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Album of the Week and David Harewood

David Harewood - actor, director, author and activist - chooses his Tracks of My Years all this week. Plus, Radio 2’s new mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top is back at 10:30.

David Harewood - actor, director, author and activist - chooses his Tracks of My Years .

One of the most acclaimed and in-demand actors this country has produced, David's starred in work as diverse as ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔland, The Vice and Supergirl on the small screen, while in theatre he’s portrayed Martin Luther King, Othello and the roman general Marc Anthony.

His best-known roles are probably that of CIA counterterrorism director David Estes in ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔland and J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter and Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman in Supergirl, the show where he made his directorial debut in 2021.

As a mental health ambassador, David has highlighted his own battle with mental health in work such as the Bafta-nominated documentary David Harewood: Psychosis and Me. Having published his first book in 2021 called Maybe I Don’t Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, David's also continued to explore issues around race in documentaries such as Black is the New Black, Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister? and Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?

In his latest two-part documentary, Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America, David journeys across the US to meet his heroes and discover some of the true stories behind the incredible artists who shaped his life and changed the world. Smokey Robinson, Bond girl Gloria Hendry and disco pioneer Nile Rogers are just some of the names to feature.

His next choices are from Jackie Wilson and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Plus, Gary's got another edition of Radio 2’s new mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top, as well as The Love Song messages and the Record and Album of the Week.

If you’d like to apply to take part in Ten to the Top, email tentothetop@bbc.co.uk, and if you want to contact the show, just email gary.davies@bbc.co.uk.

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Tue 28 Mar 2023 09:30
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Music Played

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Zara Larsson

    Can't Tame Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Sommer House.

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • George Michael

    Outside

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • St. Lundi

    Ready To Be Loved

    • (CD Single).
    • Good Taste Records.

  • The O’Jays

    Love Train

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Ed Sheeran

      Eyes Closed

      • - (Subtract).
      • Atlantic.

  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Whitney Houston

    All The Man That I Need

    • All The Man That I Need.
    • Arista.

  • Miley Cyrus

    River

    • Endless Summer Vacation.
    • Columbia.

  • The Jags

    Back Of My Hand

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

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    The Living Years

    • Now 1989 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 4.

  • Ghost & Joe Elliott

    Spillways

    • (CD Single).
    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Bebe Rexha

    Heart Only Wants What It Wants

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Madonna

    Borderline

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 14.

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Depeche Mode

      Don't Say You Love Me

      • Columbia.

  • Tasmin Archer

    Sleeping Satellite

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Jackie Wilson

      I Get the Sweetest Feeling

      • Time For Love (Various Artists).
      • Truetrax.

    • Sammy Davis Jr.

      Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow)

      • Lounge Legends (Sammy Davis Jr).
      • Polydor.
      • 8.

  • Tors

    Anything Can Happen

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Baccara

    Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Mar 2023 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2