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Mel Brooks, Dr Elizabeth Blackburn

Steve and the team chat to Mel Brooks about the musical of his film Young Frankenstein and Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr Elizabeth Blackburn talks about her book The Telomere Effect. Plus there's Factoids, Non-Stop Oldies and the latest entertainment and lifestyle news.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Wed 15 Feb 201714:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Express Yourself

    • (Single).
    • Sire.

  • Love Affair

    Rainbow Valley

    • This Hasn't Changed Us.
    • RPM Records.
    • 003.

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • The Very Best Of Randy Crawford.
    • Dino.

  • Clean Bandit

    Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 88 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 4.

  • Donald Fagen

    Walk Between Raindrops

    • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Shania Twain

    Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Robbie Williams

    Mixed Signals

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    America

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • Billy Idol

    Eyes Without A Face

    • Disky.

  • Madness

    Another Version Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • UMC.
    • 008.

  • Imelda May

    Black Tears (feat. Jeff Beck)

    • Life. Love. Flesh. Blood.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • John Denver

    Take Me Home, Country Roads

    • A Song's Best Friend: Very Best Of.
    • RCA/BMG.

  • The Temptations

    Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.6 (Various).
    • Motown.

  • Bee Gees

    Massachusetts

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Carly Simon

    Nobody Does It Better

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

  • The Drifters

    Under The Boardwalk

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

  • The Archies

    Sugar, Sugar

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Kirshner Records.

  • B.J. Thomas

    Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

    • Hits Of 1971 & 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • ÷ Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Andrea Martin, Christopher Fitzgerald, Roger Bart, Shuler Hensley & Sutton Foster

    Puttin' On The Ritz

    • Young Frankenstein - Original Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Decca Broadway.
    • 17.

  • Jo Harman & Michael McDonald

    When We Were Young

    • People We Become.
    • Bigiam.

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Gary “U.S.” Bonds

    This Little Girl

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

  • The Divine Comedy

    To The Rescue

    • (CD Single).
    • Divine Comedy Records.

  • Glenn Frey

    The One You Love

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Train

    Play That Song

    • A Girl A Bottle A Boat.
    • Columbia.

  • Nelly Furtado

    All Good Things (Come To An End)

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

  • The Beatles

    Can't Buy Me Love

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 005.

  • The Beatles

    She Loves You

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 003.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Healing Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome.
    • 1.

  • Cher

    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

    • Wea/Universal.

  • Bon Jovi

    Born Again Tomorrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Yarbrough & Peoples

    Don't Stop The Music

    • The Two Of Us.
    • BBR.
    • 011.

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    BBC Radio 2

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