Director Danny Boyle and comedian Mark Thomas
Steve, Tim Smith and Janey Lee Grace chat to film-maker Danny Boyle about his new movie 127 Hours and stand-up comedian Mark Thomas talks about his very unusual walking tour.
It's the first Big Show of 2011 and Steve, Tim Smith and Janey Lee Grace are joined by Oscar-winning British film director Danny Boyle, who discusses his new movie 127 Hours - his first based on a true story. The team also play host to stand-up comedian Mark Thomas who talks about Walking the Wall - his very unusual recent ramble along the entire length of the Israeli Separation Barrier.
There's a fresh batch of Factoids for 2011 - as the team try and out-trivia each other with gems about the whopping memory capacity of the first ever personal computer, America's first nudist organisation and which British car was the first to sell a million.
In the Talkie bits, the team discuss unwanted Xmas gifts, what to do with your tree as twelfth night approaches and why you're more likely to get a job if you wear glasses.
The Oldies are chosen by 21-year-old groundsman Sam Elliott from Culloden in Inverness who treats us to one of the Beatles stranger tunes, as well as a guitar classic from The Eagles.
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ABBA
Money Money Money
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Dan Hartman
I Can Dream About You
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Felice Taylor
I Feel Love Comin' On
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CeeLo Green
It's OK
- The Lady Killer.
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Bee Gees
Tragedy
- Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Buddy Holly
Heartbeat
- B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
- MCA.
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The Teddy Bears
To Know Him Is To Love Him
- Young Love - Sound Of The 60's, Part.
- Compact Records.
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Noah and the Whale
L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
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Matisyahu
One Day
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- 100%.
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Andy Kim
Rock Me Gently
- Super Hits Of The 70's (Various Artis.
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Blondie
Denis
- Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
- EMI.
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Duran Duran
All You Need Is Now
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The Beatles
I Am The Walrus
- Magical Mystery Tour.
- Parlophone.
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Eagles
Hotel California
- The Best Of Eagles.
- Asylum.
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Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
- Rock Of America (Various Artists).
- Trax Label.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Bird
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Radiohead
Creep
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- Parlophone.
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Black Sabbath
Paranoid
- Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Take That
Wait
- Progress.
- Polydor.
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Diane Birch
Fools
- Bible Belt.
- S-Curve.
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Avery Sunshine
I Got Sunshine
- Avery Sunshine.
- Dome Records.
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Eddie Cochran
C'Mon Everybody
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Sam Cooke
Having a Party
- Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
- RCA.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
After the Love Has Gone
- Soul (Various Artists).
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The Sandpipers
Guantanamera
- Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
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Mr. Mister
Broken Wings
- NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Various Artis.
- NOW.
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Manic Street Preachers
Some Kind Of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)
- Postcards From A Young Man.
- Columbia.
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Paul Carrack and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
It Ain't Over ('til It's Over...)
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Dido
Thank You
- Now 49 (Various Artists).
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Cheryl Cole - The Flood
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Purple Haze
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Rumer
Am I Forgiven
- Seasons Of My Soul.
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Simple Minds
Don't You (Forget About Me)
- Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
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Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight
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