Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Professor Brian Cox chooses the Tracks of My Years

Professor Brian Cox chooses the Tracks of My Years. Plus there's PopMaster, Record and Album Of The Week and your love dedications.

Professor Brian Cox chooses the Tracks of My Years all this week with Ken.

Brian Cox, OBE, is a professor of particle physics at the University Of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. Born and raised in Oldham, he initially embarked on a music career, playing keyboards with D:Ream, who released the number one hit 'Things Can Only Get Better' in 1994. During that time, Cox began to study physics at the University of Manchester, eventually making a transition from aspiring pop idol to science star.

A charismatic speaker, he has been an ever-present personality on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ. In 2009, Cox and comedian Robin Ince also began co-hosting the popular ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 show 'Infinite Monkey Cage', which takes an irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes.

In 2012, Brian was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield. He also holds two Guinness World Records – Most Tickets Sold For A Science Show and Most Tickets Sold For A Science Tour – which he continually breaks, as he did with his 2019 sell-out live tour 'Universal: Adventures In Space And Time'.

He's currently in the middle of a new tour called 'Horizons', which promises to take us 'on a dazzling cinematic journey', and is the story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state-of-the-art LED screen technology arenas will be filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and a time before the Big Bang.

The first two tracks Brian has chosen come from Frank Sinatra and The Beatles.

Plus there's PopMaster, Record and Album Of The Week and your love dedications. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Aug 2022 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

More episodes

Previous

Sam Ryder drops in with his brand new single

Next

Album of The Week and Professor Brian Cox

See all episodes from Ken Bruce

Music Played

  • Just Jack

    Starz In Their Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • P!nk

    Irrelevant

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Blue

    All Rise

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Keith Urban

    Wild Hearts

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Eurythmics

    There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Matt Bianco

    Get Out of Your Lazy Bed

    • Whose Side Are You On (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 006.

  • The Killers

    boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Kylie Minogue

    In Your Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Billy Joel

    Just The Way You Are

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.1.
    • CBS.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Craig David & Galantis

      DNA

      • 22.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • Raspberries

    Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

    • Remember The 70's (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Joel Corry & Becky Hill

    HISTORY

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Olivia Newton‐John & Electric Light Orchestra

    Xanadu

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • John Legend

    All She Wanna Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • David Gray

    Babylon

    • (CD Single).
    • Iht Records.

  • Al Jarreau

    Moonlighting

    • Best Of Al Jarreau.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Calvin Harris

      Obsessed (feat. Charlie Puth & Shenseea)

      • Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2.
      • Columbia.

  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 002.

  • Jessie Ware

    Free Yourself

    • That! Feels Good!.
    • EMI.

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Frank Sinatra

      Come Fly With Me

      • The Capitol Years.
      • Capitol Records.
      • 28.

    • The Beatles

      Till There Was You

      • With The Beatles (Remastered).
      • Parlophone.
      • 6.

  • Def Leppard

    Fire It Up

    • Diamond Star Halos.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Glen Campbell

    Rhinestone Cowboy

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Tina Turner

    Private Dancer

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Aug 2022 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2