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Putting the Great in Great Britain!

30 years ago today Torvill & Dean won gold at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics, so this morning Vanessa asks for your greatest ever British sporting achievements. Plus hunkers is the week's fourth and final Word Of The Day.

1 hour, 27 minutes

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Thu 13 Feb 2014 05:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Tracy Chapman

    Talkin' Bout A Revolution

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • Bobby Darin

    Dream Lover

    • The Bobby Darin Story.
    • Atco.

  • Céline Dion

    Water & A Flame

    • Loved Me Back To Life.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

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

  • A Great Big World

    Say Something (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.

  • Jamiroquai

    Love Foolosophy

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Seth Lakeman

    The Courier

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 001.

  • Lorde

    Team

    • Pure Heroine.
    • Universal.
    • 6.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Everything Must Go

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

  • Nu Shooz

    I Can't Wait

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Brad Paisley

    The Mona Lisa

    • Wheelhouse.
    • Arista.
    • 001.

  • Queen

    We Are The Champions

    • News Of The World.
    • Island.
    • 2.

  • The Searchers

    Needles and Pins

    • (Single).
    • Pye.

  • Billy Swan

    I Can Help

    • Billboard Top Rock n Roll Hits - 1974.
    • Rhino.

  • Tanita Tikaram

    Good Tradition

    • The Best Of Tanita Tikaram.
    • East West Records.

Word Of The Day

Word Of The Day

Hunkers - to squat close to the ground or crouch eg "on one's hunkers".Ìý Also "hunkered down to avoid the icy wind".

Tomorrow's Feltz Philological Challenge

Tomorrow's Feltz Philological Challenge

All four words for this week's Friday Feltz Philological Challenge have now been revealedÌý- CARFAX, EMPANEL, AKRATIC and HUNKERSÌý(find the meanings of each here by scrolling to the bottom of the page ).ÌýÌýÌý

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Now it’s over to you – we want a coherent and creative sentence – as delivered in your own dulcet tones featuring all four words. Taking part couldn’t be simpler - just email your entry to vfeltz@bbc.co.uk, include your phone number andÌýwe may well be getting in touch!Ìý

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Or if you're tech savvy you can email it as a soundfile to the same address.

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All entries must reach us by 05:00 on Friday 14th February 2014 to be eligible, and good luck!

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Feb 2014 05:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2