with his dancing partner Oti Mabuse.Inherited: Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson Passed on: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the WailersProducer: Ben Mitchell

Before Lucy Worsley became a fixture on our TV screens as a trusted architectural and social historian she wanted to be either a spy, a witch or a nun. But her father was a geologist and he wanted Lucy to be a scientist, so when she switched from the sciences to the humanities he was unimpressed and told her she’d never earn a living with a history degree! It was a visit to Mompesson House, a National Trust property in Salisbury, when she was 18 that made her realise that keeping a historical place going was an actual job and one that spoke to her - she’s now Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces with an office in Hampton Court Palace. So who, what and when will her Inheritance Tracks come from?Inherited: Mozart Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major played by Maria João Pires Passed on: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis: The Seventh Service sung by The Choir of HM Chapel RoyalProducer: Ben Mitchell

This edition of Inheritance Tracks are chosen by Jonathan Ranganathan – better known, of course, by his middle name, Romesh. The comedian, presenter and DJ was born in West Sussex in the late 1970s to Sri Lankan parents. When he was 11, a friend left a cassette-tape at his house – labelled Public Enemy. Romesh listened – and that day, his love of hip-hop music began. But not just hip-hop. Music has been a huge part of his family’s story...across the generations.Inherited: Love Come Down by Evelyn "Champagne" King Passed on: Juicy by The Notorious B.I.GProducers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

If farmer, TV presenter and writer Adam Henson was a stick of rock the word Cotswolds would be sweetly written through him. He’s loved by millions of Countryfile viewers and probably a lot of lambs, Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs, Highland cattle and horses too. And he knows a thing or two about how food gets from farm to fork being an ambassador for British farming. But will his Inheritance Tracks be pastorales, reflecting the bucolic nature of his life? Inherited: Too Much Pressure by The Specials Passed on: Pencil Full of Lead by Paolo Nutini Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

The actor, writer, comedian and Radio 4 treasure, Miles Jupp has been delighting audiences for decades; from Balamory to The News Quiz and Rev. Miles recently shared the news that he’d suffered a brain seizure - requiring complex neurosurgery. Happily, he’s has made a good recovery, and he's about to go on tour...no doubt with his favourite music playing in the car as he criss-crosses the country. Inherited: Just an Old Fashioned Girl by Eartha Kit Passing on: Wherever You Roam by The Proclaimers Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

Derren Brown amazes audiences with his extraordinary illusions and showmanship, as a mentalist and magic creator. He captivates with his charm and is also disarmingly forthright and emotionally eloquent which is evident in his writing, podcast Bootcamp and painting. Born in London and brought up in Purley, which he describes as the epitome of middle-class suburbia, Derren studied law and German at Bristol University which is where his Inheritance Tracks begin... Inherited: The Prelude to the 1st Cello Suite by J S Bach Passed on: Debussy's Brier played by Vikingur Olafsson Producer: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

From the moment he became a cub scout in Sussex in the 1970s, Tim Peake wanted to have adventures. He joined the army...became an Apache helicopter pilot...and then set his sights even higher...A LOT higher. As an astronaut, he became the first Brit to walk in space during a voyage to the International Space Station. But what kind of music did he listen to while he was up there? Inherited: It Must be Love by Labi Siffre Passed on: Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses Producer: Ben Mitchell

The Reverend Kate Bottley is a not your run of the mill vicar... ...since rising to fame on Channel 4’s Gogglebox she’s gone on to become a writer and broadcaster on the likes of Songs of Praise, and you can hear her every Sunday with Jason Mohammad (formerly of this parish) on Radio 2’s Good Morning Sunday. Kate’s latest book, Have a Little Faith, isn’t out to convert, quite the opposite, it’s a guidebook on how to navigate life’s ups and downs, be kind, and face your own challenges armed with hope...and plenty of lasagne. So, with all that in mind, I’m praying for a miraculous set of Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley Pass on: Come Healing by Leonard Cohen

Simon Farnaby is famed for his parts in Ghosts, Horrible Histories and Detectorists, but it's his starring role in that iconic sketch from the Diamond Jubilee, seen over 30 million times on YouTube, in which he served the late Queen tea with Paddington Bear. Indeed, he was one of the writers of Paddington 2 – and his latest screenplay, Wonka, is actually a musical origin story of Roald Dahl’s eccentric chocolatier. But Simon's Inheritance Tracks are not necessarily the golden ticket he'd have hoped for. Inherited: Little Town by Cliff Richard Passed on: Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

She’s cycled to the South Pole, ran the Namibia ultra-marathon, kayaked the entire length of the River Amazon, solo, yet competing on Strictly made TV presenter and adventurer, Helen Skelton feel most vulnerable. Helen began her presenting career at Newsround and has been a household name since 2008, when she became a Blue Peter presenter and graduated to Countryfile. Her new memoir In My Stride charts her life from being raised on a dairy farm outside Cumbria to becoming a household name on Blue Peter and Countryfile. What then, will she choose for her Inheritance Tracks? Inherited: One Way or Another by Blondie Passing on: Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

Chef Tom Kerridge is more than just a Michelin-starred foodie – he's a TV presenter, author and entrepreneur. Married to sculptor Beth Cullen-Kerridge, Tom’s new book ‘Pub Kitchen: The Ultimate Modern British Food Bible’ was recently published and we asked him to serve up his Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: English Rose by The Jam Passed on: Proof by I Am Kloot As featured on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live on 07/10/2023. Presented by Olly Mann and Nikki Bedi. Producer: Ben Mitchell/Gareth Nelson-Davies

Casual, fun, yet competent and assuring Alan Fletcher's character, Dr Karl Kennedy, along with his on-screen wife Susan, was a genuine tea-time idol to a generation. What you might not know is that the actor is a country music aficionado, part of a burgeoning Australian Americana scene, and at the age of 65, he's just released his first solo album. As Neighbours returns to our screens we asked him to share his inheritance tracks. Inherited: Going up the Country by Canned Heat Passed on: We are Vampires by Jason Isbell Producer: Ben Mitchell

The actor, comedian and writer Mawaan Rizwan, recently told the NME, “In every job I do, I want to smash the box that people put me in”. Born in Pakistan, Mawaan’s family moved to the UK when he was three, he grew up in East London, with a mother who’d been a child star in Pakistan so if the performance gene were a thing, he very much has it it. As an actor he’s played roles in Simon Amstell’s Benjamin and Carnage, he wrote for the hit Netflix series Sex Education, and you can see his new surreal BBC Three series Juice on iPlayer. What then, will his Inheritance Tracks be? Inherited: Mera Laung Gawacha by Musarrat Nazir Pass on: Paper Planes by MIA Producer: Ben Mitchell

If you type ‘right wing comedian’ into a search engine the top answer will be Geoff Norcott. Amazingly...the second, third and fourth results would also be the comedian and podcaster. He's certainly cornered his niche making us laugh on Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News For You, and his own stand-up special for Radio 4 Geoff-erendum. But, ironically, it seems Geoff doesn't necessarily skew right, when it comes to at least one of his musical heroes – as we discovered, when we asked him to share his Inheritance Tracks. Inherited: Itchycoo Park by Small Faces Pass on: Zoo Station by U2 Producer: Ben Mitchell

Born in Billericay, Richard Osman got his first taste for broadcasting on BBC Radio Sussex, when he was still at school. He read Politics and Sociology at Cambridge and then worked behind the scenes in TV before creating and co-presenting the BBC quiz show, Pointless. His own show, Richard Osman’s House of Games followed, another huge success, and along the way he’s managed to become an international best-selling crime fiction author! It all began with The Thursday Murder Club in 2020 and with the fourth book in the wildly popular series on the horizon we asked him to put down that feather quill and share his Inheritance Tracks with us. Inherited: Life on Mars by David Bowie Pass on: Boring People by Pet Shop Boys Producer: Ben Mitchell

Johnny Flynn - actor, poet, musician - he can do pretty much anything. On stage and screen, he’s played Albert Einstein, Richard Burton and David Bowie - and in the studio he’s recorded albums of classic folk as well as the title track for The Detectorists. Johnny took a break from playing a political broadcaster in his new show The Lovers to tell us about the musicians who have inspired him throughout his life. Inherited: Joe Hill by Paul Robeson Passing on: Close My Eyes by Arthur Russell Producer: Ben Mitchell

Comedian, writer and actor Rose Matafeo grew up in New Zealand, the daughter of a Samoan father and a mother with Scottish/Croatian heritage. In 2018 she won the prestigious ‘Best Show’ at The Edinburgh Fringe for ‘Horndog' - only the second woman, and the first person of colour, to win it. As an actor, she was brilliant in the New Zealand movie Baby Done and she’s soon to be back on our screens in season three of her hit BBC series Starstruck. We asked her to take a break from writing her new stand-up show and share her Inheritance Tracks with us. Inherited: Ramblin' Rose by Nat King Cole Passed on: Where am I going? by Barbra Streisand Producer: Ben Mitchell

