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Pleased my nomination got to number 2 - that hardly ever happens here. Never heard of number 1 - that often happens here! :D

It would have been had it been a new release but it was a cash-in from his old label and "flopped" due it being either more raw than what the new Antpeople were into or because the label didn't have the same distribution power.

I guess you could offer up to 100. It'd always be 100 points for number 1, but if somebody only did 50 then their last choice would score 51.

I'm in Love is brilliant - I'm really excited for the new album and looking forward to seeing them at the Barrowlands in December.

Sorry, new to the film club. Is everyone supposed to watch it at the same time? Grave of the Fireflies is one of the few Ghibli films I haven't seen and I think we've got it on our box from the Film4 season a year or so ago. Trouble is, 8pm on Monday is University Challenge / Only Connect time. But I could watch it on Sunday and comment on Monday?

Great to see Chapterhouse, Daisy Chainsaw and Sugar nominated - I had to eliminate them from my long list.

I loved reading the BFG when it came out 30 years ago and I thought the film was fantastic. Mark Rylance is brilliant as the BFG and the girl playing Sophie is excellent too. I was a little annoyed that Bloodbottler had his bits replaced by Fleshlumpeater, but it worked well. The section at the palace was always my favourite part of the book and it was done brilliantly. Reminded me a little of Paddington.

First episode was very good. Jason Watkins as a guest star was a bit of a treat.

I still think the music video for a nursery rhyme task was best of the series. Can't wait for series 3!

Had also heard people saying the Ricky Gervais character is a waste of Spencer Jones - and it is...but then, he's so bizarre on stage that it's maybe good that he gets reeled in a little. Very pleased to hear that a second series is coming :D

Great idea. This is a difficult one, so hopefully others will nominate some of my more famous favourites. Allo Allo Black Books Blackadder City Lights Dad's Army Detectorists Father Ted Fawlty Towers The Goodies Hi-De-Hi I'm Alan Partridge Man About the House Only Fools and Horses Porridge Rab C Nesbitt Rentaghost Spaced Steptoe and Son Sykes The Young Ones

30 - Richard Harris - MacArthur Park 29 - The Scaffold - Thank U Very Much 28 - The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion 27 - Booker T & The MG's - Time Is Tight 26 - Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson 25 - Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer 24 - Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man 23 - Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness Gracious Me! 22 - Karl Denver - Wimoweh 21 - Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly! 20 - Hollies - On A Carousel 19 - Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twist And Shout 18 - Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour 17 - Ronettes - Be My Baby 16 - Alan Price Set - Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear 15 - Byrds - All I Really Want To Do 14 - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone 13 - Beatles - Something/Come Together 12 - Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You 11 - Hollies - Here I Go Again 10 - Donovan - Catch The Wind 09 - Beach Boys - Then I Kissed He 08 - Four Seasons - Let's Hang On! 07 - The Who - Pinball Wizard 06 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street 05 - Bobby Vee - Rubber Ball 04 - Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Haaa! 03 - Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 02 - Donovan - Colours 01 - Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

Nice one, thanks!

Thanks - I wanted to include this but ran out of spaces :D

I did put Arab Strap and The Beta Band in!

Number 24s +10 Byrds - Eight Miles High +09 Sam & Dave - Soul Man +08 Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind +07 Beach Boys - Dance, Dance, Dance +06 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Old Smokie/High Voltage +05 Edith Piaf - Milord +04 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Rondo +03 Bert Kaempfert - Bye Bye Blues +02 Anita Bryant - Paper Roses +01 Johnny Cymbal - Mr Bass Man Number 28s +10 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus (Missa Luba) +09 Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally +08 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock +07 Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You +06 Dave Clark Five - You Got What It Takes +05 Otis Redding - Shake +04 Dave Clark Five - No One Can Break A Heart Like You +03 Dionne Warwick - (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls +02 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Someday (You'll Be Sorry) +01 Cat Stevens - I Love My Dog

