Album of the Week and Meera Syal
Meera Syal - actor, comedian and playwright - chooses the Tracks of My Years. Ken's got another round of PopMaster and your dedications with today's love song.
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 Bob and Marcia and Carole King. 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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Earth, Wind & Fire
Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)
- The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
- Virgin.
- 2.
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Camila Cabello
Don't Go Yet
- Familia.
- Epic.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Private Eyes
- Single Mixes.
- RCA.
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Eternal
I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)
- Eternal - Greatest Hits.
- EMI.
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Amy Winehouse
Tears Dry On Their Own
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak
Skate
- An Evening With Silk Sonic.
- Atlantic.
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Girls Aloud
Can't Speak French
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Cass Elliot
Make Your Own Kind Of Music
- Bubble Gum, Lemonade & Something for Mama.
- Dunhill.
- 12.
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New Order
True Faith '94
- (CD Single).
- London.
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Record of the Week
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Elton John & Dua Lipa
Cold Heart
- (CD Single).
- Virgin/EMI.
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Level 42
Lessons In Love
- Now That's What I Call Music '86.
- Now.
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Joan Armatrading
Love And Affection
- The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
- A&M.
- 3.
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Clean Bandit, Topic & Wes Nelson
Drive
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Asia
Heat Of The Moment
- Various Artists - New Frontiers.
- Temple Records.
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Van Morrison
Avalon Of The Heart
- Enlightenment.
- Polydor.
- 4.
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Ed Sheeran
Visiting Hours
- = Equals.
- Atlantic.
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
- 20 Number 1's Of The 70's (Various).
- MFP.
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Anne-Marie & Little Mix
Kiss My (Uh-Oh)
- Therapy.
- Atlantic.
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Travis
Side
- (CD Single).
- Independiente.
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Gabrielle
When A Woman
- (CD Single).
- Go Beat.
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Steve Miller Band
Rock 'n Me
- Ultimate Hits (Deluxe Edition).
- Virgin EMI Records.
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Album of the Week
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Diane Warren & James Arthur
You Go First
- The Cave Sessions Vol 1.
- BMG.
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k.d. lang
Constant Craving
- The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
- Polygram Tv.
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Ella Henderson & House Gospel Choir
Risk It All (feat. Just Kiddin)
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Howard Jones
New Song
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Parlophone.
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Tracks of My Years
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Bob & Marcia
Young, Gifted & Black
- Young Gifted & Black (Various).
- Trojan.
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Carole King
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
- Carole King - Tapestry.
- Epic.
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Spandau Ballet
Only When You Leave
- Spandau Ballet - Singles Collection.
- Chrysalis.
Broadcast
- Tue 31 Aug 2021 09:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2