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Holliday Grainger chooses her final two Tracks Of My Years

Actress Holliday Grainger selects her final two Tracks Of My Years of the week and two listeners take on our quiz, Ten To The Top.

Actress Holliday Grainger joins Vernon this week choosing ten songs from her life so far, today starting with a couple of bangers from TLC and Sweet Female Attitude. Plus, two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top and Vernon dives into the BBC Archive in Vernon's Vault.

Born in Didsbury in 1988, Holliday began acting at the age of just six after being scouted for a BBC TV series. She consistently acted whilst growing up, balancing studying at school and then university with her career. In 2011 she played Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias alongside Jeremy Irons and in the following years starred in other TV dramas like Lady Chatterley's Lover and Above Suspicion, as well as films like The Riot Club, My Cousin Rachel and Tell It To The Bees. Since 2017 she has played Robin Ellacott in six series of Strike on the BBC - adaptations of the book series written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Since 2019 she has starred as Rachel Carey in The Capture - a conspiracy thriller based on the terrifying world of deepfake technology. The first series was met with critical acclaim and was the most requested new show on the iPlayer that year. It has recently returned for a third series which continues on Sunday nights at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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Music Played

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 7.
  • Kenny Loggins

    Danger Zone

    • Top Gun O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • CBS.
  • Perrie

    Woman In Love

    • Perrie (Fan Edition).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
  • Kylie Minogue

    On A Night Like This

    • Light Years.
    • Parlophone.
  • Lesley Gore

    It's My Party

    • NOW That's What I Call Jukebox Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Niall Horan

    Dinner Party

    • Dinner Party.
    • Capitol.
  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.
  • Take That

    You're A Superstar

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • The Bluebells

    Young At Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • T. Rex

    I Love to Boogie

    • T. Rex - The Singles As & Bs.
    • Repertoire.
  • Seafret & James Morrison

    Driftwood

    • Fear Of Emotion.
    • Nettwerk.
  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Tori Amos

    Stronger Together

    • In Times Of Dragons.
    • Fontana.
  • David Grant & Jaki Graham

    Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

    • Jaki Graham: 35th Anniversary Collection.
    • Cherry Pop.
  • Snap!

    Rhythm Is A Dancer

    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.
  • Bob Marley & Funkstar De Luxe

    Sun Is Shining

    • Sun Is Shining Dance.
    • Club Tools.
    • 1.
  • Sash!

    Encore Une Fois

    • Best Of.
    • X-IT Records.
  • Cammy Barnes

    Highland Runaway

    • (CD Single).
    • Xploded.
  • Wham!

    Young Guns (Go For It)

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.
  • Luke Combs

    My Kinda Saturday Night

    • The Way I Am.
    • Sony Music Nashville.
  • Teddy Swims

    Lose Control

    • I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1).
    • Warner Records.
  • Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta

    Save Me Tonight

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Lauryn Hill

    Nothing Even Matters (feat. D’Angelo)

    • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
    • Ruffhouse/Columbia.
    • 12.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.
  • Paul McCartney

    Days We Left Behind

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.

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