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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.

3 hours, 5 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 Jan 201114:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Money Money Money

  • Dan Hartman

    I Can Dream About You

  • Felice Taylor

    I Feel Love Comin' On

    • As Time Goes By.. (Various Artists).
    • Cambra.

  • CeeLo Green

    It's OK

    • The Lady Killer.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Bee Gees

    Tragedy

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Buddy Holly

    Heartbeat

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

  • The Teddy Bears

    To Know Him Is To Love Him

    • Young Love - Sound Of The 60's, Part.
    • Compact Records.

  • Noah and the Whale

    L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Matisyahu

    One Day

    • (CD Single).
    • 100%.
    • 1.

  • Andy Kim

    Rock Me Gently

    • Super Hits Of The 70's (Various Artis.
    • Rhino.

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Duran Duran

    All You Need Is Now

  • The Beatles

    I Am The Walrus

    • Magical Mystery Tour.
    • Parlophone.
    • 6.

  • Eagles

    Hotel California

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Free Bird

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Radiohead

    Creep

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Take That

    Wait

    • Progress.
    • Polydor.
    • 3.

  • Diane Birch

    Fools

    • Bible Belt.
    • S-Curve.
    • 1.

  • Avery Sunshine

    I Got Sunshine

    • Avery Sunshine.
    • Dome Records.
    • 1.

  • Eddie Cochran

    C'Mon Everybody

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Sam Cooke

    Having a Party

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    After the Love Has Gone

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Sandpipers

    Guantanamera

    • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
    • Polydor.

  • Mr. Mister

    Broken Wings

    • NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Various Artis.
    • NOW.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Some Kind Of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)

    • Postcards From A Young Man.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

  • Paul Carrack and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    It Ain't Over ('til It's Over...)

    • (CD Single).
    • Absolute.
    • 1.

  • Dido

    Thank You

    • Now.

  • Cheryl Cole - The Flood

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Rumer

    Am I Forgiven

    • Seasons Of My Soul.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.

  • Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Jan 201114:00
    BBC Radio 2

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