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Radio legends Mark and Lard - AKA Mark Radcliffe & Marc Riley - choose their Tracks Of My Years. Plus Album and Record Of The Week and more Ten To The Top.

Radio legends Mark and Lard - AKA Mark Radcliffe & Marc Riley - choose the songs that soundtrack their lives all this week on Tracks Of My Years.

Hailing from Bolton and Manchester respectively, Mark Radcliffe (Mark) and Marc Riley (Lard) met on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 5 Live in the early 90s, when Radcliffe was presenting the show ‘Hit North’. Riley started as a researcher before moving up the ranks and eventually joining Radcliffe as co-presenter.

The duo became known for their various catchphrases, characters and comedy sketches when they transferred to Radio 1 in 1993, presenting the late-night weekday show before a stint on the Breakfast Show followed by years in the early-afternoon slot. The duo remained on afternoons till 2004, when they went their separate ways.

After two decades, Mark and Lard are reuniting for a special show live-streamed from The Bowden Rooms in Altrincham before bringing their ‘An Audience With Mark & Lard’ to venues in the UK this Autumn.

There'll also be more audio nuggets from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Archive in Vernon's Vault; there's Record and Album Of The Week and two more contestants try their luck in 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’d 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

Thu 21 Mar 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • M People

    How Can I Love You More

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.
  • Paul Simon

    You Can Call Me Al

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 4.
  • Jalen Ngonda

    Illusions

    • (CD Single).
    • Daptone Recordings.
  • Wham!

    Young Guns (Go For It)

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.
  • The Libertines

    Oh

    • All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade.
    • EMI.
  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.
  • Queen

    A Kind Of Magic

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.
  • Ariana Grande

    we can't be friends (wait for your love)

    • Eternal Sunshine.
    • Republic Records.
  • The Verve

    Sonnet

    • Now 40 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Record Of The Week

    • James

      Our World

      • Yummy.
      • Nothing But Love Music.
  • Del Amitri

    Always The Last To Know

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Madonna

    Lucky Star

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 5.
  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Paloma Faith

    Sweatpants

    • The Glorification Of Sadness.
    • RCA.
  • Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.
  • Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man

    Lovers In A Past Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Blur

    Tender (Radio 2 In Concert, 18 July 2023)

  • Album Of The Week

    • Justin Timberlake & *NSYNC

      Paradise

  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Jess Glynne

    Enough

    • JESS.
    • EMI.
  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Genesis

      I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

      • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
      • Virgin.
    • Nick Drake

      Northern Sky

      • A Quiet Riot.
      • PIAS.
  • Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds of Summer

    Lighter

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Beat Records.
  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    The Tears Of A Clown

    • Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Mar 2024 09:30

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