You’ll no doubt have seen the comedian Lou Sanders on pretty much every tv comedy show; from Live at the Apollo, to 8 out of 10 Cats and she was even champion on Taskmaster. Her memoir "What's that Lady Doing?" charts a life of mistakes with funny look at what happens when we work through our issues and come out the other side. The songs she has chosen to cherish from her past and to pass on to the next generation might surprise you…in fact, they seem to have surprised her! Inherited: Dido Bendigo by The Watersons Passing On: Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan Producer: Ben Mitchell

The BBC’s News Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, knew he wanted to be a journalist when he was ten years old. He grew up in Cornwall and the Caribbean and read history at Cambridge. He’s now a trusted broadcaster and a man synonymous with news and, he became a bit of a social media sensation with his explainer videos. As he was once dabbled as a drum’n’bass DJ so we wondered what his Inheritance Tracks might be. Inherited: The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett Passed on: Suite - Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash Producers: Ben Mitchell and Jesse Edwards

Award-winning author, illustrator and screen-writer Alice Oseman created the hugely popular “Heartstopper” series about two teenage boys, Nick and Charlie, falling in love at a British school. The story has been a sensation going from online-comic to printed book to blockbuster Netflix show. Inherited: Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac Pass On: Dance with me by Beabadoobe Producer: Ben Mitchell

The Megadeth frontman on the tracks that inspire him both personally and his music.

The barrister turned broadcaster reveals the music that is most important to him.

Actor and musician Minnie Driver's breakout film roles include Circle of Friends, Grosse Pointe Blank and the hugely successful 1997 movie, Good Will Hunting, for which she was Oscar nominated. You may have recently seen her in the movies Cinderella or Chevalier - and on TV in the US sitcom Speechless or in Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck here on the BBC. Minnie’s side-hustles are equally successful, she’s a podcaster, essayist and memoirist with her ‘tell most memoir’ Managing Expectations; which is a collection of essays about her life. She lives in California and is a passionate surfer and a doting mother to her teenage son Henry We asked mellifluous Minnie to share her Inheritance Tracks with us... Inherited: Save Your Love for Me by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley Passing on: Have You Ever Seen The Rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell

Annie MacManus, known professionally as Annie Mac, is the DJ turned author whose new book ‘The Mess We're In’ is a story about how music can break you down and build you back up again. Annie presented shows on BBC Radio 1 for seventeen years and, as well as writing, performs at music festivals all over the world and at some of the biggest clubs. Inherited: A Rainy Night in Soho by The Pogues Pass On: No one knows me life the piano by Sampha Producer: Ben Mitchell

After the indie rock band, The Audience, disbanded in the late 90’s, their lead singer began her solo career. Sophie Ellis-Bextor had early solo hits like Murder on the Dancefloor and Groovejet (If This Ain't Love). Sophie has now released her seventh studio album, Hana. BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live asked Sophie to share her Inheritance Tracks with us. Inherited: Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd Passing on: Harmony Hall by Vampire Weekend. Producers: Lowri Rhiannon Morgan and Leni Hatcher.

Actor, writer and stand-up comedian Guz Khan was born in Birmingham and raised in Coventry. The former humanities teacher quit his job to pursue a career in comedy after his social media videos gained a following. He went on to create the hit BBC television series Man Like Mobeen, and the fourth series is currently streaming via the BBC iPlayer. Inherited: Tumhein Dillagi Bhool Jani Paray Gi by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Passing on: Do For Love by Tupac Shakur Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies and Ribika Moktan

On her Instagram profile, actor Tanya Moodie describes herself as Buddhist, actor, Willow’s mum, Mini Bull terrier mum. Born in Canada to Jamaican parents Tanya came to England at the age of 17 and got a place at RADA. She’s since worked with the RSC and The National Theatre and on TV is known for her award-winning work on the BBC series Motherland and for the RTE show The Clinic Inherited: Duppy Gunman by Ernie Smith Passing on: Freeman in Paris by Joni Mitchell Producer: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

You might know Ben Bailey Smith better as Doc Brown, an actor, comedian, rapper and screen writer. Ben was born to a Jamaican mother and English father in Willesden, north west London, his older sister is the celebrated writer Zadie Smith. He started rapping when he was 15, competing in Rap Battles in the early 2000’s, and became a successful stand up comedian. His acting talents have appeared in huge tv series like Channel 4’s Inbetweeners and Derek, to BBC’s Doctor Who, The Split and Damilola, Our Loved Boy to name but a handful. Often his comedy, music and acting talents overlap; he’s very good at all of these things so why wouldn’t he often combine them. In his podcast Shrink the Box, Ben and psychotherapist Sasha Bates analyse fictional tv characters like Omar from the Wire and Ross from Friends, trying to figure out why they are as they are. Inherited: Looks is Deceiving by The Gladiators Passing on: Doo Wop (That Thing) by Lauryn Hill Producer: Ben Mitchell Producer: Ben Mitchell

The frontman of one of the biggest music acts of the 90’s, Supergrass, Gaz was born in Oxford to a food scientist father and an English teaching mother. The family moved to San Francisco for a few of Gaz’s formative years, before returning to Oxford and at 13, he met 15-year-old Danny Goffey on the school playing field and that was the beginning of musical history. Supergrass released six studio albums in their 17 years and famously turned down an offer from Stephen Spielberg for the band to do a Monkees style TV series. The band broke up in 2010 and although they reformed, and played Glastonbury last year, Gaz has been making critically acclaimed solo records and has just released his fourth album Turn the Car Around. Inherited: My Father’s Name Is Dad by Fire Passing on: Land by Patti Smith Producer: Ben Mitchell

Sadiq Khan was born in 1970 in Tooting, south London. He became a solicitor in the early 90’s specializing in Human rights issues, and an MP in 2005. He was first elected as London Mayor in 2016, becoming the third mayor of the city and its first Muslim mayor. In his new book 'Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency' he describes his reaction to being diagnosed with adult-onset asthma. He reveals the music that was the soundtrack to the mad house he grew up in - and the inspirational song that politicised him. Inherited: Our House by Madness Passing on: Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2 Producer: Ben Mitchell

Alex George was an A & E doctor in London when he entered the nation’s consciousness by appearing on the fourth series of Love Island. Although he initially returned to work on the ward, the media clamour for his talent eventually lured him away. Using his medical expertise, he hosted a podcast, made appearances on many of the nation’s favourite TV shows and then, in 2020, his youngest brother took his own life. Alex then launched a campaign requesting the UK Government prioritise mental health amongst children and adolescents and he’s been focusing on Youth Mental Health ever since, writing two books and using his huge social media following to affect change. He describes how he remembers his mother singing and dancing to Elton John, and reveals how the power of listening Ben Howard helped him through grief. Inherited: Your Song by Elton John Passing on: Keep Your Head Up by Ben Howard Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

Mathew Baynton is an actor, writer, comedian and musician – who shot to fame as part of the troop who brought us the historical and hysterical sketch show Horrible Histories on CBBC. Since then, along with his fellow co-stars, he has gone on to create, write and star in the critically acclaimed BBC series – Ghosts. He describes how he finds inspiration in both the light and shade of Leonard Cohen's songs, and takes great solace in Big Thief's lyrics when thinking of his children. Music Inherited - Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen Pass on - Change by Big Thief Producer: Ben Mitchell

Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain won him The Booker Prize in 2020. It centres around an alcoholic single mother and her gay son navigating life on a Glasgow estate and it reflects Douglas’ own troubled upbringing. After near homelessness he earned a place at The Royal College of Art…and went on to land in the epicentre of New York fashion, working for huge brands. In this edition of the podcast Douglas discusses how the music of Nick Drake helped spark romance between him and his now husband, and why Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" keeps the spirit of his late brother alive. Music Inherited - Pink Moon by Nick Drake Pass on - Sunny by Bobby Hebb Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell

Alex Jones, is a broadcaster and host of The One Show and Reunion Hotel. Music: Inherited: Tiny Dancer by Elton John Pass on: I'm Yours by Jason Mraz Producers: Ben Mitchell and Lowri Rhiannon Morgan

Sir Tony Robinson is a multi-hyphenate; an actor, comedian, broadcaster and author whose career has, so far, spanned 50 years. He’s probably best-known for playing turnip-brained Baldrick (who always had 'a cunning plan) in the iconic TV show Blackadder, and his twenty-year stint fronting Channel 4’s Time Team, a series inspired by own his passion for digging deep into the past, to understand the present. His new podcast series “Cunningcast”, which sees him take the long view on the big stories of the day, is available now. Music: Inherited: The Man I Love by Billie Holiday Pass on: Short People by Randy Newman Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

