18 July, 2002
Chris Barrie's Top Ten Movies
| 1 |
Witness (1985) |
| 2 |
Breaker Morant (1980) |
| 3 |
Speed (1994) |
| 4 |
Being There (1979) |
| 5 |
The Italian Job (1969) |
| 6 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) |
| 7 |
The Great Escape (1963) |
| 8 |
Bullitt (1968) |
| 9 |
Appointment to London (1953) |
| 10 |
Se7en (1998) |
Chris Barrie's Top Ten Comedies
| 1 |
Fawlty Towers |
| 2 |
Yes Minister |
| 3 |
I'm Alan Partridge |
| 4 |
One Foot in the Grave |
| 5 |
Dad's Army |
| 6 |
The Two Ronnies |
| 7 |
Morcambe and Wise |
| 8 |
Slinger's Day |
| 9 |
Pets Win Prizes |
| 10 |
Triangle) |
Chris Barrie's Top Ten Bands
| 1 |
The Beatles |
| 2 |
Bob Dylan |
| 3 |
David Bowie |
| 4 |
Elton John |
| 5 |
Elvis Presley |
| 6 |
Bobby Rydell |
| 7 |
The Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
| 8 |
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen |
| 9 |
James Last (especially the album Melodies of the Century) |
| 10 |
Father Abraham and the Smurfs |
Chris Barrie's Top Ten Diesel Locomotives (To be read out in the voice of a railway anorak.)
| 1 |
CLASS 52 (Western) - Handsome, unique, one of the greatest sounding engines of all time. One hell of a way to kick off that holiday in Devon! |
| 2 |
CLASS 55 (Deltic) - Nearly as gorgeous sounding as a 52. A genuine 100mph mainline locomotive |
| 3 |
CLASS 40 - The 'Whistler' with its 16 wheels (12 driving) was the first mainline diesel express locomotive |
| 4 |
CLASS 33 - Sterling work on our southern rails for the most part - surrounded by third rail electric tedium |
| 5 |
CLASS 08 (Shunter) - Introduced well over 40 years ago and probably set for another 40 years\ work |
| 6 |
CLASS 31 - Unglamorous but a great Jack of all trades |
| 7 |
CLASS 20 - Whether solo or in tandem, Mr Reliable |
| 8 |
CLASS 42 (Warship) - The 52's little brother, sad that it had such a short career |
| 9 |
CLASS 37 - Looks like a 40 from a distance. Where would British Freight Haulage be without them? |
| 10 |
CLASS 24/25/26/27 - I'm determined not to include CLASS 47! |
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Right hand provided by Andrew Ellard
