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Gary Davies sits in and Griff Rhys Jones chooses his final Tracks Of My Years

Comedy icon Griff Rhys Jones chooses his final two songs for this week's Tracks Of My Years. Plus more music history in De Ja Woo and music quizzing in Ten To The Top.

Comedy icon Griff Rhys Jones chooses his final two songs for this week's Tracks Of My Years.

We've known and loved Griff's work since the late seventies in shows like Not the Nine O'Clock News, It'll be Alright on the Night, Three Men In A Boat and Restoration, but he's still perhaps best remembered for his long-running partnership with the late Mel Smith in 'Alas Smith & Jones'.

Away from comedy, Griff has hosted multiple arts and travel documentaries, including Griff鈥檚 Great Australian Rail Trip, Griff鈥檚 Great Kiwi Road Trip and Griff's Canadian Adventure, and next year he's hosting a new Channel Four travel documentary exploring the Southern States.

Griff has won two Oliviers, two British Comedy Awards, two Baftas and an Emmy, and he's currently on a theatre tour with his one man show The Cat鈥檚 Pyjamas. Having first started last year, the show sees Griff "sharing witty observations and rambling comic stories covering a diverse range of subjects: from TV travel, his childhood, Welsh family, age, fraud, late night trains and nostalgia to the TikTok generation, crocodile smuggling, and opal noodling in Australia."

Plus the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, more music history in De Ja Woo, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

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Music Played

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Let's Spend The Night Together

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Sam Ryder

    Better Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Artist Theory.

  • Madison Avenue

    Don't Call Me Baby (Motez Vicious21 Remix)

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

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Perrie

    Rocket Scientist

    • PERRIE.
    • Sony.

  • RAYE & 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra

    Oscar Winning Tears. (Radio 2 Piano Room, 8 Feb 2023)

  • Sam Fender

    Talk To You (feat. Elton John)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

    • Gold.
    • Hip-O.

  • Jalen Ngonda

    All About Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Daptone.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Live Your Life Be Free

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Fate Of Ophelia

    • The Life Of A Showgirl.
    • Republic.

  • Cher

    If I Could Turn Back Time

    • Cher - The Greatest Hits.
    • WEA/Universal.

  • Chrissie Hynde & Rufus Wainwright

    Always On My Mind (Radio 2 Piano Room, 16 Oct 2025)

  • Soft Cell

    Bedsitter

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • Elvis Costello

    Alison

    • The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.

  • Idina Menzel

    Let It Go

    • Frozen O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 005.

  • Westlife

    Chariot

    • 25 - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Music.

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