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Dec 10, 2011 • 57min
Ann Widdecombe, Matt Harvey, John Lennon's housesitter, Amanda Whittle, Chi Chi, Carole Wright, Simon Callow
Richard Coles with politician turned panto star Ann Widdecombe, poet Matt Harvey, one man who lives in the house where John Lennon grew up, and another who cared for celebrity panda Chi Chi, a woman who lost two thirds of her body weight and another who reclaimed the park behind her house for the local teens who wrecked her garden, and the Inheritance Tracks of actor Simon Callow.Producer: JP Devlin.

Dec 3, 2011 • 57min
Noah Stewart, Aoife Mannix, photojournalist Giles Duley, Parliament Choir, art teacher David Wood, Mel C's Inheritance Tracks
Richard Coles with rising opera star Noah Stewart, poet Aoife Mannix, the fashion photographer turned photojournalist who went to Afghanistan where he stepped on a landmine and lost three limbs, the art teacher who taught Young British Artists Damian Hirst and Marcus Harvey, the Parliament choir, and the Inheritance Tracks of Sporty Spice Girl Mel C.Producer: Anna Bailey.

Nov 26, 2011 • 57min
Patricia Cornwell, Elvis McGonagall, Cassius Clay's 'Stand By Me', Assisted Dying, Whisky Galore Shipwreck
Richard Coles with crime writer Patricia Cornwell, poet Elvis McGonagall, Michelle Clements who accompanied her terminally ill husband to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, Alisdair Macleod from the Outer Hebrides who's explored the shipwreck which inspired Whisky Galore, the club DJ who found a rare recording of Cassius Clay singing 'Stand By Me', and the Ulrika Jonsson shares her Inheritance Tracks.Producer: JP Devlin.

Nov 19, 2011 • 57min
Sir Alan Parker, Kate Fox, jailed mother Fiona, Kirsty Young's music, magician Fergus Anckorn, Celia Birtwell
Richard Coles with the filmmaker Sir Alan Parker, Fergus Anckorn whose life was saved by a magic trick, and Fiona who had to tell her children she was likely to be sent to jail. JP Devlin shuffles through Kirsty Young's mp3 player to reveal her musical choices and textile designer and David Hockney muse Celia Birtwell shares her Inheritance Tracks.Producer: Sukey Firth.

Nov 12, 2011 • 57min
Michael Ball, Mr Gee, Jim'll Fix It fixer, Mini-Miss Worldwide, Robert Maxwell receiver, John Crowley Inheritance Tracks
Richard Coles with performer Michael Ball, poet Mr Gee, Mini-Miss Worldwide Bethany Jade and her mum Debbie, Peter Phillips who was Robert Maxwell's official receiver, an I Was There feature from Jim'll Fix It with the man who fixed it for Jim, and the Inheritance Tracks of film and theatre director John Crowley.Producer: JP Devlin.

Nov 5, 2011 • 57min
Allegra McEvedy, Murray Lachlan Young, Omid Djalili, freegan, firework funeral, Randy Newman
Richard Coles with chef Allegra McEvedy, poet Murray Lachlan Young, one woman who wants to be a firework when she dies and another who lives on stuff that's been thrown away; comedian Omid Djalili plays bongos and singer-songwriter and all round musical legend Randy Newman shares his Inheritance Tracks. Producer: Dixi Stewart.

Oct 31, 2011 • 57min
Children's author Lauren Child, Astronomy Photographer Damian Peach and former US cop Frank Serpico
Richard Coles with author and illustrator Lauren Child, poet Matt Harvey & Inheritance Tracks from Sue Johnston.Producer: Simon Clancy.

Oct 22, 2011 • 57min
Pat Kane, Mr Gee, Hillsborough Referee, Concorde Stewardess, San Francisco Bell Soundsculpture, Harry Connick Jr
Richard Coles with pop star, writer and play advocate Pat Kane, poet Mr Gee, the referee at the Hillsborough disaster & one of the original Concorde cabin crew. There's a soundsculpture of the San Francisco cable car bell, and the Inheritance Tracks of singer, band leader and actor Harry Connick Jr. Producer: JP Devlin.

Oct 15, 2011 • 57min
15/10/2011
Richard Coles with advertising creative Rosie Arnold, poet Luke Wright, a couple who took an OAP gap year, and a former Zimbabwean Government official turned filmmaker who was driven from his country. Frank Skinner reveals his Secret Life and singer Tori Amos shares her Inheritance Tracks.Producer: Debbie Kilbride.

Oct 8, 2011 • 57min
08/10/2011
Sian Williams with Gyles Brandreth, poet Elvis McGonagall, a woman who was experimented on by the British Eugenics Society, and a man from Oxford who's had a shark sticking out of his roof for the past 25 years. There's a Crowdscape from Broadstairs and Inheritance Tracks from Old Grey Whistle Test legend Bob Harris.Producer Simon Clancy.