In this edition of Inheritance Tracks Rufus Wainwright reveals the stories behind the music that continues to inspire him; from the highlands of Scotland to a powerful song gifted to his peers and contemporary gay men. Music: Inherited: Wild Mountain Thyme - Judy Collins Pass on: Heading for Home by Peggy Seeger Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

As well as being a consummate journalist, newsreader and broadcaster, Sophie does ‘beyond the limits’ running…the Marathon des Sables for example…for pleasure?! In this edition of Inheritance Tracks she reveals the very personal stories behind the music that continues to inspire her and evoke such fond and beautiful memories; from her Grandfather's peerless piano performances to the raucously fun jazz nights with the Raworth house band. Music: Inherited: Franz Schubert - Impromptu Pass on: Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

For Elizabeth Day, nothing succeeds like failure as her award-winning podcast How To Fail With Elizabeth Day proves - and getting in the way of defeat once again is her new book Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict. In this edition of Inheritance Tracks she reveals how a warm down track in a spin class helped her through a tough time in her life and how the story behind one Abba classic struck a chord during her childhood growing up in Northern Ireland through The Troubles. Music: ABBA - Fernando Andra Day - Rise Up Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto and On My Feelings by Ruby Modine

Joan Baez performing There but for fortune, Nina Simone: Feeling Good

I Feel by Teddy Thompson and Any Dream Will Do by Jason Donovan

Eric Bibb, The Cape and Lianne La Havas, Green Papaya

Nothing Shines Unless It Burns by Belladonna and Fratres by Arvo Pärt

Let's Stay Together by Al Green and Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield.

He's Misstra Know-It-All by Stevie Wonder and Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

If You Don't Know Me By Now by Simply Red and California King Bed by Rihanna

Saving All My Love for You by Whitney Houston and Chicago by Sufjan Stevens

Photo credit: Joseph Sinclair

Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole and Don't Fence Me In by Gene Autry

Good Morning Mr Walker by The Mighty Sparrow and Killer Queen by Queen

Everything I Own by Ken Boothe and Stevie Wonder, Living for the City

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and All Things Must Pass by George Harrison.

The Promise by Bruce Springsteen and Simple Twist Of Fate by Bob Dylan

Rocket Man by Elton John and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

On Her Majesty's Secret Service by John Barry and Travelin' Soldier by The Chicks

Look over yonder wall by Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Broken Down Angel by Nazareth.

Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf and Hiro by Soprano.

Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma - Melanie & Starman - David Bowie. Photo:Gavin Bond

Grandstand theme tune by Keith Mansfield and Heartache Tonight by the Eagles

Sweet Jamaica by Clancy Eccles and What’s Going on by Marvin Gaye

Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops and One Day Like This by Elbow

Billy the Kid by Tex Ritter and Children of the Revolution by Marc Bolan and T-Rex.

You’re the First, the Last, My Everything by Barry White & Born This Way Lady Gaga

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay/Otis Redding & Only To Be With You/Roachford Photo Paul Stuart

Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen and Pure Shores by All Saints.

Say You'll Be There by The Spice Girls & Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond

Photo credit: Anthony Woods

Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley & Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich photo Suki Dhanda

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 by Bach and Con Alma by Dizzy Gillespie (Photo: Simon Fowler)

Delirium Tremens by Christy Moore and Stay Wild by Shuga.

Rubberneckin' by Elvis Presley and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

Surfin USA by The Beach Boys and Love Will Keep Us Alive by The Eagles

Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba and O-o-h Child by The Five Stairsteps

God Only Knows by the Beach Boys and Time For Heroes by The Libertines.

Janie Jones - The Clash and Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green. Pic:Paul Marc Mitchell.

Photo credit: Alison Rosa.

Il Canto sung by Luciano Pavarotti and Sail Away by Randy Newman.

Stardust by Nat King Cole and Star of the County Down by Van Morrison and the Chieftains

Carl Davis, Last Train to Tomorrow and Bach Brandenburg concerto, Number 5.

White Cliffs of Dover by Vera Lynn and Feeling Good by Nina Simone

Beethoven: Fidelio, Mir ist so wunderbar and The Carpenters: We’ve Only Just Begun.

Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko by Asha Bhosle & Mohammed Rafi and To Zion by Lauryn Hill

Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood's Jackson, and The Human League, Being Boiled.

City of Dreams by Talking Heads and Together Again by Janet Jackson.

Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin and Summer Breeze performed by the Isley Bothers

Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys and Stars - Nina Simone Live at Montreux 1976

London Calling by The Clash and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2

Kathleen Ferrier singing The Keel Row & Gabriel Faure's Piano Trio in D Minor

Along the Road to Gundagai by Slim Dusty and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

O Thou That Tellest from Messiah and As With Rosy Steps the Morn from Theodora by Handel

Just a Gigolo by Louis Prima and Vincent by Don McClean. Photo credit: Monica Schipper

English Rose by The Jam and Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones

I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin

In Loving You, Junior English and Better Git it in Your Soul by Charles Mingus

Many A New Day from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma & Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

Welcome to My World by Jim Reeves and So What by Miles Davis

Willow Weep for Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Vivaldi's Spring III recomposed by Max Richter

Ray Stevens, The Streak and Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire

Cyprus Avenue by Van Morrison and Rio by Michael Nesmith

You Are My Heart's Delight by Richard Tauber and Bonde by Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

Manha de Carnaval by Luiz Bonfa and West Coast Blues by Wes Montgomery

Your Song by Elton John and Piano Man by Billy Joel.

Berceuse from Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure and Ring Out Wild Bells by Percy Fletcher

‘S Wonderful - Tony Bennett and Move On sung by Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin

Hit me with your rhythm stick, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Sat in your lap by Kate Bush

Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan and Beeswing by Richard Thompson.

Downtown Petula Clarke and Really Free by John Otway and Wild Willy Barratt

You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing and The Scientist by Coldplay.

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Platters and Nimrod, Edward Elgar

MacCrimmon’s Lament - Jeannie Robertson & Cecilia Bartoli - Agitata Da Due Venti, Vivaldi

Jingo performed by Santana and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

You’ll Never Walk Alone performed by Shirley Jones and Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by June Tabor, and Joe Hill by The Dubliners.

Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole & Bridge Over Troubled Water sung by Roberta Flack

Geoffrey Burgon's Theme from Brideshead Revisited and Batyar by The Ukrainians.

Creep by Radiohead and A Thousand Trees by Stereophonics

Mubarak Ho Tum Sabko Haj Ka Mahina by Shabbir Kumar and Tappe by Surinder Rattan

La Mer by Charles Trenet and Martha by Tom Waits

Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific and Farewell to Stromness, Peter Maxwell Davies

The Great Pretender by The Platters & Nessun Dorma from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti

I Heard it Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye and Don’t Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin.

Cheek to Cheek by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong and The Time is Now by Moloko

Vincent by Don McLean and 11.59 by Blondie

It’s Impossible by Perry Como and It Doesn’t Matter Anymore sung by Buddy Holly.

Ella Fitzgerald: Thanks for the Memory and Dory Previn: The Lady with the Braid.

Sister Suffragette from Mary Poppins and Something Good by Utah Saints.

Kiya Hai Pyar Jise Humne Zindagi by Jagjit Singh and Incredible by M-Beat

Tom Lerher’s Wernher von Braun, Young Hearts Run Free, Candi Staton

And the Beat Goes On by The Whispers and Collateral Damage by Burna Boy

I Wanna Be Down by Brandi and Right Here by SWV

Chopin Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor and Tippett, A Child of our Time

Take Five by Dave Brubeck and Pio Poli by Michalis Hatzigiannis

Dancing Queen by Abba and Prokofiev's Adagio from Cinderella

Bridge over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel, Sisters are doin' it... by Eurythmics

Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, the final movement.

Gregorio Allegri: Miserere and Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie

Smooth Sailing by The Temptations and Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye

Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea and You Could Be Mine by Guns N' Roses

Sea Song by Robert Wyatt and Swimming with the Snake by Tim Smith

The Yardbirds' Train Kept a Rollin’ and Thunderclap Newman, Something in the air

Come Live with Me Angel by Marvin Gaye and Tom Browne- Funkin for Jamaica.

Unforgettable by Nat King Cole and Make Me Smile by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit and Wilson Pickett's Hey Jude

Smile by Nat King Cole and Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan.

What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner and Islands in the Stream

I Wanna Be Like You, Kenny Ball; My Chemical Romance, Welcome to the Black Parade

Life on Mars by David Bowie and You Got To Run by Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq

Desi Girl by Shankar Mahadevan and The First Time I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack

Sweetheart Contract by Magazine, Brotherhood of Man by Oscar Peterson with Terry Clarke

Some Enchanted Evening by Giorgio Tozzi and Prokofiev's 7th Piano Sonata

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi by Radiohead, and Heart on Ice by Desi Friel

What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye and Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing by Tori Kelly

Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise and Nina Simone singing Strange Fruit

This Is My Life by Shirley Bassey and Falling and Laughing by Orange Juice

Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Love Made Them Do It by Ruby Turner

What Are You Doing New Years Eve/ Nancy Wilson & When Will I See You Again/Three Degrees

Besame Mucho, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and The Way You Look Tonight, Fred Astaire

Dance Of The Blessed Spirits by C.W. Gluck and On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter

The Logical Song by Supertramp and In The New Year by The Walkmen.

