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Vernon Kay: Who's Up For Ten To The Top

Who's Up For Ten To The Top

BBC Radio 2 - Vernon Kay, Who's Up For Ten To The Top

Comedian Leigh Francis chooses his Tracks Of My Years.

Comedian and presenter Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon - chooses his Tracks of My Years. Plus the Album and Record Of The Week and another round of Ten To The Top.

Comedian Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon and the man behind Bo' Selecta! - chooses another two songs in Tracks Of My Years.

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’s ‘Popworld’ and featured what would become his Bo’ Selecta! characters.

From there there’s been numerous shows, including ‘Keith Lemon’s Very Brilliant World Tour’ ‘Celebrity Juice’, 'The Keith Lemon Sketch Show’, The Keith & Paddy Picture Show and ‘Shopping with Keith Lemon’. Leigh has also hosted Sing If You Can’ alongside Stacey Solomon, ‘Keith Lemon’s LemonAid’ and a reboot of ‘Through the Keyhole.'

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

Leigh’s two tracks today are from INXS and Rick Astley.

There'll also be more audio nuggets from the BBC 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’d like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

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