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Nina Conti and PopMaster

Nina Conti, award-winning queen of ventriloquism, chooses the Tracks of My Years. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Nina Conti, award-winning queen of ventriloquism, chooses the Tracks of My Years. Nina started doing stand-up ventriloquism in 2002 and shot to fame by winning the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ New Comedy Award that same year. Famed for her foul-mouthed β€˜sidekick’ Monkey (Monk), Nina has won numerous comedy awards for her writing, acting and ventriloquism. She has taken many shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Comedy Festival. In 2016, her smash-hit solo show ’In Your Face’ enjoyed sell-out seasons in London’s West End and New York’s off-Broadway.

More recently Nina was a runner-up on β€˜The World’s Best’, a US major talent show on NBC, produced an improvised web series, β€˜In Therapy’ which has amassed over 1.5 million views since 2018 and joined forces with award-winning Shenoah Allen (The Pajama Men) to make the character comedy podcast, β€˜Richard & Greta’, unqualified experts who explain how to get the most, or too much, out of your partner.

Following a four year absence Nina is now embarking on a UK tour with her new project - The Dating Show - opening at Bristol Old Vic at the end of October. She’ll be like Cilla Black with masks. Derailed. Not so much a Blind Date as a re-voiced one. There is no promise that true love will be found but a firm guarantee that big laughs will be had in the reign of this quick-thinking queen of ventriloquism.

The next two tracks Nina has chosen come from The Goons and Basement Jaxx. Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus 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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Thu 23 Sep 2021 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Elton John & Dua Lipa

    Cold Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin/EMI.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.

  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • George Michael

    Amazing

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Diane Warren, Rita Ora, SofΓ­a Reyes & Reik

    Seaside

    • The Cave Sessions - Vol. 1.
    • BMG Rights Management (US).

  • The Manhattan Transfer

    Spice Of Life

    • The Manhattan Transfer Anthology.
    • Rhino.

  • Irene Cara

    Flashdance... What a Feeling

    • Flashdance.
    • Casablanca.

  • Sting

    If It's Love

    • The Bridge.
    • Interscope.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It? (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Jeffrey Osborne

    On The Wings Of Love

    • Soul Desire Vol.2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Record of the Week

    • Rod Stewart

      One More Time

      • The Tears Of Hercules.
      • Rhino.

  • The Cardigans

    My Favourite Game

    • Q The Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Meat Loaf

    I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • Castle.

  • James Blunt

    Love Under Pressure

    • The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021).
    • Atlantic.

  • Roxy Music

    Same Old Scene

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

  • ABBA

    Don't Shut Me Down

    • Voyage.
    • Polar.

  • The Beautiful South

    Perfect 10

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Olivia Newton‐John

    Sam

    • Back To Basics (The Essential Collection 1971-1992).
    • Geffen.

  • Album of the Week

    • Manic Street Preachers

      Quest For Ancient Colour

      • The Ultra Vivid Lament.
      • Columbia.

  • Love Affair

    Everlasting Love

    • This Hasn't Changed Us.
    • RPM Records.
    • 001.

  • Roger Taylor & KT Tunstall

    We're All Just Trying To Get By

    • EMI.

  • Sarah Brightman

    The Phantom of the Opera

    • The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
    • Polydor.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Goons

      The Ying Tong Song

      • 1956 British Hit Parade - Britain's Greatest Hits Vol 5 Pt 2.
      • Acrobat Music Ltd.
      • 13.

    • Basement Jaxx

      Red Alert

      • Now 43 (Various Artists).
      • Now.

  • Glenn Frey

    You Belong To The City

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Sep 2021 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2