JS Bach, Partita no. 1 in B flat major and Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees

Myfanwy by Cor Meibion Dolgellau A'r Cylch & Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen

Rock Island Line performed by Lonnie Donegan and Joshua by Allan Holdsworth.

The Seekers' Five Hundred Miles, F. Couperin's "Les Baricades Mysterieuses", A Hewitt

D.I.S.C.O by Ottawan and Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell.

Easy by The Commodores and The Notorious B.I.G - Juicy.

Alison Krauss, Down to the River to Pray and Voces8, Pie Jesu from Fauré’s Requiem

Ain't Misbehavin' by Fats Waller and Really Love by D'Angelo and the Vanguard

Calypso by John Denver and Me, Myself, I, by Joan Armatrading.

A Fats Waller Medley from Ain't Misbehavin and Night Boat to Cairo by Madness

Aretha Franklin, Don't Play That Song, and Gladys Knight, Licence to Kill.

Former politician Ed Balls chooses 'Dopo notte, atra e funesta' from Handel's Ariodante and 'We Shall Overcome' by Pete Seeger.

Crazy Love Vol II by Paul Simon and Don’t Touch My Hair by Solange featuring Sampha.

Don't you Want Me - the Human League and It's Quiet Uptown from the Hamilton soundtrack.

Streisand/Garland Happy days are here again/Get Happy and Nicky Mulvey Fever to the Form

My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

Streets of London by Ralph McTell and Bury Me Naked by Merry Hell

I Get a Kick Out of You by Ella Fitzgerald and Love is Stronger than Pride by Sade.

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of summer by Nat King Cole and Natural Woman by Carole King

Me Myself I by Joan Armatrading and Going to a Town by Rufus Wainwright

Heart of Gold by Boney M and Days by Kirsty MacColl

Blue Christmas by Elvis and Trenchtown Rock by Bob Wailers and the Wailers

Mr Soft's Cockney Rebel, Birgit Nilsson singing Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde

Schubert's Unfinished and Handel's organ concerto No.12 in B flat, op 7 no.6 Lentement

Si mi chiamo Mimi by Puccini and Sonata No. 3 in A major, op. 69 by Beethoven

The Theme from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and No-one Is Alone from Into the Woods.

Henry Belafonte singing Mary’s Boy Child and Take the A Train performed by Duke Ellington

Life's a Gas by T. Rex and Lost and Lonely by Paloma Faith

Aaron Copland's Hoe Down and Spanish Castle Magic by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Happiness performed by Ken Dodd and Love Song by The Cure

Sweet Soul Music by Arthur Conley and Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich

The jazz saxophonist chooses Snake Hip Swing by Ken Snake Hips Johnson and Pf Fat by Steve Williamson Feat. Black Thought (the Roots)

Tina Turner’s Proud Mary and The Fugees’ Killing me Softly

She's Gone by Hall and Oates and Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross

With a Song in My Heart; Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel.

Galway Bay, performed by Ruby Murray and Word on a Wing by David Bowie

Downtown by Petula Clark and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, by Nancy Sinatra; and The Planets - Mars, by Holst.

Run to the Sun by N.E.R.D and Everything is Everything by Lauryn Hill

Burning Love by Elvis Presley; Safe European Home by The Clash

Watching the Wheels, by John Lennon; and Waiting on a Friend by The Rolling Stones.

Be My Life's Companion by Mills Brothers; I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl by Nina Simone

Three Little Birds by Bob Marley; Elgar's Cello Concerto performed by Jacqueline Du Pre.

of Guns N’ Roses, chooses Funk 49 by The James Gang and Little Doll, by The Stooges.

Chooses Sugar Bum Bum by Lord Kitchener and What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye.

Chooses Sonny Boy performed by Al Jolson, and God Only Knows by The Beach Boys

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody by Sonny Lester

Winter Wonderland - Dean Martin and George Formby - Why Women Don’t Like Me

Chopin Etudes opus 25 no 1 in A flat major; A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten

'Misty’ by Erroll Garner and ‘We’ll Meet Again’ by Vera Lynn

Get Down Make Love by Queen and Kindling (Fickle Flame) by Elbow feat. John Grant.

Sphärenklänge by Josef Strauss and What a Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong.

Slide Away by Oasis, and Mr. Brightside by The Killers.

You Are In My Vision by Gary Numan and Tubeway Army and She Belongs To Me by Bob Dylan

She's leaving home by The Beatles and Are You Lonesome Tonight performed by Elvis Presley

Norman Jay chooses: Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole and Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness.

You Gotta Be by Des'ree and Big Dream by Jazmine Sullivan.

Kelly Macdonald chooses: You are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis and I Love You by Woodkid.

Make Your Own Kind of Music by Mama Cass Elliot and Top of the World The Carpenters

The writer and presenter, Danny Wallace, shares his Inheritance Tracks - Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers, and Live Forever by Oasis

Every Time We Say Goodbye by Cole Porter sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Being Boring by the Pet Shop Boys.

Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughn Williams & A Denying by Shirley & Dolly Collins

Crazy performed by Patsy Cline & My Foolish Heart performed by Sam Cooke

Blowing Wilde by Frankie Lane and Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley

The actor and comedian Doon MacKichan shares her Inheritance Tracks - Parigi o Cara Ah Gran Dio, from La Traviata, performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland and What Is and What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin.

Zefiro Torna by Monterverdi sung by Nadia Boulanger Credo from Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis Op123

George RR Martin chooses The Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant and Ripple by The Grateful Dead.

Susan Hill chooses: The Sea Interludes from Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes; and Mozart’s Oboe concerto 3rd movement played by Nicholas Daniel.

Chooses The Forsyte Saga theme by Eric Coates and Willow by Joan Armatrading

Quimbara by Celia Cruz and Fire on the Mountain by Asa.

O Superman, Laurie Anderson and A Design for Life, The Manic Street Preachers.

Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony, 4th movement and Candle in the Wind by Elton John

The Bros drummer chooses U2, Where The Streets Have No Name and Bob Marley, One Love.

My Old Man’s a Dustman, Lonnie Donegan and Comme D’habitude, Claude Francois.

A Whiter Shade Of Pale by Procol Harum and Ash, Girl from Mars.

Hen Wlad fy Nhadau by James James and Eli Jenkin's Prayer by Dylan Thomas and AHD Troyte

Paul chooses The Yellow Rose of Texas, Mitch Miller and These Arms of Mine, Otis Redding.

This is The Sea performed by The Waterboys and Apply Some Pressure by Maximo Park

Cathy's Clown, The Everly Brothers, and In the Army now by Bolland and Bolland.

Jodie Kidd chooses: Money for Nothing, Dire Straits and No Woman No Cry, by Bob Marley.

Fatback Louisiana USA by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Harlan County by Jim Ford.

Superwoman by Stevie Wonder and Love Train performed by The O'Jays

Sara chooses: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor and Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton.

Poem by Fibich performed by Alistair and Narcissus by Joyce Grenfell and Norman Wisdom.

Jack chooses Forever Young sung by Joan Baez and Kathy's Song by Simon and Garfunkel.

Hear My Song Violetta, performed by Josef Locke and A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles.

Dancing Queen by Abba and Back to Life by Soul II Soul

The Supervet chooses Stairway to Heaven performed by Led Zeppelin and One by U2.

Come Together by The Beatles and Follow You Follow Me by Genesis.

Brother Can You Spare A Dime, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance and We’ll Meet Again, Johnny Cash

Former designer and sculptor Nicole Farhi chooses Kol Nidrei sung by Cantor Yitz Meir Helfgot and Casta Diva sung by Maria Callas from the opera Norma by Bellini.

Dave Gorman chooses: When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman, performed by Dr. Hook; and Reasons to Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury and The Blockheads.

The Fairy's Kiss by Stravinsky and Blue in Green by Miles Davis

Midnight Train to Georgia sung by Gladys Knight & the Pips & Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla

James chooses Billie Jean, Michael Jackson; and Wagon Wheel, Darius Rucker.

She has chosen Sweet Jamaica by Clancy Eccles and What’s Goin’ On by Marvin Gaye

He chooses Woodman, Spare That Tree by Phil Harris and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

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

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

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

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

Sir Tim Rice chooses his Inheritance Tracks.

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

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

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

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

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

The American Jazz singer and saxophonist chooses his Inheritance Tracks

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

Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan shares his Inheritance tracks.

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

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

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.

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.

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

The presenter choses his Inheritance Tracks.

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

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

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.

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 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 Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Stephen Layton.

