Tracks Of My Years - Mark Hamill

TRACKS OF MY YEARS - MARK HAMILL 24.08.25 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 24th August 2025

Vernon Kay has a real treat for you in this week's Tracks of My Years.

Best known for playing Luke Skywalker across six films and several Star Wars TV series, Mark Hamill is also an acclaimed Broadway actor and one of the most highly regarded voice actors in Hollywood.

He has won awards for his portrayal of Batman nemesis The Joker in several animated movies, and he's appeared in several of the popular Wing Commander video games. Notable non-Star Wars roles include the films Kingsman: The Secret Service, Slipstream and Sleepwalkers, and now he's starring with Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejifor and Karen Gillian in the adaptation of the Stephen King novella 'The Life Of Chuck'. But he begins his musical journey with his favourite band ever - he's chosen "From Me To You" by The Beatles.

The Beatles - From Me To You [Apple]
The Kinks - You Really Got Me [BMG]
The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun [MFP]
The Rolling Stones - The Last Time [Abkco]
Keenan Wynn & James Whitmore - Brush Up Your Shakespeare [EMI]
Big Brother & The Holding Company - (Take A Little) Piece Of My Heart [Columbia]
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now [Reprise]
The Moody Blues - Question [Polydor]
"Weird Al" Yankovic - My Bologna [Volcano]
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows [EMI]