My guest mixer this week is Susan Pringle
Given that Christmas is a time for family, it seemed fitting that this episode should feature my mum (pictured here with me and my kids: Billy, Fran, Anna, Evan, Melody, Marc and Evan).
She turned 80 this year (this picture was taken just before her birthday) but you'd never know it. She was a little nervous about doing it - especially as we had to do the interview twice, my laptop having mangled the first attempt! But I think she did a fine job, and it was a great trip down memory lane for me...
(Spotify and YouTube playlists at the bottom of the page)
Hit the ground running
1. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Something old
2. Little Eva - The Locomotion
Something new
3. Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli - Perfect Symphony
Something borrowed
4. Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
Something blue
5. The Beatles - If I Fell
The Morris Oxford
Take it down
6. Buddy Holly - True Love Ways
Around the world
7. Paul Simon & Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Left of centre
8. Matt Lucas & Katy Secombe - Master of the House
Wild card
9. Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
40 years of Lindisfarne Christmas concerts at Newcastle City Hall
Finale
10. Queen - Radio Gaga (Live Aid 1985)