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Vernon brings the big tunes

Television presenter, game show inventor and author Richard Osman chooses his penultimate Tracks of My Years. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top.

Television presenter, game show inventor and author Richard Osman chooses his Tracks of My Years all this week.

Richard began his career in TV production, working on shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Total Wipeout. Then, in 2009, he moved out from behind the camera after wowing executives with his pitch for Pointless, going on to co-present over 1500 episodes of the quiz show alongside Alexander Armstrong before stepping down last year.

Since the inception of Pointless, Richard has appeared as a presenter and guest on a variety of TV shows, including hosting of his own programme, Richard Osman’s House of Games. In 2020, Richard began his immensely successful career as an author with the release of The Thursday Murder Club, and the book and its two sequels have been international bestsellers.

Steven Spielberg no less has optioned the books for a film series, and now Richard is releasing book four in The Thursday Murder Club series, The Last Devil to Die. In the latest instalment, a dangerous package is smuggled across the English coast, but when it goes missing, chaos is unleashed. The body count starts to rise as the gang face an impossible search and their most deadly opponents yet.

With the clock ticking down and a killer heading to Cooper's Chase, has their luck finally run out? And who will be The Last Devil to Die?

There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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

Thu 14 Sep 2023 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Rihanna

    Only Girl (In The World)

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

  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Beverley Knight

    Systematic Overload

    • The Fifth Chapter.
    • Tag8.

  • Lionel Richie

    All Night Long (All Night)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Mae Muller

    Me, Myself & I

    • Sorry I'm Late.
    • Capitol.

  • Tony Christie

    (Is This the Way to) Amarillo

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Tension

    • Tension.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Sheena Easton

    9 To 5 (Morning Train)

    • The World Of Sheena Easton.
    • EMI.

  • Record of The Week

    • The Rolling Stones

      Angry

      • Hackney Diamonds.
      • Polydor.

  • Tina Turner

    What's Love Got To Do With It

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
    • Epic.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Jess Glynne

    What Do You Do

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Texas

    Keep On Talking

    • The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023.
    • PIAS.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Tears for Fears

      Mad World (Radio 2 Piano Room, 21 Feb 2022)

  • Album of The Week

    • Andy Taylor

      This Will Be Ours

      • Man's A Wolf To Man.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Killers

    Somebody Told Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Delta Goodrem

    Back To Your Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Atled Records.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Elton John

      Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

      • Diamonds.
      • Virgin EMI Records.

    • Elton John

      I'm Still Standing

      • Diamonds.
      • Virgin EMI Records.

    • Take That

      The Flood

      • (CD Single).
      • Polydor.
      • 16.

  • Michael Bolton

    Safe

    • Spark Of Light.
    • Androver Music.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Sep 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

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