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Leigh Francis chooses his final Tracks Of My Years

Comedian Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon and the man behind Bo Selecta 鈥� chooses his final songs for his Tracks Of My Years this week.

Comedian Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon and the man behind Bo' Selecta! 鈥� chooses another two songs for his Tracks Of My Years this week.

His first break came on Paramount Television in 1996 when Davina McCall encouraged him to do some telly after seeing him in a comedy club. He went on to play characters on Channel 4鈥檚 鈥楶opworld鈥� and featured what would become his Bo' Selecta! characters.

From there there鈥檚 been numerous shows, including 鈥楰eith Lemon鈥檚 Very Brilliant World Tour鈥� 鈥楥elebrity Juice鈥�, 'The Keith Lemon Sketch Show鈥�, The Keith & Paddy Picture Show and 鈥楽hopping with Keith Lemon鈥�. Leigh has also hosted Sing If You Can鈥� alongside Stacey Solomon, 鈥楰eith Lemon鈥檚 LemonAid鈥� and a reboot of 鈥楾hrough the Keyhole.'

Now he's embarking on his first ever live tour, 鈥楳y First Time鈥�, covering 24 dates between March and April, and concluding with a run of three shows in Leigh鈥檚 hometown of Leeds.

Leigh鈥檚 final two tracks today are from the Spice Girls and Beck.

There'll also be more audio nuggets from the 麻豆社 Archive in Vernon's Vault; Record and Album Of The Week and the mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Jan 2024 09:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

    • Top Of The Pops - 1979 (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Rod Stewart & Jools Holland

    Almost Like Being In Love

    • Swing Fever.
    • East West.

  • Britney Spears

    ...Baby One More Time

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Roachford

    All The Love We Need

    • Now & Then.
    • Tag8.

  • Neneh Cherry

    Buffalo Stance

    • Now 1988 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Georgia Ku

    A Little More Lost

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.

  • Imagine Dragons

    It's Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 1.

  • Record of The Week

    • Jennifer Lopez

      Can't Get Enough

      • This Is Me... Now.
      • BMG Rights Management (US).

  • Avril Lavigne

    Sk8er Boi

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Change

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Shed Seven

    Talk Of The Town

    • A Matter Of Time.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Strong Enough (feat. Bailey Zimmerman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.

  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.

  • Anastacia

    Now Or Never

    • Our Songs.
    • Stars By Edel.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Amy Macdonald

      Nobody Does It Better (Radio 2 Session, 17 Dec 2018)

  • Duran Duran

    Planet Earth

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Album of The Week

    • The Vaccines

      Lunar Eclipse (Radio 2 Session, 18th Jan 2024)

  • Madison Avenue

    Don't Call Me Baby (Motez Vicious21 Remix)

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

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Spice Girls

      Holler

    • Beck

      Loser

  • Gabrielle

    A Place In Your Heart

    • A Place In Your Heart.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jan 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 2

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