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

Chris Difford, co-founder, guitarist, vocalist and lyricist from Squeeze chooses Happy Jack by The Who and You've Got A Friend by Carole King.

Judy Murray chooses The Jeely Piece Song by The Singing Kettle and Girl by Sharon Martin.

Poet and novelist Ben Okri shares his Inheritance Tracks. He choses (Sittin' on The) Dock of the Bay by Otis Reading and 'Pastorale' from Scenes from Nigeria by Samuel Akpabot, performed by Marcus Eley with Lucerne DeSa.

Actor Phil Daniels chooses Nature's Way by Spirit and I'm One by the Who.

Jo Wood, former wife of Ronnie Wood, chooses Patter Patte by Miriam Makeba, and Stray Cat Blues by The Rolling Stones.

Opera singer Willard White chooses Smile by Nat King Cole and Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 In C Major, BWV 846.

DJ Simon Mayo chooses The Nightmare Song 'Love unrequited robs me of my rest' from Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan and Graceland by Paul Simon.

Poet Imtiaz Dharker chooses Babu Samjho Ishare from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi sung by Kishore Kumar and Heroes by David Bowie.

Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden chooses Child in Time by Deep Purple and Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

Actor Stephen McGann chooses (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller and Within You and Without You by The Beatles.

Television presenter Gail Porter chooses Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd and When Doves Cry by Prince.

Actor Samuel West chooses Dory Previn's Play It Again Sam and Matt Bianco's Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed.

Robert chooses Beethoven's Opus 131 and Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon.

Actor John Gordon Sinclair chooses I Love You Because by Jim Reeves and the title track from Aladdin Sane by David Bowie.

Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup chooses Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye by Leonard Cohen and Have I Told You Lately? by Van Morrison.

Cricket commentator Henry Blofeld chooses Tit Willow from the Mikado and Bring in the Clowns by Barbra Streisand.

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine chooses Old Comrades by The Band of HM Royal Marines and Elvis Costello's Lipstick Vogue.

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo and You are So Beautiful, sung by Joe Cocker.

Composer Debbie Wiseman chooses I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing by The New Seekers and Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat Major, Opus 9 No 2.

Novelist Joanna Trollope chooses La Mer by Charles Trenet and Mythical Kings and Iguanas by Dory Previn.

Singer and Actor, Martine McCutcheon choses 'Vultures' by John Mayer & 'Silver Springs' by Fleetwood Mac

Singer and broadcaster Suzi Quatro chooses 'God Bless The Child' by Billie Holliday and 'Try A Little Tenderness' by Otis Reading.

DJ Tony Blackburn chooses 'Reet Petite' by Jackie Wilson and 'I'm Still Waiting' by Diana Ross.

Actress Josette Simon chooses 'Hit The Road Jack' by Ray Charles and 'You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me' by Gladys Knight and the Pips.

Singer Feargal Sharkey chooses 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man' performed by Buddy Holly and 'Aceperience' by Hardfloor.

Singer and songwriter Sharleen Spiteri chooses 'Rock the Casbah' by The Clash and 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' by Nancy Sinatra.

Singer and activist Mavis Staples chooses 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' by The Staple Singers and 'What's Going On by Marvin Gaye.

Goodnight Irene by Leadbelly & The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack

TV presenter and 2016 Strictly winner Ore Oduba chooses Pride by U2 and One Last Time by Ariana Grande.

Actor David Jason chooses The Darktown Poker Club by Phil Harris and Holding Back the Years by Simply Red.

The singer Seal chose Smile by Nat King Cole and God Give Me Strength by Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach.

Presenter, reality TV star and life coach, Jeff Brazier, chooses Crosstown Traffic by Jimi Hendrix and Searching by Roy Ayers.

The musician, Benny Andersson, formerly of Abba chooses Rattvikarnas Ganglat by Dalarnas Spelmansforbund Mon oeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila) by Maria Callas.

TV presenter Nick Knowles chooses Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens and Synchronicity II by The Police.

Comedian Shazia Mirza chooses Verdi's The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from the opera Nabucco and Heroes by David Bowie.

Musician Nitin Sawhney chose 'So What' by Miles Davis and 'Mustt Mustt' by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (the Massive Attack remix).

Broadcaster and theatre critic, Libby Purves, chooses Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Noel Coward's There are Bad Times Just Around the Corner.

Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) by Benny Goodman & the title track of Guys and Dolls.

'American Pie' by Don Mclean and 'Fix You' by Coldplay

The Parting Glass, The Voice Squad; The Scatterlings of Africa, by Johnny Clegg & Juluka.

Guitar legend Wilko Johnson chose 'Cathy's Clown' by the Everly Brothers and 'Highway 61 Revisited' by Bob Dylan

Actress Miranda Richardson chose 'The Ying Tong Song' by The Goons and 'A Meeting By The River' by Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

TV presenter Anthea Turner chose 'A Windmill In Old Amsterdam' by Freddie and the Dreamers and 'Fields Of Gold' by Sting.

Actor Brendan Gleeson chose 'Teddy Bears' Picnic' and 'Sweet Thames Flow Softly' by Planxty.

Comedian Robert Webb chose 'Dance In The Old Fashioned Way' by Charles Aznavour and the Jeff Buckley version of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'.

DJ and filmmaker Don Letts reveals his Inheritance Tracks.

Anoushka Shankar chooses Tana Mana and Shanti Mantra - both by her father Ravi Shankar.

Singer Elkie Brooks chose 'Warm And Tender Love' by Percy Sledge and 'Yesterdays' by Billie Holiday.

Poet John Cooper Clarke chose 'The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life' by Bing Crosby & Al Jolson and 'What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding?' by Nick Lowe.

Roy Hudd chose 'While London Sleeps' and Harry Was A Champion' by Chas & Dave

Norfolk-based broadcasting legend Alan Partridge chooses Who Put The Bomp by Barry Mann and the theme from Grandstand by Keith Mansfield.

Actress and singer Ute Lemper chooses 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone?' by Marlene Dietrich, and 'The Rose' by Bette Midler.

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck chose 'Harbour Lights' by The Platters and 'The Living Years' by Mike And The Mechanics.

Garden designer Dan Pearson chose 'All I Want' by Joni Mitchell and 'The Magic' by Joan As Policewoman

Novelist and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz chooses 'Live and Let Die' by Paul McCartney & Wings and 'Cabaret' by Liza Minnelli from the musical of the same name.

Bianca Jagger chooses 'Casta Diva' from the opera Norma sung by Maria Callas and 'Blowin' In The Wind' by Bob Dylan.

Actor and musician Martin Kemp chooses Long Distance Love performed by Little Feat and Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones.

DJ and producer Jazzie B chose 'Miss Black America' by Curtis Mayfield and 'Music Is My Sanctuary' by Gary Bartz

Actor Dennis Quaid chose 'Into The Mystic' by Van Morrison and 'Life Is Like A Mountain Railway' by Anonymous.

Esther Rantzen chooses 'Don't Put Your Daughter On The Stage Mrs Worthington' by Noel Coward and 'With A Little Help From My Friends' performed by Wet Wet Wet

Former hostage Terry Waite choses Nimrod from Enigma Variations by Elgar and Peace, the soprano solo from The Peacemakers by Karl Jenkins.

Crime writer Donna Leon chose 'Da Tempeste' by Joyce DiDonato and 'Myself I Shall Adore' by Cecilia Bartoli.

The comedian Russell Kane chooses Can't Get Enough of Your Love by Barry White and The Waves by Einaudi.

DJ David Rodigan chose 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me' by Dusty Springfield and 'Feeling Soul' by Bob Andy.

Ian Hislop chooses 'A Swingin' Safari' performed by Bert Kaempfert & his Orchestra and 'Life Could Not Better Be' by Danny Kaye.

Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin & Rocket Man by Elton John

Me and Mrs Jones by Billy Paul and There's More to Life Than This by Bjork.

Singer Toyah Willcox chose 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkel and 'Human Behaviour' by Bjork

Film director Gurinder Chadha chose 'O Janewalo Jayo Na' from the 1957 film 'Mother India', performed by Lata Mangeshkar and 'Something Inside So Strong' by Labi Siffre.

Hypnotist and author, Paul McKenna, chooses 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA and 'Us and Them' by Pink Floyd.

Singer Marti Webb chose 'As Long As He Needs Me' from the musical Oliver and 'Tell Me On A Sunday' the title track from the musical of the same name.

Journalist and presenter Bill Turnbull chooses 'Three Little Maids' from the Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan and 'Che Gelida Manina' sung by Vittorio Grigolo from Puccini's La Boheme.

Television presenter Michaela Strachan chose 'Asimbonang' uMandela thina' by Johnny Clegg and 'Earth Song' by Michael Jackson/

McFly singer Tom Fletcher chose 'Kids Wanna Rock' by Bryan Adams and 'I Get Around' by the Beach Boys.

