Rachel Burden is a familiar voice on the BBC airwaves, she’s been a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast programme, regularly brings us the news on the television, and hosts Cafe Hope - Radio 4’s virtual coffee shop where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they're doing to make the world a better place.
Born in Buckinghamshire, she graduated from Trinity College Dublin and studied broadcast journalism at Cardiff University.
One of five children and a mother of four herself, music has always been something they’ve shared, what then has she chosen for her Inheritance Tracks...
Inherited: "Overture" from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pass on: "Days" by Kirsty MacColl
Producers: Catherine Powell and Ben Mitchell
Published on Saturday, 22nd March 2025.
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