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Jacqueline Wilson chooses her Tracks of My Years

Author and former Children's Laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson chooses her Tracks of My Years all this week. Plus, there's PopMaster at 10:30 and a new Album and Record of the Week.

Author and former Children's Laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson chooses her Tracks of My Years all this week.

Jacqueline is one of the nation鈥檚 favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has created such adored characters as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather, and in the UK alone her books sales stand at over 40 million.

Jacqueline started her art from an early age, and had her first short story published when she was 17. She was working as a journalist for D.C. Thomson when she helped found Jackie magazine, and more than 50 years after she started working there, D.C. Thomson now publishes The Official Jacqueline Wilson Mag.

Many of Jacqueline鈥檚 books have been adapted for TV, including, perhaps most famously, Tracy Beaker. 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' became C大象传媒鈥檚 highest rating drama and enjoyed multiple spin-offs, including 'My Mum Tracy Beaker' in 2021.

Jacqueline鈥檚 books have also been adapted for the stage, including 'The Lottie Project', 'Double Act', 'Bad Girls', 'Midnight', 'Secrets', 'The Suitcase Kid' and the musical 'Tracy Beaker Gets Real'. Most recently, an Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of 'Hetty Feather' toured the UK, which included a West End production at the Duke of York鈥檚 theatre.

In 2002, Jacqueline was awarded an OBE for services to literacy and was made a Dame in 2008. In 2004 it was announced that Jacqueline was the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK; since 1995, her books have been borrowed more than 25 million times.

Jacqueline鈥檚 first two choices are from Mandy Miller and Acker Bilk.

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

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Mon 19 Dec 2022 09:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Maisie Peters

    Together This Christmas

    • Your Christmas Or Mine O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music UK.

  • Mary Mary

    Shackles (Praise You)

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Rita Ora

    Anywhere

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Pentatonix

    Kid On Christmas (feat. Meghan Trainor)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Matthew Wilder

    Break My Stride

    • Love & Pride - A Kick Up The 80's: Vo.
    • Old Gold.

  • Boz Scaggs

    Lido Shuffle

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    How 2 Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Kaiser Chiefs Recording.

  • Ed Sheeran & Elton John

    Merry Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

    Somewhere Out There

    • The Best Of James Ingram.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Thomas Headon

      Georgia

      • (CD Single).
      • Warner Records.

  • Chris Squire & Alan White

    Run With The Fox

    • Yesyears (Disc 3).
    • Atco.

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Lizzo

    Someday At Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Coldplay

    Christmas Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • Avril Lavigne & YUNGBLUD

    I'm A Mess

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Madonna

    Express Yourself

    • (Single).
    • Sire.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Hold Me While You Wait (Radio 2 In Concert, 15 Dec 2022)

  • Album Of The Week

    • Alicia Keys

      Please Come Home For Christmas

      • Santa Baby.
      • Alicia Keys Records.

  • Bronski Beat

    Smalltown Boy

    • Pop & Wave Vol. 1 - The Hits Of The 80's (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Teddy Swims

    Someone Who Loved You

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Mandy Miller

      Nellie The Elephant

      • 100 Hits - Christmas Kids - Xmas Hits & Songs.
      • 100 Hits.
      • 92.

    • Acker Bilk

      Stranger On The Shore

      • Jukebox Instrumentals Vol.2.
      • Old Gold.

  • Becky Hill

    Only You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Korgis

    Wish You A Merry Xmas

    • Kollection.
    • Angel Air.
    • 14.

  • Viola Wills

    Gonna Get Along Without You Now

    • Soul Years 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Dec 2022 09:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2