Tom Chaplin, singer/songwriter and lead singer with the band Keane, chooses 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel and 'Charmed Life' by The Divine Comedy.

Comedian and TV presenter Alan Carr chose 'Chain of Fools' by Aretha Franklin and 'Sign of the Times' by Prince.

Bill Bailey chooses Magic Moments by Perry Como and Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads.

Maureen Lipman chooses 'When You Wish Upon A Star' performed by Barbara Cook and 'Frank Mills' from the musical Hair.

Phil Collins shares his Inheritance Tracks. He has chosen All My Loving by The Beatles and The Times They Are A Changin' by Bob Dylan.

Comedian and actor Alan Davies chooses Topol singing 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'St Swithin's Day' by Billy Bragg.

Guitarist Johnny Marr chooses 'Walk Right Back' by the Everly Brothers and 'Slow Emotion Replay' by The The.

TV presenter Matt Baker chooses 'Brothers in Arms' by Dire Straits and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' by the Sherman Brothers.

Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, chooses Ladies who Lunch by Elaine Stritch and Blowin' in the Wind performed by Stevie Wonder.

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero chooses the Schumann Fantasie performed by Clifford Curzon and Quintet Opus 18 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, performed by the Borodin Quartet

Former politician and diplomat Paddy Ashdown chooses 'The Parting Glass' by The Dubliners and 'Beim Schlafengehen' by Richard Strauss.

Adventurer, writer and broadcaster Ben Fogle chooses 'Flash Bang Wallop' sung by Tommy Steele and 'It's Tricky' by Run DMC.

DJ Trevor Nelson chooses 'I Want You Back' performed by the Jackson 5 and 'As' by Stevie Wonder.

Irish singer/songwriter Enya chooses Claude Debussy's Nocturnes: Nuages and her own Orinoco Flow.

Designer Wayne Hemingway choose 'You've Got a Friend' by Carole King and 'Black Man' by Stevie Wonder.

Football player, manager and pundit, Ruud Gullit chooses 'Let's Get It On' by Marvin Gaye and 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams.

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Comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director Ade Edmondson chose 'The Song of the Weather' by Flanders & Swann and 'Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold' by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.

Ex head of the British Army Lord Richard Dannatt chose 'High on a Hill' by The Band And Bugles Of The Light Division and 'Highland Cathedral' by the pipes and military band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard.

Geneticist Steve Jones chose Rachie by Caradog Roberts and Richard Wagner's Twilight Of The Gods: Siegfried's Funeral March.

Singer Billy Ocean chooses 'No Woman, No Cry' by Bob Marley and 'A Change Is Gonna Come' by Sam Cooke.

TV weather presenter Sian Lloyd chooses 'Can Walter' by Meic Stevens and 'Something Inside So Strong' by Labi Siffre.

Singer Chris Rea choose 'My Father' by Nina Simone and 'So What' by Miles Davis'.

Playwright David Hare chose 'Oh What a Lovely War' from the Joan Littlewood stage show and 'Simple Twist of Fate' by Bob Dylan, sung by Diana Krall.

Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams chose Pachelbel's Canon in D Major and I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas

Hair stylist Nicky Clarke chose Starman by David Bowie and Beautiful Boy by John Lennon

Actress Juliet Stevenson chose 'Que Sera, Sera' by Doris Day and 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie

Singer Pixie Lott chooses 'Love Come Down' performed by Evelyn Champagne King and 'Something Inside So Strong' by Labi Siffre.

Actor, singer, dancer and presenter John Barrowman chose After The Lovin' by Englebert Humperdinck and Goodbye My Friend by Linda Ronstadt

Actress, singer, presenter and judge on Britain's Got Talent, Amanda Holden chose Meat Loaf's 'Dead Ringer for Love' and Dolly Parton's '9 to 5'.

Singer Katherine Jenkins chooses We Are Family by Sister Sledge and Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra.

Ceramics designer Emma Bridgewater chose 'Le Premier Bonheur du Jour' by Francoise Hardy and 'Gulf Coast Highway' by Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson.

The BBC 6 Music breakfast presenter shares his Inheritance Tracks: The Isley brothers, This Old Heart of Mine and Purple Rain by Prince.

The film director, Peter Greenaway, shares his Inheritance Tracks: An Elephant Never Forgets, performed by Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra; and Concerto in A minor for Bassoon, composed by Antonio Vivaldi and performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Neville Marriner.

Thriller writer Frederick Forsyth chooses 'Ol' Man River' sung by Paul Robeson and 'Fallen Soldier' sung by Melissa.

Sherlock and Mr Selfridge actor Amanda Abbington chooses 'Dear Prudence' by The Beatles and 'Furious' by Joan as Police Woman.

Theo Paphitis shares his Inheritance Tracks: Nobody Does it Better, sung by Carly Simon; and Over the Rainbow, performed by Eva Cassidy.

Singer Will Young chose 'Taxman' by The Beatles and 'Love and Affection' by Joan Armatrading.

Actress Rachael Stirling chose Bob Dylan's 'Lay Lady Lay' and Ella Fitzgerald's 'Too Darn Hot'.

The Archers actor David Troughton chose Elgar's variations on an original theme, opus 36, the enigma Nimrod and 'It must be Love' by Labi Siffre.

Singer Tony Christie chose 'Come Back To Me' performed by Sammy Davis Jnr, featuring Buddy Rich, live at The Sands and 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill' by Peggy Lee.

Levi Roots shares his Inheritance Tracks: Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin and To Zion by Lauryn Hill.

Former cricketer Phil Tufnell chose 'Soul Limbo' by Booker T and the MGs and 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' performed by Gloria Gaynor.

Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie chooses 'Hymn to Love' by Edith Piaf and 'Carry it On' by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Author M C Beaton choose (There'll be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover by Vera Lynn and The Rowan Tree by Kenneth McKellar.

Songwriter and producer Mike Batt chooses the 1st movement of Schuberts 9th Symphony (The Great C major) and Little Red Rooster performed by Howling Wolf, written by Willy Dixon.

Musician Patti Smith chooses 'Nightmare' by Artie Shaw and 'After the Goldrush' by Neil Young.

Actress and singer Natalie Imbruglia chooses 'Close To You' by The Carpenters and 'Into My Arms' by Nick Cave.

Comedian Jon Culshaw chooses Memories performed by Elvis Presley and The Boy with the Thorn in his side by The Smiths.

Entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth chose 'When You Wish Upon a Star' (this version by Jiminy Cricket & Chorus with Orchestra) and 'New York, New York' by Liza Minnelli.

Actress Hayley Mills chose Blue Skies by Willie Nelson, and the theme from the soundtrack to the film Whistle Down the Wind.

Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta CBE chooses Ng la Banda's 'Echale Limon' and Polo Montanez's 'Un Millon de Estrellas'.

Boxing promoter Kellie Maloney chooses 'New York, New York' by Frank Sinatra and 'Walk on the Wild Side' by Lou Reed.

Wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan chose DIVORCE by Tammy Wynette and Tusk by Fleetwood Mac.

Singer Leona Lewis chose 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' by Roberta Flack and 'One Love' by Bob Marley

Cricket Umpire Dickie Bird chose Nat King Cole's 'When I Fall in Love' and Barbra Streisand's 'The Way We Were'.

Singer Frances Ruffelle chooses 'All Your Pals May Leave You' by Kate Carney and 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien' by Edith Piaf

Singer Belinda Carlisle chooses 'True Love' sung by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly and 'The Drugs Don't Work' by The Verve

Former England rugby player Ben Cohen chose 'The Power of Love' by Jennifer Rush and 'That's Life' by Frank Sinatra.

Actress Emilia Clarke chose 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles and 'Check yo self' by Ice Cube.

Conductor Marin Alsop chose Piano Quartet by Robert Schumann and Victory Stride by James P. Johnson

Former Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson chooses 'It's Now Or Never' by Elvis Presley and 'Dare To Dream' by Viola Wills

DJ Edith Bowman chooses 'Blackbird' by The Beatles and 'Slow Show' by The National.

Poet Simon Armitage chooses 'Tonight' from West Side Story and 'Live on a Hot August Night' by Crispy Ambulance.

Conchita Wurst, Austrian pop star and drag queen who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, chooses 'Goldfinger' by Shirley Bassey and 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' by Paloma Faith.

Comedian Bridget Christie inherited 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?' by Creedence Clearwater Revival and passes on the theme from 'Steptoe and Son'.

Interior designer Kelly Hoppen chooses Aretha Franklin's 'Say a Little Prayer' and 'I feel Good' by James Brown.

Choreographer Matthew Bourne chooses Julie Andrews singing 'The Sound of Music' and 'Night and Day' sung by Ella Fitzgerald.

Proms presenter Katie Derham chooses 'Bachianas Brasileiras No.5' by Heitor Villa-Lobos and 'Fire and Rain' by James Taylor.

