Inheritance Tracks

Celia Imrie has worked in television, theatre and films over the past five decades.

She’s taken roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in big budget films such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia! to name but a few.

Celia will be starring in the film adaptation of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club. The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders but find themselves caught in a real case.

So with that in mind, we wanted to solve the mystery of what are Celia’s Inheritance Tracks.

Inherited Track: You Know What I Mean by Jeff Beck.

Producer: Noa Dowling

The two-time Sunday Times bestselling author and journalist Candice Brathwaite grew up in Brixton, south London.

Candice first became known for her conversations about the often over-looked experience of Black mothers in the UK which became the subject of her raw, searing and witty 2020 book, 'I am Not Your Mother'. She followed that with 'Sista Sista' essays which were equally forceful on the issues of diversity, identity and representation. Her latest book 'Manifesto' is out now.

We asked Candice to share with us the tracks that have inspired her.

Inherited: Never, Never, Never by John Holt

Producer: Lowri Morgan

Leigh Francis’ creation Keith Lemon came to our attention with Bo Selecta in the early noughties, and he hasn’t been off our screens much since, with various sketch and panel shows becoming hits, most notably Celebrity Juice and the revamped Through the Keyhole.

Surreal and silly, his is a brand of comedy that has mass appeal, and his new book 'Leigh, Myself and I' charts how "a little boy called Leigh became a naughty bear".

What then will his Inheritance Tracks be?

Inherited: Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Tim Minchin is the multi-talented Australian musician, comedian, actor, writer, director, who helped bring Matilda from book to stage with his hit musical lyrics.

In his new book "You Don't Have To Have A Dream" he shares his thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love - but it was his dream to be a musician that drove young Tim from an early age.

It was his tongue-in-cheek songs and poetry that helped find him fame here in the UK and off the back of his success rebranding Dhal he has turned Groundhog Day into a musical and even trod the boards himself as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar.

With a CV like that – what then will he choose as his Inheritance Tracks.

Inherited: What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Nicola Adams was one of the stand-out stars of the London Games in 2012 when she became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal.

And then she won gold again in Rio four years later.

Born into a tough life in Leeds in the early 1980s, Nicola immediately loved enjoyed the discipline she found in boxing at the age of 12.

If her punches have unnerved her opponents in the ring, her charm and winning smile have perhaps been even more disarming.

Her Inheritance Tracks will have you heading straight to the gym.

Inherited: Hustlin' by Rick Ross

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Carrie and David Grant are the BAFTA award-winning power couple, broadcasters and vocal coaches to the stars.

If, like me, you remember the early noughties reality song contest Fame Academy, they were the expert vocal coaches that helped the likes of Lemar find their voice.

Their TV and music career has spanned over 35 years winning them a MOBO award and has seen them write a revealing memoir 'A Very Modern Family' which charts their parenting experiences in a neuro diverse family.

What then will these musical aficionados choose as their shared Inheritance Tracks.

Inherited, Carrie: Moon River by Andy Williams

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Since graduating from Durham University, Ed Gamble has become one of the UK’s most successful stand-up comedians. He’s been a Taskmaster champion, a Pointless host and one of the Hunted on Channel 4.

And his “Off Menu” series with James Acaster is one of the most listened-to podcasts in the UK – where guests choose their ideal meal.

But Ed's own love of food hasn’t always been easy. He has Type One Diabetes...and has spoken, and written, movingly about his complicated relationship with eating and weight.

In an interview a couple of years ago he said: I can’t tell day-to- day whether I’m arrogant or I hate myself, but I think somewhere in-between is absolutely ideal for a comedian.

Inherited: Lady Grinning Soul by David Bowie

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Adam Kay was born in Brighton to Jewish parents, his father was a doctor and he too went into medicine gynaecology and obstetrics.

After a traumatic experience in the operating theatre, Adam left medicine and wrote his first memoir…This is Going to Hurt. It covered his time as a trainee doctor and became not only a bestseller, but was adapted by him, into the TV series of the same name, starring Ben Whishaw as Adam. He won a BAFTA for his writing.

His most recent memoir, Undoctored, was much, much more personal.

Radically honest in fact - from revealing his previous marriage to a woman before finding love with his now husband, to talking about abuse and having an eating disorder.

He’s also written fact and fiction books for children. explaining some of the more astonishing, and often revolting stories from the world of science and medicine.

Inherited: Franz Schubert's Impromptu Op.90 performed by Llŷr Williams

Producer: Ben Mitchell

Rachel Stevens shot to fame as part of the iconic group S Club 7 aged just 19, catapulting her to fame, bringing with it all the glamour, glitz and BRIT Awards.

But it was in 1993 when she first caught the attention of talent agents by winning a modelling contest sponsored by UK teen magazine Just 17, beating 5,000 other competitors.

After a stint studying a business diploma at the London College of Fashion and briefly working in PR – she finally decided to pursue her musical dream.

In her memoir Finding my Voice, Rachel talks about the highs and lows of her life and career, from managing lifelong anxiety to dealing with the loss of friend and S Club bandmate Paul Cattermole.

Inherited: That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick ft. Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight

Producer: Ben Mitchell

The comedian and professional quizzer Paul Sinha, grew up with a surgeon father and a midwife mother. He also became a doctor.

His calling however was comedy and although for a while he was a full-time doctor and a part time comedian making people laugh proved irresistible. He became a household name in 2011, when he joined ITV’s show The Chase as one of the Chasers.

Knowing his encyclopaedic knowledge about so many things, we asked him to share with us the tracks that matter most to him.

Inherited: Uptown Top Ranking by Althea & Donna

Producer: Ben Mitchell