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With Bill Nighy and PD James

Steve, Tim Smith and Janey Lee Grace try and out-trivia each other with more brain-busting Factoids and chat to actor Bill Nighy and author PD James. Plus there's thirty minutes of classic Non-Stop Oldies, and the latest lifestyle and entertainment headlines and top notch Talkie bits.

3 hours, 5 minutes

Last on

Tue 8 Nov 201114:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Paul McCartney

    Another Day

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Seals & Crofts

    Get Closer

    • Get Closer.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)

    • Don't Cha.
    • A&M.
    • 2.

  • Dusty Springfield

    I Only Want To Be With You

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.

  • Carly Simon & James Taylor

    Mockingbird

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Glen Campbell

    Any Trouble

    • Ghost On The Canvas.
    • Surfdog.
    • 1.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    AKA... What A Life!

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.
    • 1.

  • Maverick Sabre

    I Need

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

  • Madonna

    Beautiful Stranger

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
    • 13.

  • Hot Butter

    Popcorn

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Compact Records.

  • The Tokens

    The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    • Rediscover The 50's - Here Comes Summ.
    • Old Gold.

  • Boney M.

    Rivers Of Babylon

    • The Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.
    • 7.

  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Come Rain Or Come Shine

    • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
    • Reprise.
    • 18.

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

    • Disky.

  • Ray Stevens

    Everything Is Beautiful

    • The Very Best Of Country Music #3.
    • Curb.
    • 6.

  • The Drifters

    Under The Boardwalk

    • We Gotta Sing: The Soul Years 1962-1971.
    • Strawberry.

  • Aretha Franklin

    I Say A Little Prayer

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Lego House

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    This Is The Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 19.

  • Justin Bieber

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • Under The Mistletow.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Coldplay

    Us Against The World

    • Mylo Xyloto.
    • Parlophone.
    • 5.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • NOW 100 Hits 80s No.1s (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Edison Lighthouse

    Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • ABBA

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

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

  • ABBA

    Waterloo

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 019.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    She's Gone

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Clifford T. Ward

    Home Thoughts From Abroad

    • Clifford T Ward: Gaye & Other Stories.
    • Virgin.

  • U2

    One

    • U2 - Achtung Baby.
    • Island.

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    The Lady Is A Tramp

    • Duets II.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Hugh Laurie

    Halleluljah, I Love Her So

    • Let Them Talk.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    • NOW That's What I Call A 60s & 70s Summer: Seasons In The Sun (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Eagles

    New Kid In Town

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Westlife

    Lighthouse

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • One Direction

    Gotta Be You

    • Gotta Be You.
    • Simco Limited.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Nov 201114:00
    BBC Radio 2

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