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Gary Davies sits in with Rory Bremner choosing his Tracks Of My Years

Impressionist extraordinaire Rory Bremner goes on a 10-song journey on the latest Tracks Of My Years. Plus more music history in De Ja Woo and Ten To The Top at 1030.

Impressionist extraordinaire Rory Bremner goes on a 10-song journey on the latest Tracks Of My Years.

Rory's also a comedian, satirist, translator, columnist, writer, presenter, ballroom dancer and actor, although he's perhaps best known for writing and starring in the political satire show Bremner, Bird and Fortune on Channel 4.

His breakthrough TV appearance was on Wogan in 1985, following which he had his own series on the 蜜芽传媒 from 1986 to 1991. Rory has since guested on many of Britain鈥檚 top comedy shows on radio and TV, including Spitting Image, Whose Line is it Anyway, Have I Got News for You, Mock the Week (team captain for two series), The News Quiz, The Now Show, 7 Day Sunday and QI.

As a mimic, he鈥檚 provided definitive impersonations of PMs and Presidents, from Major to Mandela, Blair to Brown, Clinton to Cameron and Bush to Trump. Rory won back-to-back BAFTAs for Top Comedy Performance in 1995 &1996, together with three Royal Television Society and two British Comedy Awards.

Between his own TV shows, he co-wrote and presented two satirical Radio 4 series, Tonight and Bremner鈥檚 One Question Quiz, toured the country recording Rory Bremner鈥檚 Great British Views for ITV, hosted the quiz-show Face the Clock for C4 and competed on Strictly in 2011, partnering Erin Boag.

Gary will also go back in music history with another slice of De Ja Woo; there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top at 1030, and there's a new Record Of The Week from Ed Sheeran, while Album Of The Week comes from Elton John and Brandi Carlile.

Whatever you're up to, Gary wants to hear from you - email gary.davies@bbc.co.uk

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Mon 7 Apr 2025 09:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.

  • Snap!

    Rhythm Is A Dancer

    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.

  • Miley Cyrus

    End Of The World

    • Something Beautiful.
    • Columbia.

  • Clean Bandit

    Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Alex Warren

    Ordinary

    • Cheaper Than Therapy.
    • Atlantic.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Lizzo

    Still Bad

    • Love In Real Life.
    • Atlantic.

  • Sting

    Roxanne (Radio 2 In The Park 2024)

  • Ed Sheeran

    Azizam

    • (CD Single).
    • Gingerbread Man Records.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • The Rolling Stones

    The Last Time聽

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Elton John

    I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • David Guetta

    When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Cian Ducrot

    Little Dreaming

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Part-Time Lover

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Love Me To Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Jonas Brothers Recording.

  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Tom Jones

    Give A Little Love

    • (CD Single).
    • S-Curve Records.
    • 1.

  • Elton John & Brandi Carlile

    Little Richard's Bible

  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.

  • Elton John

    Crocodile Rock

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Sugababes

    Jungle

    • (CD Single).
    • The Orchard.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Apr 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

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