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Terry Pratchett and Evan Davis

Steve and Tim chat to radio and TV host Evan Davis and bestselling author Terry Pratchett. Plus, three hours of top tunes, brain-busting Factoids and top notch Talkie bits.

Steve and Tim chat to the host of Radio 4's Today programme and 成人快手's Dragon's Den - Evan Davis - who shares his unhealthy habit of looking himself up on Twitter. They also chat to bestselling author Terry Pratchett about the TV adaptation of one his recent Discworld novels.

There are some fine Factoids too - including what's missing from every King of Hearts playing card, Jane Seymour's real name and how many service stations you could find by traversing all of the UK's motorways.

In today's top-notch Talkie bits, Steve and Tim share some top tips on choosing an unguessable password, reveal the number one appliance likely to cause you harm in the home and they get a bit excited over the return of X Factor this weekend.

This afternoon's Oldies are chosen by Nell Shaw from Little Dassett in Warwickshire, who gives us some stonking classics from Bryan Adams, Alice Cooper and John Lee Hooker.

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Fri 20 Aug 2010 14:00
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Music Played

  • Dire Straits

    Lady Writer

  • The Yeah You's

    Getting Up With You

  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Paul McCartney

    Another Day

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Another Cup Of Coffee

    • Mike & The Mechanics Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

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

  • The Script

    For The First Time

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

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Gypsy

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 002.

  • Barenaked Ladies and Erin McCarley

    Every Subway Car

    • All In Good Time.

  • Alice Cooper

    Poison

    • Free Spirit (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Sparks

    This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • The Drifters

    Up On The Roof

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Boom Boom

    • Now 1992 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Manfred Mann鈥檚 Earth Band

    Joybringer

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • KT Tunstall

    (Still) A Weirdo

    • Tiger Suit.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 1.

  • Maroon 5

    Misery

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

  • Imagination

    Music & Lights

    • 10 Star Collection: Soul 2 (Various).
    • Stardust.

  • Nell Bryden - Goodbye

  • The Goo Goo Dolls

    成人快手

    • Something For The Rest Of Us.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Summer Breeze

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Sam Cooke

    Another Saturday Night

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

  • U2

    Get On Your Boots

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

  • U2

    One

    • U2 - Achtung Baby.
    • Island.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    If You Want It

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

  • Rose Royce

    Is It Love You're After

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Goldfrapp

    Believer

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • I Am Arrows

    Green Grass

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

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Michael Jackson

    The Way You Make Me Feel

    • The Essential.
    • Epic.
    • 14.

  • Shirley & Company

    Shame, Shame, Shame

    • The Originals (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Aug 2010 14:00
    成人快手 Radio 2

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