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The Love Song and Meera Syal

Meera Syal - actor, comedian and playwright - picks the Tracks of My Years. There's another round of the legendary PopMaster quiz plus your love song dedications.

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 next two tracks Meera has chosen come from Gipsy Kings and Joni Mitchell. 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.

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Wed 1 Sep 2021 09:30
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Music Played

  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • The Weeknd

    Take My Breath

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Wham!

    Club Tropicana

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • The Script

    Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Texas

    You Can Call Me

    • Hi.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Donna Summer

    On The Radio

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.

  • Steps

    Take Me For A Ride

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

  • Pat Benatar

    Love Is A Battlefield

    • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Bee Gees

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Record of the Week

    • Elton John & Dua Lipa

      Cold Heart

      • (CD Single).
      • Virgin/EMI.

  • Alphaville

    Big In Japan

    • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
    • Time Life.

  • Meat Loaf

    Dead Ringer for Love

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Secret Life

    • Europiana.
    • UMG.

  • Andreas Johnson

    Glorious

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    The Secret He Had Missed (feat. Julia Cumming)

  • Whitney Houston

    How Will I Know

    • The Best Of.
    • Arista.

  • Lukas Graham

    7 Years

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • England Dan & John Ford Coley

    Love Is The Answer

  • Album of the Week

    • Diane Warren & Darius Rucker

      Times Like This

      • The Cave Sessions Vol 1.
      • BMG.

  • Michelle Shocked

    Anchorage

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Gipsy Kings

      Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)

      • The Very Best Of.
      • Columbia.

    • Joni Mitchell

      Big Yellow Taxi

      • Joni Mitchell.
      • Reprise.

  • Rag’n’Bone Man

    Alone

    • Life By Misadventure.
    • Columbia.

  • Thelma Houston

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    • Any Way You Like It (Expanded Edition).
    • SoulMusic Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 Sep 2021 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2