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PopMaster and Susie Dent

Lexicographer, etymologist, author and Countdown star Susie Dent picks her Tracks Of My Years this week. Plus there's the Love Song and PopMaster at 10:30.

Lexicographer, etymologist and TV Presenter Susie Dent picks her Tracks Of My Years all this week.

Best known as the resident adjudicator on Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie has also been on almost every programme about words including '15 x 15', 'Word of Mouth', 'More or Less', and is a regular panellist on Radio 4’s 'Wordaholics'.

Susie has written multiple books including 'Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment for Every Day of the Year', 'Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain' and 'What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 Questions About The English Language'. She also writes a weekly column for the Radio Times, reviews for The Spectator and has over one million followers on Twitter

In 2019, she launched the podcast 'Something Rhymes With Purple', co-hosted with Gyles Brandreth, where they discuss everything from the history of swear words to the etymology of archaeology. It quickly became a firm favourite, winning the Gold Award for Best Entertainment Podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2020.

After a successful debut stage tour, the award-winning podcast will once again head out for a live podcast experience, this time hosting a special monthly residency at London’s Fortune Theatre.

Susie's penultimate choices come from Keane and Pink Floyd.

Plus Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the brand new record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 22 Sep 2022 09:30
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Music Played

  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    When Someone Loves You (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • (CD Single).
    • Blue Raincoat Music.

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Bruno Mars

    Just The Way You Are

    • Now That's What I Call Music 77 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Record Of The Week

    • The 1975

      I'm In Love With You

      • Being Funny In A Foreign Language.
      • Dirty Hit.

  • Murray Head

    One Night In Bangkok

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • Anne-Marie

    Ciao Adios

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 001.

  • CΓ©line Dion

    Falling Into You

    • Celine Dion - Falling Into You.
    • Epic.

  • Craig David & Galantis

    DNA

    • 22.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Jags

    Back Of My Hand

    • The No. 1 Punk Album (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.

  • Scorpions

    Wind Of Change

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Cian Ducrot & Ella Henderson

    All For You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Lou Rawls

    Stop Me From Starting This Feeling

    • Lou Rawls - Love All Your Blues Away.
    • Epic.

  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.

  • Album Of The Week

    • LeAnn Rimes

      awakening

      • god's work.
      • EverLe Records.

  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.

  • Deacon Blue

    Fergus Sings The Blues

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

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Keane

      Everybody's Changing

      • (CD Single).
      • Transcopic Records.

    • Pink Floyd

      Comfortably Numb

      • Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd.
      • EMI.

  • Alicia Keys

    Stay (feat. Lucky Daye)

    • KEYS II.
    • RCA.
    • 14.

  • Love Affair

    Everlasting Love

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Sep 2022 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2