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The Science Behind Xmas: Keaveny and Coxy

Professor Brian Cox joins Shaun for a special programme of silliness and science that reaches for the stars - literally.

Professor Brian Cox usually joins Shaun on 麻豆约拍 6 Music each Wednesday for a weekly science chat. He's been doing this for years, before he became the World's most eminent scientist. As a special Christmas treat he joins Shaun in the studio to chat about the skies, the stars, and the science stories of the year.

Also, as it is Christmas Day, we'll be looking at the science of Father Christmas flying around the world in one night. Shaun and Brian will attempt to create a formula that explains the speed the poor man will have to fly at to deliver all those presents on time.

Plus, we'll have a keyboard on standby in case he wants to revive his pre science career as the keyboard player in D:Ream. Will Shaun be able to persuade him to play the riff to 'Things Can Only Get Better'? And what will Brian make if Shaun's Cheddar Cheese song?

Add to this Shaun's usual kicking playlist, and the odd festive treat from the likes of Wizzard, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

Warning: This show contains silliness.

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Christmas Day 2012 07:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Slade

    Merry Xmas Everybody

    • THE BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER!.
    • Virgin.

  • Everything Everything

    Kemosabe

    • RCAVictor / Sony Music Entertainment.

  • 顿别别别鈥怢颈迟别

    Groove Is In The Heart

    • ELektra.

  • The Darkness

    Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

    • Atlantic.

  • Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

    Spanish Flea

    • Definitive Hits.
    • A&M.
    • 4.

  • Chuck Berry

    Run Rudolph Run

    • Chuck Berry - The Chess Years (Cd 2).
    • Chess.

  • The Jim Jones Revue

    Where Da Money Go?

    • PIAS / Punk Rock Blues Records.

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Gravel Pit

    • LOUD.

  • Thomas Dolby

    She Blinded Me With Science

    • EMI.

  • Muse

    Follow Me

    • Warners Music.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Jake Bugg

    Trouble Town

    • Jake Bugg.
    • MERCURY RECORDS.
    • 8.

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • THE BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER!.
    • Virgin.

  • Duran Duran

    Planet Earth

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Barbara Lynn

    Club A Go-Go

    • A Good Woman.
    • kent records.
    • 6.

  • Prince

    Rock & Roll Love Affair

    • Purple Music.

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • Polygram TV.

  • Bobby Womack

    Stupid

    • XL Recordings.

  • Ian Brown

    My Star

    • Polydor.

  • Cat Power

    Silent Machine

    • MATADOR RECORDS.

  • Alabama Shakes

    I Ain't The Same

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • Jet Set.

  • Pretenders

    2000 Miles

    • THE BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER!.
    • Virgin.

  • Villagers

    Nothing Arrived

    • DOMINO RECORD CO LTD.

  • Black Grape

    Kelly's Heroes

    • Radioactive Records.

  • Graham Coxon

    Freakin' Out

    • Transcopic Records.

  • Friends

    Va Fan Gor Du

    • Lucky Number.

  • Lucy Rose

    Driving 麻豆约拍 For Christmas

  • Pixies

    Allison

    • ve At The Paradise In Boston.
    • Eagle Vision.
    • 21.

  • The Ronettes

    Sleigh Ride

    • ABKCO.

  • I Am Kloot

    These Days Are Mine

    • Shepherd Moon LLP.

  • The Shins

    Wonderful Christmastime

    • Decca/Concord Records.

  • John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band

    Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (feat. The Harlem Community Choir)

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Day 2012 07:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 6 Music