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Meera Syal chooses the Tracks of My Years

Meera Syal - actor, comedian and playwright - chooses the Tracks of My Years. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus another round of PopMaster.

Meera Syal - actor, comedian and playwright - chooses the Tracks of My Years. Born in Wolverhampton to Punjabi parents, Meera rose to prominence as one of the team that created and starred in sitcom 'Goodness Gracious Me', as well as portraying 'Grandma Ummi' to her real-life husband Sanjeev Bhaskar in 'The Kumars at No. 42'. On the big screen Meera was most recently seen in Richard Curtis' film 'Yesterday' and has also appeared in 'Paddington 2' and 'The Nutcracker & The 4 Realms'.

In February this year Meera resurrected her Kumars At No 42 character on Radio 4 for 'Gossip and Goddesses with Granny Kumar'. Ummi gathers together her favourite inspirational women at Wembley Community Centre, aided by her millennial great granddaughter Maya and her arch nemesis "frenemy" Geeta, leader of the local Asian Ladies Silver Bats community group.

Her latest role is playing the lawyer Elizabeth Churchland in the second series of 'Code 404' starring Daniel Mays, Stephen Graham and Anna Maxwell Martin. This hugely popular Sky comedy is set in the near future and revolves around two policemen, DI John Major (Danny Mays) and DI Roy Carver (Stephen Graham). They're your usual wise-cracking partners but with one major difference - Major is half robot after being killed in the line of duty and resurrected using artificial intelligence. In the new series their relationship is in a bad place, but they still find themselves in terrible scrapes, so bank on Meera's character to get them out of their latest bit of bother...but just how trustworthy is she?

The first two tracks Meera has chosen come from The Beatles and Roberta Flack. Ken also has your love song dedications plus another round of PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 30 Aug 2021 09:30
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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Summer Night City

    • Abba - More Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.

  • Steps

    Take Me For A Ride

    • What The Future Holds Pt. 2.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

    • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • The Brothers Johnson

    Stomp!

    • 10 Star Collection: Soul 2 (Various).
    • Stardust.
    • 5.

  • David Essex

    Hold Me Close

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 2.
    • Old Gold.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Elton John & Dua Lipa

      Cold Heart

      • (CD Single).
      • Virgin/EMI.

  • ΆΩ±π²υ’r±π±π

    Life

    • Big Hits '98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Mirrors

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    The Secret He Had Missed (feat. Julia Cumming)

  • The Corrs

    Old Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Commodores

    Three Times A Lady

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Texas

    You Can Call Me

    • Hi.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Stevie Nicks

    Rooms On Fire

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Bruce Hornsby & The Range

    Every Little Kiss

    • Bruce Hornsby & The Range -The Way It.
    • RCA.

  • The Weeknd

    Take My Breath

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

    • Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • James Smith

    Got The Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Bad Music.

  • Carpenters

    Only Yesterday

    • The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.

  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Diane Warren, Jon Batiste & Pentatonix

      Sweet

      • The Cave Sessions Vol 1.
      • BMG.

  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor & The Feeling

    While You're Still Young

    • Everybody's Talking About Jamie O.S.T..
    • Island.

  • Lighthouse Family

    Question Of Faith

    • (CD Single).
    • Wild Card Records.

  • Natasha Bedingfield

    These Words

  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • The Beatles

      Can't Buy Me Love

      • The Beatles - 1.
      • Apple.
      • 005.

    • Roberta Flack

      Killing Me Softly With His Song

      • The Best Of Roberta Flack.
      • Atlantic.
      • 3.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Secret Life

    • Europiana.
    • UMG.

  • The Drifters

    Save The Last Dance For Me

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Aug 2021 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2