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Joanna Lumley chooses her final Tracks of My Years

National treasure Joanna Lumley shares the last two songs from her musical journey in Tracks of My Years. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top.

National treasure Joanna Lumley shares the last two songs from her musical journey in Tracks of My Years.

With over 60 years in showbusiness, Joanna has created many memorable screen characters over the years, most notably Purdey in The Avengers and Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous. But Joanna's also been a successful model, humanitarian and documentarian, and in recent years she's garnered acclaim for a series of travelogues on ITV1.

Her latest series - which starts in July - is Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure, a four-part series which sees her explore the world’s greatest spice continents, discovering the insights of the centuries-old spice trade and its lasting impacts on the world. The series also acknowledges the dark side of the spices industry rooted in colonialism and its lasting impacts.

Joanna's first two tracks are by The Three Degrees and UB40.

There are also more audio nuggets from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Archive in Vernon's Vault, plus the mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top and a brand new Record and Album of the Week.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you: email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten to the Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Jun 2023 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ZZ Top

    Sharp Dressed Man

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • ΅ώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Crazy in Love (feat. JAY-Z)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Padam Padam

    • Tension.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Bruno Mars

    Marry You

    • Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
    • Elektra.
    • 6.

  • Dua Lipa

    Dance The Night

    • Barbie: The Movie O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Warner Records.

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    Spacer

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • Will Smith

    Gettin' Jiggy Wit It

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Becky Hill & Lewis Thompson

    Side Effects

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Bread

    The Guitar Man

    • David Gates & Bread - Essentials.
    • Elektra.

  • Aretha Franklin & George Michael

    I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Listen To The Music

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Record of The Week

    • ³’±πΎ±²΅³σ‐A²Τ²Τ±π

      Don't Say Love

      • (CD Single).
      • Warner Music.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Katy Perry

    Roar

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Alison Goldfrapp

    In Electric Blue

    • The Love Invention.
    • Skint Records.
    • 4.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Gary Numan

      Cars (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 May 1979)

  • Queen

    Somebody To Love

    • A Day At The Races.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Album of The Week

    • Kelly Clarkson

      lighthouse

      • chemistry.
      • Atlantic.

  • Fatboy Slim

    Right Here, Right Now (Glastonbury 2023)

  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Three Degrees

      When Will I See You Again

    • Ava Gardner

      Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

      • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
      • Warner Strategic Marketi.

    • John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra

      I Get A Kick Out Of You

      • Celebrate Sinatra.
      • Sony Classical.
      • 11.

    • UB40

      Kingston Town

      • NA.
      • 1.

    • UB40

      Kingston Town

      • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
      • EMI.

  • Rick Astley

    Dippin' My Feet

    • Are We There Yet?.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Jun 2023 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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