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It's a CarFest fuelled show as Chris releases the final flurry of tickets for the festival in aid of 主播大秀 Children In Need.

It's a CarFest fuelled show as Chris releases the final flurry of tickets for the festival in aid of 主播大秀 Children In Need...

Little Holly from Newcastle graces the airwaves when she tells us all about her very first time performing at a Royal Ballet audition...

Our Mystery Guest is the award-winning super producer, Simon Chinn who takes things up a gear when he tells us why he chose Rodriguez as the subject for the superb documentary Searching For Sugarman...

And we go full throttle with the Top Tenuous, which takes us to your desperate claims to the fame of the fictitious character Biggles and/or World War One pilots...

Today's show is dedicated to anyone who successfully secured CarFest tickets this morning - we thank you!

And today's show is entitled: a little nonsense now and then, brings light and life to the wisest of men, and women.

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  • Adventures of Stevie V

    Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

    • Now 18 (Various Artists).
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  • Pat Benatar

    Love Is A Battlefield

    • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
    • Chrysalis.

  • James Blunt

    Postcards

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • Chromeo

    Jealous (I Ain't With It)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

    Lost Weekend

    • Lloyd Cole - The Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Elvis Costello

    She

    • The Very Best Of Elvis Costello.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Embrace

    Follow You 主播大秀

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 001.

  • Caro Emerald

    Coming Back as a Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 010.

  • Golden Earring

    Radar Love

    • Hot Love - Sounds Of The 70's, Part 1.
    • Old Gold.

  • Jigsaw

    Sky High

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.

  • Alicia Keys

    It's On Again (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 002.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.

  • Lulu

    To Sir With Love

    • The Don Black Songbook.
    • Play It Again, Sam.

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet 主播大秀 Alabama

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

  • Madness

    Driving In My Car

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.

  • Prince

    The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

    • (CD Single).
    • NPG RECORDS.

  • Ram Jam

    Black Betty

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll: 1977 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 2.

  • Rodriguez

    Climb Up On My Music

  • Carly Simon

    Nobody Does It Better

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

  • Nancy Sinatra

    You Only Live Twice

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • Dusty Springfield

    I Only Want To Be With You

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.

  • U2

    Sweetest Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Andy Williams

    It's So Easy

    • The Very Best Of Andy Williams.
    • Pickwick.

  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

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