Folk singer Mary Black choses Ewan McColl's 'School Days Over' and Bob Dylan's 'Forever Young'.

Ex Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson chooses 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' by James Brown and 'Thank You' by Sly & The Family Stone.

Explorer Benedict Allen chooses the theme tune to the 1964 TV series 'The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' and 'Four Strong Winds' by Neil Young.

Actor and comedian Bradley Walsh chose 'A Stranger in Paradise' by Tony Bennett and 'The Hungry Years' by Neil Sedaka.

Entrepreneur and businesswoman Michelle Mone chooses her inheritance tracks. She chooses Because you loved me by Celine Dion and Haven't Met you yet by Michael Bublé.

Actor and musician Hugh Laurie chooses 'Tumbling Dice' by the Rolling Stones and 'Cantaloupe' by Herbie Hancock.

Comedian Dom Joly chooses 'America' by Simon and Garfunkel and 'In a Room' by The House of Love.

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Hotelier and TV presenter, Alex Polizzi, chooses 'Brindisi' from La Traviata and Nina Simone's 'I Put a Spell on You'.

Songwriter Guy Chambers chooses 'Tomorrow Never Knows' by The Beatles and Ravel Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major, second movement.

'Queen of Shops', Mary Portas, chooses 'Into the Mystic' by Van Morrison and 'Crazy on the Weekend' by Sunhouse.

Violinist Nigel Kennedy chose 'Hymn to Him' from Apocalypse by the Mahavishnu Orchestra and 'Limehouse Blues' performed by Stephane Grappelli.

Creator of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, author Alexander McCall Smith, chose 'We'll Meet Again' by Vera Lynn and Terzettino 'Soave sia il vento' from Cosi Fan Tutte.

Actress Anita Dobson chooses 'No One But You' by Billy Eckstine and 'Young at Heart' by Frank Sinatra.

Actor Tom Conti chose the Scarlatti Sonata in G major played by Yuja Wang and Piangerò La Sorte Mia from Handel's Giulio Cesare sung by coloratura soprano Simone Kermes.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter chose 'Look Mummy, No Hands' by Fascinating Aida and 'Not While I'm Around' from the Stephen Sondheim musical 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' (This version performed by Edward Sanders & Helena Bonham Carter from the motion picture soundtrack).

Singer Lulu chooses 'Night Time is the Right Time' by Ray Charles and 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars.

Former soap star, Pam St Clement who played Pat Butcher in Eastenders chooses 'Casta Diva' by Maria Callas and 'Accentuate the Positive' by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters.

Actor Rafe Spall chose 'Cherry Coloured Funk' by the Cocteau Twins & 'And So Is Love' by Kate Bush.

Comedian Stewart Lee chooses 'Solitary Man' by Neil Diamond (recorded live at The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles) and 'Chicken Nuggets for me' by The Fish Police.

Patrick Grant, Savile Row designer and presenter of The Great British Sewing Bee, chooses 'Sympathy for The Devil' by the Rolling Stones and 'Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box' by Radiohead.

The singer, actor and dancer, Ray Quinn, chooses My Special Angel by Malcolm Vaughan and Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.

Singer Natalie Merchant chose 'The Games People Play' by Petula Clark and her own song, 'Wonder'.

The singer and actress Beverley Knight chooses: Touch the Hem of His Garment and A Change Gonna Come by Sam Cooke.

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo chooses 'I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe' by Genesis and 'Perfect Skin' by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions.

Actress Natascha McElhone 'Jamming' by Bob Marley & the Wailers and 'Lean on Me' by Bill Withers.

Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh shares her Inheritance Tracks - The Joy of Living by Ewan MacColl and Reach by S Club.

Novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter Nick Hornby chooses 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash and '(Do the) Mashed Potatoes' by James Brown.

Writer, director, actor and comedian John Waters picks his Inheritance Tracks: ‘Transfusion’ by Nervous Norvus and ‘Hot Wheels’ by Stan Farlow.

Grayson Perry chooses It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones and I'd Rather Ride Around With You by Reba McIntyre.

Alan Johnson MP chose 'True Love' by Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly and 'And Your Bird Can Sing' by The Beatles

Wendi Peters chooses her Inheritance Tracks - I Won't Last A Day Without You by Carpenters, and Hello Dolly by Barbra Streisand.

The writer Michael Morpurgo selects Mozart’s Horn Concerto No 4 and the Andante Grazioso from Mozart’s Piano Sonato number 11.

Listener Ailsa Harris chooses 'Que Sera Sera' by Doris Day and 'Sir Duke' by Stevie Wonder.

John Craven chooses 'You Are My Sunshine' by Gene Autry and The Children in Need single 'Wake Me Up'.

The writer, Jung Chang, selects God Bless the Child, by Billie Holliday and The Sweetest Embrace by Barry Adamson.

The actor Dexter Fletcher selects 'Round Midnight' by Dexter Gordon and 'Sunshine on Leith' by The Proclaimers.s.

Children's author and Purple Ronnie creator Giles Andreae chooses 'Camelot' from the musical of the same name and 'Anthem' by Leonard Cohen.

John Peel's widow, Sheila Ravenscroft, chooses 'Panis Angelicus' by César Franck and 'You Little Thief' by Feargal Sharkey.

West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall selects 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' by Judy Garland and Faure's 'In Paradisum'

Bonnie Langford chooses 'Bring Me Sunshine' by Morecambe and Wise, and 'The Overture of Gypsy' by Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra.

Richard Branson chose 'Tubular Bells' by Mike Oldfield and 'Satisfaction' by the Rolling Stones.

Cerys Matthews inherits Snooks Eaglin's 'I'm a Country Boy' and passes on Hozier's 'Take Me To Church'.

Rebecca Front chooses: We All Laughed by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong; and Siciliano, The second movement of Bach's Second Piano Concerto, performed by Glenn Gould.

Singer Natalie Cole inherits 'Smile' from her father Nat King Cole and passes on 'You Gotta Be' by Des'ree.

Actor Anthony Head inherits 'Adagio for Strings' by Samuel Barber and passes on 'Highway, Highway' by Stephen Allen Davis.

Former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss inherits Boney M's 'Rivers of Babylon', and he passes on Hootie & The Blowfish's 'Hold My Hand'.

Conductor Sir Neville Marriner inherits Handel's Messiah performed by The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and passes on Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht performed by the Hollywood String Quartet.

Andy Bell from Erasure chose '(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear' by Blondie and 'Moments of Pleasure' by Kate Bush.

Louise competed in the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Australia, making the swimming finals in the 100m and 200m backstroke. She is currently the Commonwealth Games Federation Honorary Secretary and is Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Games Scotland Organising Committee. Louise chose "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers and "The Road To Home" by Amy Macdonald.

Roger Wright chooses Sibelius' 2nd Symphony and Via Con Me by Paolo Conte

Chris Froome shares his Inheritance Tracks: All You Need is Love by the Beatles, and Scatterlings of Africa by Johnny Clegg.

The beehive Queen of Neasden chooses The Folks Who Live on the Hill by Peggy Lee and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees.

Ryan Molloy is currently starring in 'The Jersey Boys' on Broadway. He inherits 'The Night' by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and passes on Donny Hathaway's 'A Song For You'.

DJ and musician Fatboy Slim chose 'Something' by The Beatles and 'Sowing the Seeds of Love' by Tears for Fears.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa chooses O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini and Marschallin's Monologue from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss

Arianna Huffington chooses her Inheritance Tracks, choosing 'Zorba's Dance' from Zorba the Greek and passes on 'Alleluia' from Mozart's Exultante.

Ziggy Marley chooses 'Africa Unite' by Bob Marley, and hands down his own track,'I Don't Wanna Live On Mars'.

Ronan Keating chooses Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' and a song which has been vital to Ronan's life: 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens.

Coleen Nolan chooses 'That's Life' by Frank Sinatra and 'Voice Within' by Christina Aguilera.

Julian Lloyd-Webber's Inheritance Tracks are The March from the Love For Three Oranges by Prokofiev and The Little Beggar Boy by Piazzolla played by Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd-Webber.

Judy Finnigan chooses Who's Sorry Now by Connie Francis, and Hey Jude, by The Beatles.

Bridget Jones’ author Helen Fielding chooses 'Climb Every Mountain' from the Sound of Music and Diana’s Krall’s version of 'Pick Yourself Up'.

Jimmy Osmond chooses 'Moon River' by Andy Williams and 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' by The Osmonds.

Comedian Jack Whitehall chooses plainchant from the Monks of Ampleforth Abbey and Rollin' by Limp Bizkit.

For Radio 4’s Character Invasion, House of Cards’ Francis Urquhart shares his Inheritance Tracks, courtesy of his creator Michael Dobbs and actor Ewan Bailey.

