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With Dame Helen Mirren and Professor Brian Cox

Steve and Tim chat to Professor Brian Cox and superstar British actress Helen Mirren. Plus, they bring you three hours of brain-busting Factoids, as well as the latest lifestyle and showbiz news, some finely crafted Talkie bits, all topped off with tonnes of toe-tapping tunes.

3 hours, 5 minutes

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Fri 4 Mar 201114:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The O’Jays

    Back Stabbers

    • The Ultimate Sound Of Philadelphia.
    • Columbia.

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Is The Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Jackson Browne

    Somebody's Baby

  • Bee Gees

    How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Robert Plant

    Harm's Swift Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Asa

    Be My Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • Maroon 5

    Never Gonna Leave This Bed

    • Hands All Over.
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    China Grove

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tommy James & The Shondells

    Mony Mony

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Tim McGraw

    Me And Tennessee (feat. Gwyneth Paltrow)

    • Country Strong O.S.T..
    • Curb.
    • 1.

  • Alexander O’Neal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.

  • Andy Fairweather Low

    Wide Eyed And Legless

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • Stephen Duffy

    Kiss Me

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • The Cranberries

    Linger

    • Emerald Rock (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Bryan Adams

    Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

    • Don Juan De Marco (Original S/Track).
    • A&M.

  • Squeeze

    Tempted

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Duran Duran

    Planet Earth

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

  • Cast of Glee ft Gwyneth Paltrow

    Forget You

    • Glee The Music: Volume 4.
    • Sony.
    • 13.

  • Take That

    Kidz

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Luther Vandross

    Give Me The Reason

    • Essential Summer Breeze (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • The Chi‐Lites

    You Don't Have To Go

    • Soul Groups (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    You Make Loving Fun

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 011.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Olivia Newton‐John

    If Not For You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Lou Rawls

    You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • McFly

    That's The Truth

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Eric Clapton

    Lay Down Sally

    • The Cream Of Eric Clapton.
    • Polydor.

  • Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight

  • Coldplay

    Talk

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Hurts

    Sunday

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Jackie Wilson

    I Get the Sweetest Feeling

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Story Of Us

    • Speak Now.
    • Mercury.

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  • Fri 4 Mar 201114:00
    BBC Radio 2

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