Tracks of My Years

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Tracks Of My Years

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Vernon Kay talks to a special guest about their life and and their favourite records.

Vernon Kay talks to a special guest about their life and career and their favourite records.

Tracks Of My Years: Ruby Wax OBE

Ruby Wax OBE

BBC Radio 2 - Tracks Of My Years, Ruby Wax OBE

Gary Davies sits in for Vernon Kay his Tracks of My Years guest is Ruby Wax.

Gary Davies sits in for Vernon Kay, his Tracks of My Years guest is comedian, author, actor and television presenter Ruby Wax.

Gary Davies sits in for Vernon Kay and welcomes comedian, author, actor and television personality Ruby Wax OBE as she chooses the soundtrack to her life all this week on Tracks Of My Years.

She was born in Illinois, America but moved to the UK to study acting in Glasgow. Ruby began her career on stage as a straight actress, using her classical training in the five years she spent with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She then came to prominence on our tv screens when she starred in the sitcom “Girls On Top” with Tracey Ullman, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

We learn all about her work in the 90s and early 00s fronting a variety of interview and talk shows including “The Full Wax”, “Ruby” and “The Ruby Wax Show”. Since then, Ruby has performed multiple stand up shows, gained a Masters degree in cognitive therapy, published multiple books and how she became an ardent mental health campaigner.

Ruby’s just about to publish the paperback of her latest book “I’m Not As Well as I Thought I Was”, which follows her struggles with mental health. She'll also be heading out across the nation with her one woman show of the same name which starts on 1st May.

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