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The Love Song and Professor Brian Cox

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

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, Cox 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'.

Now he’s in the middle of a new tour. 'Horizons' takes 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 next two tracks Brian has chosen come from Duran Duran and David Bowie.

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

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Wed 24 Aug 2022 09:30
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Music Played

  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • P!nk

    Irrelevant

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Maroon 5

    Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa) (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Kiss On My List

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • John Legend

    All She Wanna Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The O’Jays

    Back Stabbers

    • The Ultimate Sound Of Philadelphia.
    • Columbia.

  • ΆΩ±π±π±π‐LΎ±³Ω±π

    Groove Is In The Heart

    • The Best Of 100% Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Craig David & Galantis

      DNA

      • 22.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Jess Glynne

    Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • Billy Preston & Syreeta

    With You I'm Born Again

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Keith Urban

    Wild Hearts

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Taylor Dayne

    Tell It to My Heart

    • 80s Mania (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • Bee Gees

    Spirits (Having Flown)

    • Heartbeats - 18 Great Love Songs.
    • Solitaire Collection.

  • Steps

    Hard 2 Forget

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Sony Music CMG.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
    • Sony Soho Square.

  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Killers

    boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Little Mix

    Black Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Ace

    How Long

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Album of The Week

    • Calvin Harris

      Stay With Me (feat. Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell Williams)

      • Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2.
      • Columbia.

  • Gabrielle

    Dreams

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Hot Chip

    Eleanor

    • Freakout/Release.
    • Domino.

  • Madonna

    Holiday

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 34.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Joy Division

      Disorder

      • Unknown Pleasures.
      • London Records.
      • 1.

    • Billy Joel

      New York State Of Mind

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

  • Lindsay Ell

    Right On Time

    • (CD Single).
    • This Is Hit/Stoney Creek Records.
    • 1.

  • Maria Vidal

    Body Rock

    • A Time To Remember: 1985 (Various).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 Aug 2022 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2