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Steve and Tim Smith are joined by X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and the legendary Nicholas Parsons. Plus the Factoids, top Talkie bits and three hours of great music.

Steve and Tim Smith bring you three hours of brain-busting Factoids and top celebrity guests - today they chat to X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and the legendary Nicholas Parsons. Plus, all the latest lifestyle and showbiz news, some finely crafted Talkie bits, all topped off with tonnes of toe-tapping tunes.

3 hours, 5 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 May 2010 14:00

Music Played

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Irene Cara

    Flashdance... What a Feeling

    • Flashdance.
    • Casablanca.
  • Europe

    The Final Countdown

    • The Very Best Of Power Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Eli "Paperboy" Reed

    Come And Get It

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • MIKA

    We Are Young

    • (CD Single).
  • Lady A

    Need You Now

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.
  • Katie Melua

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.
  • Mumford & Sons

    Roll Away Your Stone

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Owl City

    Umbrella Beach

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Jakob Dylan

    Truth For A Truth

    • Women and Country.
  • Wang Chung

    Dance Hall Days

    • Hits Of The 60s, 70s & 80s (Various).
    • Kenwest.
  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.
  • Billy Idol

    Rebel Yell

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 4.
  • Whitesnake

    Here I Go Again (Remix)

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Status Quo

    Paper Plane

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Alice Cooper

    Poison

    • Free Spirit (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 7.
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    I Put My Ring Back On

    • (CD Single).
  • Michael BublΓ©

    Crazy Love

    • (CD Single).
    • 143 Records.
    • 1.
  • Mike + the Mechanics

    All I Need Is A Miracle

    • Mike & The Mechanics.
    • WEA.
  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.
  • Keane and K'Naan

    Stop For A Minute

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Eddie Cochran

    C'Mon Everybody

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Blondie

    Hanging On The Telephone

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Cast of Glee

    Like A Virgin

    • Glee: The Music, The Power Of Madonna.
  • The Move

    Flowers In The Rain

  • Paolo Nutini

    Candy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Michael Jackson

    Smooth Criminal

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Alexandra Burke

    Hallelujah

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
    • 1.
  • Alexandra Burke

    All Night Long

    • Overcome.
  • Ben’s Brother

    What If I?

    • (CD Single).
    • Flat Cap Records.
    • 1.
  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
  • Mary J Blige and Jay Sean

    Each Tear

    • (CD Single).

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 May 2010 14:00

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