Number 14s +20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 007 (Shanty Town) +19 Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright) +18 Plastic Ono Band - Cold Turkey +17 Chubby Checker - The Twist +16 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Ja-Da +15 Dave Brubeck - Unsquare Dance +14 Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah! Hello Fadduh! +13 Lonnie Donegan - The Comancheros +12 Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back +11 Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - So Do I +10 Russ Conway - Lucky Five +09 Mr Acker Bilk - Lonely +08 Peter Sellers - A Hard Day's Night +07 Sandie Shaw - Nothing Come Easy +06 Glen Campbell - Galveston +05 Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand) +04 Unit Four Plus Two - (You've) Never Been In Love Like This Before +03 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Wreck Of The Antoinette +02 Petula Clark - Ya Ya Twist +01 Des O'Connor - Dick-A-Dum-Dum (King's Road) Number 18s +20 Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - Goodbyee +19 Prince Buster - Al Capone +18 Tornados - The Ice Cream Man +17 Frank Sinatra - River, Stay 'Way From My Door +16 Hollies - King Midas In Reverse +15 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp +14 P.P Arnold - First Cut Is The Deepest +13 Herman's Hermits - This Door Swings Both Ways +12 Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Tramp +11 Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed +10 Mike Sarne with Billie Davis - Will I What +09 Harry Secombe - If I Ruled The World +08 Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On +07 Sounds Nice Feat Tim Mycroft - Love At First Sight (Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus) +06 Temptations - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep +05 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I Second That Emotion +04 Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World +03 Nat 'King' Cole - Just As Much As Ever +02 Hank Locklin - We're Gonna Go Fishin' +01 Johnny Preston - Feel So Fine

Jeez - I could give you well over a hundred and still want to nominate more. Luckily some of my faves have been added already (although not very many) Had to also restrict myself to one record per artist to give you these...in some cases it's not my favourite by a band, but one that some of you might know better...otherwise it'll only be me who votes for it. 808 State - Cubik Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubblebath I Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend Ash - Kung Fu The Beta Band - Dry the Rain The Boo Radleys - Lazarus Carter USM - Sheriff Fatman (originally released in late 1989 but a hit in 1991) The Charlatans - Weirdo England New Order - World in Motion The Farm - Groovy Train Flowered Up - Weekender Gary Clail On-U Sound System - Human Nature Inspiral Carpets - This is How it Feels Jesus Jones - Real Real Real The KLF - What Time is Love? My Bloody Valentine - Soon Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television Northside - Shall We Take a Trip? Paris Angels - Perfume Pixies - Velouria Ride - Leave Them All Behind Senseless Things - Homophobic Asshole Spacemen 3 - Big City Spiritualized - Come Together Stereolab - French Disko Sultans of Ping FC - Where's Me Jumper? Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign The Wedding Present - Brassneck The Wonder Stuff - The Size of a Cow

I think a little compensation for the uncertainty at Sunderland would go a long way. But really, the best way to repay the players at the Stadium of Light is for the England manager to occasionally watch the likes of Lee Cattermole who should have played for England by now (and would have if he'd been signed by Liverpool or Spurs) - maybe Big Sam will do that. Anyway, very happy with David Moyes and hopefully there's time to get a few new signings in and bedded in before the new season starts.

Seems pretty linear to me - and what more closure is needed? It's all the darker for Stromboli, the Coach Man, Honest John and Gideon continuing their dark ways beyond the end of the film. They're all there to tempt other little boys. That's one of the best things about it - evil isn't punished by being vanquished for good, it's punished by Pinocchio rising above them and becoming real.

No, but the other half might have :D

It's a shitty situation this - effectively two different parties masquerading as one in order to get a private election of the next government. If May wins then it'll be business as usual, if Leadsome wins then there'll be a mass cabinet clearout and a hard switch to the right. And something like 0.2% of the population get to decide by dint of being members of some overarching thing called the Conservative party (one that currently houses two very distinct parties if you ask me) If we do go far right, then expect Leadsome to gleefully press the Brexit button and start removing all the rights of workers so that "poor" business leaders don't have to keep worry about paid holidays, sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave, pensions etc. It's almost as if the whole last year and a half were planned meticulously....

Ours was a different performance (somewhere else on Youtube) but very similar.

Number 31s +10 Joe Loss & His Orchestra - March Of The Mods +09 The Kinks - Plastic Man +08 Dave Clark Five - Put A Little Love In Your Heart +07 Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - I Can Dance +06 Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers - Can Can '62 +05 Jerry Lee Lewis - Good Golly Miss Molly +04 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad +03 Tony Blackburn - So Much Love +02 Poets - Now We're Thru +01 Swinging Blue Jeans - Don't Make Me Over Number 32s +10 Sly & The Family Stone - M'Lady +09 Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine +08 Harry Belafonte & Odetta - There's A Hole In My Bucket +07 Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock +06 Walker Brothers - Deadlier Than The Male +05 Sandie Shaw - Run +04 Dick Emery - If You Love Her +03 Freddie Cannon - Muskrat Ramble +02 Sandie Shaw - Think Sometimes About Me +01 Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twelve Steps To Love

I was kidding. Bagpuss may not be high-octane thrills, but it's one of the nation's favourites of all time. I guess we like life slow sometimes.