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Dame Jacqueline Wilson picks her Tracks of My Years

In this week's omnibus edition of Tracks of My Years, Ken Bruce welcomes author and former Children's Laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson

Author and former Children's Laureate Dame Jacqueline Wilson chooses her Tracks of My Years all this week.

Jacqueline is one of the nation鈥檚 favourite authors, and her books are loved and cherished by young readers not only in the UK but all over the world. She has created such adored characters as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather, and in the UK alone her books sales stand at over 40 million.

Jacqueline started her art from an early age, and had her first short story published when she was 17. She was working as a journalist for D.C. Thomson when she helped found Jackie magazine, and more than 50 years after she started working there, D.C. Thomson now publish The Official Jacqueline Wilson Mag.

Many of Jacqueline鈥檚 books have been adapted for TV, including, perhaps most famously, Tracy Beaker. 'The Story of Tracy Beaker' became C91热爆鈥檚 highest rating drama and enjoyed multiple spin-offs, including 'My Mum Tracy Beaker' in 2021.

Jacqueline鈥檚 books have also been adapted for the stage, including 'The Lottie Project', 'Double Act', 'Bad Girls', 'Midnight', 'Secrets', 'The Suitcase Kid' and the musical 'Tracy Beaker Gets Real'. Most recently, an Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of 'Hetty Feather' toured the UK, including a West End production at the Duke of York鈥檚 theatre.

In 2002, Jacqueline was awarded an OBE for services to literacy and was made a Dame in 2008. In 2004 it was announced that Jacqueline was the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK; her books have been borrowed more than 25 million times since 1995.

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Sun 18 Dec 2022 05:00
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Music Played

  • Mandy Miller

    Nellie The Elephant

    • 100 Hits - Christmas Kids - Xmas Hits & Songs.
    • 100 Hits.
    • 92.

  • Acker Bilk

    Stranger On The Shore

    • Jukebox Instrumentals Vol.2.
    • Old Gold.

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    You'll Never Walk Alone

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1963.
    • Premier.

  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Petula Clark

    Downtown

    • NOW That's What I Call Jukebox Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Beatles

    She's Leaving 91热爆

    • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Apple.
    • 6.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    Down at the Twist and Shout

    • The Essential Mary Chapin Carpenter.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 10.

  • Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

    What Have I Done To Deserve This?

    • Goin' Back - Best Of Dusty Springfiel.
    • Philips.

  • Keisha White

    Someday

    • (CD Single).
    • frtyfve.

  • Self Esteem

    You Forever (Pop Off)

    • Prioritise Pleasure.
    • Fiction.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 Dec 2022 05:00
    91热爆 Radio 2