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 Ending Story”.

His early ambitions, growing up in Wigan, were for a career as an actor and he even toured in production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

What then will he choose as his Inheritance Tracks...

Inherited: Move Over Darling by Doris Day

Producers: Catherine Powell and Anna Bailey

Fearne Cotton began her presenting career at the age of 15. Since then, she has become a familiar presence on both TV and radio, currently fronting the nostalgic celebration of pop culture, “Sound of the 90’s” on BBC Radio 2. She is also a passionate advocate for improving mental health, from her Happy Place podcast to her books, which encourage us all to live better lives. Now she has written her debut fictional novel "Scripted" about a woman with a chaotic family life trying to create a happily ever after....

Inherited: Fleetwood Mac "Dreams"

Producer: Anna Bailey

The oft suited and booted Portsmouth-born comedian Suzi Ruffell went from aspiring actor to standout stand-up.

She’s had five sell-out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe, has appeared on all the big comedy TV and panel shows….and is a regular voice on radio and with her women’s football podcast ‘Big Kick Energy’.

Her debut memoir, Am I Having Fun Now? is a funny and hopeful exploration of her life, battle with anxiety, therapy and becoming a mother.

Inherited: You Can’t Hurry Love by The Supremes

Producer: Catherine Powell

The broadcaster and writer Georgia Mann has been making and presenting arts programmes at the BBC since 2008.

After studying English Literature at Cambridge University, she began her career as a local BBC radio reporter before entering the arts arena of broadcasting.

She has presented the BBC Proms and has said that she’s “committed to getting classical music out of its traditional locations and into the lives of those who might not have experienced it before”.

So with that in mind we wondered what her Inheritance Tracks would be…and, to start with, she’s taking us back to school.

Inherited: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré

Pass on: Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

The comedian and writer Ivo Graham was born in Tokyo. In his early years he attended school in Australia before moving to England because his family moved around due to his father’s work.

He went on to study French and Russian at Oxford University but in his first term he began his adventures as a stand-up comedian. He’s since gone onto to become an established name on the circuit.

Aside from live comedy, Ivo once said that “I’m a better writer than a performer. Everyone wants to feel like they’re a bit of a polymath, and I certainly feel that.”

So with that in mind we asked Ivo to share his Inheritance Track with us.

Presenter: Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Robert Macfarlane’s lyrical musings explore and celebrate our relationship with landscape and nature.

He’s a prize-winning author, a lyricist, librettist and spoken-word performer and he’s collaborated with artists, musicians and actors, including Willem Dafoe.

At the heart of his latest book is the idea that a river is a living being…will that then inspire his Inheritance Tracks?

Inherited: River Man by Nick Drake

Producers: Catherine Powell and Minnie Harrop

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 Kinnear and his mother is Carmel Cryan.

With that kind of lineage - what then will he have chosen as his Inheritance Tracks?

Inherited: Little Green Apples by Roger Miller

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Minnie Harrop

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 will this self-confessed music obsessive select as his Inheritance Tracks....

Inherited: When Problems Arise by Fishbone

Producer: Ben Mitchell

The actor and presenter Nigel Havers was born in Middlesex in 1951 to a barrister father and an author mother.

His screen roles have been varied, from His portrayal of Lord Andrew Lindsay in the film Chariots of Fire in 1981 which earned him a BAFTA nomination, to Lewis Archer in Coronation Street for over a decade and a guest spot in Downton Abbey amongst other.

He was the face of Nescafe for many years, and is now seen presenting The Bidding Room on BBC television.

With such a varied life and career – what then will he choose for his Inheritance Tracks?

Inherited: I've Got You Under My Skin by Mel Tormé

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey

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The Canadian born actor Charles Collingwood has, since 1975, been defined by his role as Brian Aldridge, the upper-class charmer in The Archers.

Over the last fifty years…Brian’s had affairs, illegitimate children and ventures into the sausage business. But in real life Charles is very happily married to Judy Bennett, who played Shula in the show.

Away from Ambridge he's appeared on TV in Morse and Midsomer Murders, Roger Roger and Noel Edmunds’ Telly Addicts...but will always be Brian to me.

We asked Charles, with that resonant, slightly gravelly and textured voice of his, to share his Inheritance Tracks with us...

Inherited: My Blue Heaven by Fran Sinatra / and sung by Peter Skellern

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey