Inheritance Tracks

Clare Balding is a broadcaster, author...and Faithful!

From her early career on Grandstand to hosting Olympic and Wimbledon coverage, Clare has been a fixture of our sporting screens for many years.

But in her debut fiction novel Clare is experiencing "Pastures New".

Sport is in her blood, and one of her choices goes back a long way - long before it became the sporting anthem it is today.

Inherited: Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond Pas...

Philippa Gregory is the bestselling historical fiction who, amongst other things, has been bringing the Tudor period back to life; through the eyes of the women oft forgotten by the textbooks.

In her latest book, The Boleyn Traitor, Philippa tells the story of how Jane Boleyn ​survived watching from the shadows of the Tudor court, using the only weapon she has; her voice.

If you’re listening to this in a half-snooze state...you won’t...

Davina McCall is a hugely successful TV presenter who’s hosted some of the biggest shows with the biggest stars.

She’s also made her mark, as a broadcaster and writer, in the field of women’s health - all whilst battling a brain tumour.

Rarely has anyone talked about their Inheritance Tracks with such passion, eloquence, and sheer raw emotion.

Inherited: State of Independence by Donna Summer Passed on: You Can Do It by Caribou

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Mark Kermode is a brilliant Film critic, writer, broadcaster and co-host of podcasts Kermode and Mayo's Take - and Screenshot.

In his book, Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music, Mark and fellow author Jenny Nelson, discuss the power that music has on screen.

With that in mind, what music will he choose as the soundtrack to his life?

Inherited: 2002 Zarathustrevisited by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra Passed on: Top of the World...

The chances of writing a novel which sells more than 80 million copies are about as remote as a lad from Stockport making it to the NBA, but Dan Brown pulled it off with The Da Vinci Code.

That book, like his new novel, delves into literature, symbology, secret societies and so on. None of which were his first passion.

Dan Brown’s first passion was music - as he reveals in his Inheritance Tracks.

Inherited: Todo a Pulmón by Miguel ...

Oti Mabuse was the first professional dancer to win the Strictly Glitterball two years in a row with her partners Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey.

But prior to her success on the Stricktly ballroom Oti had already become South African Latin American Champion no fewer than eight times.

Music remains massively important to her, both professionally and personally, as she tells us in her Inheritance Tracks.

Inherited: Modimo by Sowetto G...

Actor and singer Limahl chooses ‘Move Over Darling’ by Doris Day and ‘Four Brothers’ by Manhattan Transfer.

After a short spell as a punk rocker, Limahl found fame with the band Kajagoogoo after responding to an advert in a music magazine in 1982, where the then named Art Noveau were looking for a new lead singer.

The following year he left the band – but quickly went onto find his own success as a solo artist with his hit “The Never...

The actor Rory Kinnear has won two Olivier Awards, played Bill Tanner (M’s chief of staff) in four Bond Movies and his wide acting range has also seen him play Frankenstein’s monster and a fictional British Prime Minister.

Born in London, educated at Oxford and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, if there is such a thing as an inherited performer’s gene, Rory got it.

Both his parents were actors…his father was Roy Kinnea...

Comedian, actor, screen-writer, voice-artist, podcaster - Jason Mantzoukas can do it all.

He’s gone from improvised stand-up to starring in films and shows including Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The League.

Born into a family of Greek-Americans in the early 1970s, he studied religion at college, drummed in a marching band, riffed in jazz clubs and moved to Morrocco to immerse himself in local rhythms.

So, what wil...