Guests on songs inherited from their parents and songs they'd pass on to their children.
Radio 4,·469 episodes
Just a Gigolo by Louis Prima and Vincent by Don McClean. Photo credit: Monica Schipper
19 Mar 2022,·8 mins
English Rose by The Jam and Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones
12 Mar 2022,·8 mins
I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin
05 Mar 2022,·8 mins
In Loving You, Junior English and Better Git it in Your Soul by Charles Mingus
26 Feb 2022,·8 mins
Many A New Day from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma & Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
19 Feb 2022,·8 mins
Welcome to My World by Jim Reeves and So What by Miles Davis
12 Feb 2022,·7 mins
Willow Weep for Me by Ella Fitzgerald and Vivaldi's Spring III recomposed by Max Richter
05 Feb 2022,·7 mins
Ray Stevens, The Streak and Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire
29 Jan 2022,·8 mins
Cyprus Avenue by Van Morrison and Rio by Michael Nesmith
22 Jan 2022,·8 mins
You Are My Heart's Delight by Richard Tauber and Bonde by Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
15 Jan 2022,·8 mins
Manha de Carnaval by Luiz Bonfa and West Coast Blues by Wes Montgomery
08 Jan 2022,·7 mins
Your Song by Elton John and Piano Man by Billy Joel.
01 Jan 2022,·9 mins
Berceuse from Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure and Ring Out Wild Bells by Percy Fletcher
25 Dec 2021,·8 mins
‘S Wonderful - Tony Bennett and Move On sung by Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin
18 Dec 2021,·7 mins
Hit me with your rhythm stick, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Sat in your lap by Kate Bush
11 Dec 2021,·7 mins
Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan and Beeswing by Richard Thompson.
04 Dec 2021,·6 mins
Downtown Petula Clarke and Really Free by John Otway and Wild Willy Barratt
27 Nov 2021,·7 mins
You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing and The Scientist by Coldplay.
20 Nov 2021,·7 mins
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Platters and Nimrod, Edward Elgar
13 Nov 2021,·8 mins
MacCrimmon’s Lament - Jeannie Robertson & Cecilia Bartoli - Agitata Da Due Venti, Vivaldi
06 Nov 2021,·8 mins
Jingo performed by Santana and What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
30 Oct 2021,·8 mins
You’ll Never Walk Alone performed by Shirley Jones and Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness
23 Oct 2021,·7 mins
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda by June Tabor, and Joe Hill by The Dubliners.
16 Oct 2021,·7 mins
Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole & Bridge Over Troubled Water sung by Roberta Flack
09 Oct 2021,·8 mins
Geoffrey Burgon's Theme from Brideshead Revisited and Batyar by The Ukrainians.
02 Oct 2021,·7 mins
Creep by Radiohead and A Thousand Trees by Stereophonics
25 Sep 2021,·6 mins
Mubarak Ho Tum Sabko Haj Ka Mahina by Shabbir Kumar and Tappe by Surinder Rattan
18 Sep 2021,·8 mins
La Mer by Charles Trenet and Martha by Tom Waits
11 Sep 2021,·8 mins
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific and Farewell to Stromness, Peter Maxwell Davies
04 Sep 2021,·7 mins
The Great Pretender by The Platters & Nessun Dorma from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti
28 Aug 2021,·7 mins
