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Nina Conti's Final Tracks of My Years

Nina Conti, award-winning queen of ventriloquism, chooses her final Tracks of My Years. Ken has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Nina Conti, award-winning queen of ventriloquism, chooses the Tracks of My Years. Nina started doing stand-up ventriloquism in 2002 and shot to fame by winning the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ New Comedy Award that same year. Famed for her foul-mouthed ‘sidekick’ Monkey (Monk), Nina has won numerous comedy awards for her writing, acting and ventriloquism. She has taken many shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Comedy Festival. In 2016, her smash-hit solo show ’In Your Face’ enjoyed sell-out seasons in London’s West End and New York’s off-Broadway.

More recently Nina was a runner-up on ‘The World’s Best’, a US major talent show on NBC, produced an improvised web series, ‘In Therapy’ which has amassed over 1.5 million views since 2018 and joined forces with award-winning Shenoah Allen (The Pajama Men) to make the character comedy podcast, ‘Richard & Greta’, unqualified experts who explain how to get the most, or too much, out of your partner.

Following a four year absence Nina is now embarking on a UK tour with her new project - The Dating Show - opening at Bristol Old Vic at the end of October. She’ll be like Cilla Black with masks. Derailed. Not so much a Blind Date as a re-voiced one. There is no promise that true love will be found but a firm guarantee that big laughs will be had in the reign of this quick-thinking queen of ventriloquism.

The final two tracks Nina has chosen come from Joanna Newsom and Michael Kiwanuka. Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Sep 2021 09:30

Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Rockaria!

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • Diana Ross

    If The World Just Danced

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.
  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.
  • Robert Palmer

    Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Ella Henderson & House Gospel Choir

    Risk It All (feat. Just Kiddin)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • The Temptations

    Treat Her Like A Lady

    • From Motown With Love (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.
    • 6.
  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Record of the Week

    • Rod Stewart

      One More Time

      • The Tears Of Hercules.
      • Rhino.
  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Luther Vandross

    If Only For One Night

    • The Essential Luther Vandross.
    • Epic.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.
  • Rachel Stevens

    Sweet Dreams My LA Ex

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Dire Straits

    Lady Writer

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.
  • Kacey Musgraves

    justified

    • justified.
    • Interscope.
  • The Drifters

    Saturday Night At The Movies

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.
  • Prince & The Revolution

    Let's Go Crazy

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Natalie Imbruglia

    On My Way

    • Firebird.
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • Mary Mary

    Shackles (Praise You)

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Glen Campbell

    Rhinestone Cowboy

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Album of the Week

    • Manic Street Preachers

      The Secret He Had Missed (feat. Julia Cumming)

  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Club MTV (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music On Demand.
  • The Weeknd

    Take My Breath

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.
  • Michael Bublé

    Everything

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • Tracks of My Years

    • Joanna Newsom

      Emily

      • Ys.
      • Drag City.
      • 1.
    • Michael Kiwanuka

      Black Man In A White World

  • Coldplay & BTS

    My Universe

    • Music Of The Spheres.
    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Sep 2021 09:30