Claudia Winkelman shares her inheritance tracks. She inherits the ET theme tune by John Williams and she passes on 'As' by Stevie Wonder.

Zoologist, writer and broadcaster Desmond Morris chose 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Ella Fitzgerald and 'Be Cool' by Honor Heffernan.

Opera singer Danielle de Niese shares her Inheritance Tracks. She inherits Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen and passes on I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from Handel’s Messiah.

Singer, actor, painter, choreographer, producer, Patti Boulaye chooses 'Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen' by Louis Armstrong and 'Earth Song' by Michael Jackson. .

Auschwitz survivor, Eva Schloss, inherits the 'Trout Quintet' by Schubert and passes on ‘What a Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong.

Razorlight’s lead singer Johnny Borrell picks The Beach Boys 'California Saga: The Beaks Of Eagles' and Regina Spektor 'Samson'.

Marjorie Wallace is the Founder and Chief Executive of SANE. She inherits Chopin's Ballade in G minor played by Vladimir Ashkenazy and passes on 'If I Loved You' from the original movie soundtrack of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.

Twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Graham Nash of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills and Nash chooses his Inheritance Tracks; Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by the aforementioned Crosby, Stills and Nash

Chris Hadfield is former Commander of the International Space Station. He chooses 'Where have all the flowers gone' by the Kingston Trio and 'The Story' by Brandi Carlile.

The artist Jack Vettriano chooses the tracks that mean something to him: he inherits Kitty Kallen's Little Things Mean A Lot and passes on My Father by Judy Collins

Journalist Kate Adie chooses the 'Housewive’s choice' theme - 'In Party Mood' by the West End Celebrity Orchestra composed by Jack Strachey. And passes on 'Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus' by Vaughan Williams.

Comedian Jennifer Saunders chooses The Q5 theme by Spike Milligan and Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s song ‘Talk to me of Mendocino’ sung by Kate and her children Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

John Challis, AKA Boycie from 'Only Fools and Horses' chooses: Peter Lind Hayes: Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It? And Whitesnake - Here I Go Again.

Cliff Richard is Britain's most enduring pop star, recently releasing his 100th album. He chooses 'Chewing Piece of Straw' by Jack Payne and his Orchestra and his own track 'We Don't Talk Anymore'.

Baroness Doreen Lawrence is the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Since his death she has campaigned for justice for the victims of race crime and founded the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust in 1998. She chooses ‘Redemption Song’ by Bob Marley and The Wailers and 'Hello Mama Africa' by Garnett Silk.

Judith Kerr is a children’s writer and illustrator whose books ‘The Tiger Who Came for Tea’ and ‘When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit’ have been delighting children and young people for many years. She inherits the Johannes Brahms Lullaby Wiegenlied and It Ain't Necessarily So by George Gershwin.

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.

Olivier-Award winning actor Alex Jennings chooses Bring me Sunshine by Morecombe and Wise as the track he’s inherited and It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night by Prince as the track he'd like to pass on.

Jamie Cullum chooses Dave Brubeck’s Take Five as the track he’s inherited and My Girls by Animal Collective as the track he’d like to pass on.

Actress and presenter Caroline Quentin shares her Inheritance Tracks.

Singer Bonnie Tyler chooses A Hard Day’s Night by the Beatles as the song she has inherited and River Deep Mountain High by Tina Turner as the track she’d like to pass down.

Singer songwriter Don McLean chooses White Christmas by Bing Crosby as the track he has inherited and Don't Be Cruel by Elvis Presley as the song he would like to pass on.

Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett chooses The Drinking Song sung by Mario Lanza as the track he’s inherited and Blowin’ In The Wind by Peter, Paul and Mary as the song he’d like to pass on.

Mary Berry chooses How Great Thou Art as the song she has inherited and Mamma Mia by Abba as the song she'd like to pass on.

Singer Petula Clarke chooses Only Forever by Bing Crosby and Hotel California by the Eagles.

Graham Fellows- aka John Shuttleworth- shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac chooses 'Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie' by Charlie Kunz and 'Imagine' by John Lennon.

The singer chooses Hero by Maria Carey and For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder.

Duran Duran guitarist John Taylor chooses 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' by the Beatles, and 'Golden Years' by David Bowie.

Legendary Welsh rugby player J.J.Williams shares his love of The House of the Rising Sun and Bread of Heaven ( Cwm Rhondda ).

The footballer turned pundit chooses Big Girls Don't Cry by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and She's the One by Robbie Williams.

Jeff Lynne from ELO chooses ‘If I Loved You’ from Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein and ‘Only the Lonely’ by Roy Orbison.

Mott the Hoople lead singer Ian Hunter chooses 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' by Leslie Hutchinson and one of his own tracks 'Life'.

Journalist, author and television presenter Dawn O'Porter chooses Speed of the Sound of Loneliness performed by Nanci Griffith and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.

Singer Katie Melua chooses 'Imagine' by John Lennon and 'Kids' by MGMT.

Ben Elton chooses 'Sagt Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind?' performed by Marlene Dietrich and 'We Are The Champions' by Queen.

Tamasin chose Bach’s Brandenburg 6 and Rise and Fall by Fireflies.

Charlotte Green, leaving the BBC after 25 years, chooses her Inheritance Tracks.

Theatre director Trevor Nunn chooses Coronation Scot from Paul Temple by Carl Davis and All you Need is Love by the Beatles.

Suggs from Madness shares his Inheritance Tracks.

John McCarthy and Suzy Klein with journalist and broadcaster Aggie MacKenzie, Martin Green who was Head of Ceremonies at the 2012 Olympics and Andrew Parker who was 'the human bridge' during the Zeebrugge ferry disaster. Felcity Finch reveals the Secret Life of the Archers, poet Luke Wright offers a festive rhyme, travel writer Adrian Mourby describes Kosice, one of the 2013 European Capitals of Culture, singer Ralph McTell takes us by the hand and leads us through the streets of London, and celebrity astrologer Russell Grant shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Julia Donaldson's Inheritance Tracks are The Warthog by Flanders and Swan and World Inside a Book written by Julia herself.

Fiona Shaw chooses Father and Son by Cat Stevens and the final chorus of Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc.

Neil Sedaka chooses The World is Waiting for the Sunrise by Les Paul and Mary Ford and his own composition Manhattan Intermezzo

Soul singer Nona Hendryx chooses 'Peace in the Valley' by Rosetta Tharpe and ‘Strange Fruit’- versions by Billy Holliday and Nona herself.

Sir John chooses After the Ball is Over performed by Gerald Adams and the Variety singers as his inherited track and What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong to pass on.

Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze inherits They Can’t Take That Away From Me by Sarah Vaughan and passes on Que Sera Sera by Sly and the Family Stone.

Sir Andrew Motion chooses The Weight by The Band and Sonnet, from Serenade by Benjamin Britten.

Country singer Charley Pride chooses Roy Acuff, Great Speckled Bird and his own, Kiss An Angel Good Morning

Singer songwriter Hazel O’Connor chooses Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland as the song she has inherited. The tracks she would like pass down are Redemption Song by Bob Marley and Imagine by John Lennon. .

Lenny Henry chooses Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino and Vide Cor Meum composed by Patrick Cassidy from the film Hannibal.

The South African jazz legend chooses U Mam'u Ya Jabula, a traditional South African song, performed by himself and When It's Sleepy Time Down South by Louis Armstrong.

Singer songwriter, Ralph McTell, best known for ‘The Streets of London’ chooses ‘I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now’ by the Dinning Sisters and ‘Crossroads Blues’ by Robert Johnson

The star of Rising Damp, Harry Potter and The History Boys chooses La Mer by Charles Trénet and Summer Wind performed by Frank Sinatra.

Calypso King, Harry Belafonte chooses 'The House I Live In' by Paul Robeson as the song he has inherited and two tracks he’d like to pass on to future generations - 'Turn The World Around' by Harry Belafonte and 'Jack of All Trades' by Bruce Springsteen.

Tony chooses 'To be a Pilgrim' by John Bunyan and 'Joe Hill' performed by Paul Robeson.

Big Issue founder John Bird chooses High Noon performed by Tex Ritter and Lola by The Kinks.

The Blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray chooses A Little bit of Soap performed by the Jarmels and I want everyone to Know by OV Wright.

Actress Emma Thompson chooses Unsquare Dance by Dave Brubeck as the song she has inherited and Te Recuerdo Amanda by Víctor Jara as the track she’d like to pass on to future generations.

Piano prodigy Benjamin Grosvenor choses his own recording of Fireside Fusiliers by Billy Mayerl and Beethoven's 9th Symphony by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler.

Writer and agony aunt Virginia Ironside chooses 'Hong Kong Blues' by Hoagy Carmichael and 'I Was Sure' by Will Grove-White.

Liberal Democrat MP Ming Campbell chooses Highland Cathedral as the song he has inherited and Chariots of Fire by Vangelis as the track he would like to pass on to future generations.