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Mar 28
5m 6s

Lisa Kudrow

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Our inheritance tracks this week come from Lisa Kudrow, no less.

The Emmy Award-winning star from Friends returns to our screens in the latest series of The Comeback.

As Phoebe Buffay her attempts at music-making were famously harrowing – but her Inheritance Tracks, predictably enough, are a real joy.

Inherited: Downtown by Petula Clark Passing on: Wonderful Baby by Don McLean

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey

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