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PopMaster and Philippa Gregory

Historian and writer Philippa Gregory chooses more songs for Tracks of My Years with Ken. Plus there's PopMaster, Record and Album of the Week and your love song dedications.

Historical novelist Philippa Gregory chooses another two songs for Tracks of My Years with Ken.

Philippa is the number one bestselling author of Tidelands and Dark Tides. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature. It sold worldwide and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen.

She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009 as well as honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex.

Philippa is also a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London. In 2020 she was made a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to literature and charity.

In 2016 Philippa was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers鈥� Association. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Nielsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output.

Her latest book, Dawnlands is the third in the epic Fairmile series.

Besides writing, her other great interest is the charity Gardens for the Gambia, which she founded nearly twenty years ago, that amongst other things has funded 200 wells in Primary Schools.

Philippa鈥檚 next two choices come from Dire Straits and Eurythmics + Aretha Franklin.

Plus, Ken's got another round of PopMaster and your dedications with today's love song. There's also record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show, just email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 17 Nov 2022 09:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Blue

    Heart & Soul

    • Heart & Soul.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Coldplay

    Hymn For The Weekend (feat. 叠别测辞苍肠茅)

    • A Head Full Of Dreams.
    • Parlophone.

  • Bee Gees

    More Than A Woman

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Years & Years

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Harry Styles

    Music For A Sushi Restaurant

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • P!nk

    Never Gonna Not Dance Again

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Forrest

    Rock The Boat

    • Sealed With A Kiss (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

    We've Got Tonite

    • Bob Seger - Greatest Hits.
    • Capitol.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

      Pretty Boy

  • The Weeknd

    Take My Breath

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Slade

    How Does It Feel?

    • Slade - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Drove Her Away

    • N.K-Pop.
    • EMI Records.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Mirrors

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Lady Blackbird

    Feel It Comin

    • Black Acid Soul (Deluxe Edition).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Cherrelle

    Saturday Love (feat. Alexander O鈥橬eal)

    • Nite Flite 2 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • David Gray

    This Year's Love

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.

  • Album of the Week

    • Bruce Springsteen

      What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

      • Columbia.

  • Gladys Knight

    Licence To Kill

    • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
    • Pro-Tv.

  • Eva Cassidy & London Symphony Orchestra

    Songbird

    • BMG.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Dire Straits

      Walk Of Life

      • Brothers In Arms 20th Anniv Edition.
      • Vertigo.

    • Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

      Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

      • Duets - 36 of the World's Greatest Ever.
      • Telstar.
      • 5.

  • Marc Almond

    The Days Of Pearly Spencer

    • Now 22 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Nov 2022 09:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2