02 March 2002

Xfm Series 1 November 2001 - May 2002 List of episodes

Episodes: 10 November 2001 (Transcript) 17 November 2001 (Transcript) 24 November 2001 (Transcript) 01 December 2001 (Transcript) 08 December 2001 (Transcript) 15 December 2001 (Transcript) 22 December 2001 (Transcript) 12 January 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.1 19 January 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.2 26 January 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.3 09 February 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.4 16 February 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.5 23 February 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.6 02 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.7 09 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.8 16 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.9 23 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.10 30 March 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.11 06 April 2002 (Transcript) Early Years Ep.12 13 April 2002 (Transcript) 20 April 2002 (Transcript) 27 April 2002 (Transcript) 04 May 2002 (Transcript)

Track Listing

1. Lottery
Discussion of the improbability of winning the lottery. Going on a world cruise, "Where do you go next year?"

2. Russell Crowe's Fight
Karl gives his opinion on Russell Crowe's fight with a TV director at the BAFTAs.

3. Karl's GCSE Results
Ricky & Steve have contacted Karl's school, and found out his GCSE exam results. Karl is surprised to hear that he only took one, History, for which he got an E. He's annoyed because he turned up for more. It appears that he was not registered for the others.

4. GCSE Repercussions
Karl is upset about his result. He has got jobs in the past by claiming to have more qualifications, though he didn't need to for his job at XFM.

5. Educating Karl
Ricky wants to help Karl, and appeals for a History teacher to give him lessons, so he can re-sit his GCSE.

6. Gladiator
Karl reviews the film Gladiator. He finds a number of historical inaccuracies in it, after researching on the internet. 5/10

7. Rasputin
Karl has been studying Rasputin. He doesn't understand why he's a historical figure - "he just sounds a bit like me brother".

8. Friends Reunited
Ricky & Steve have been looking up Karl's school friends on Friends Reunited. They discuss some of them. One had written he remebered Karl having a magpie. Karl recounts that it used to pop the tyres of his Grifter bicycle. He took it to school, and it flew away.

9. Alan Bennett
The end of a "Karl special". Ricky & Steve compare his monologues to Alan Bennett's. Karl confuses him with Tony Bennett.

Quotes

Karl: The Tudors? I don't even know if I had a family back then.

Playlist

Zero 7 - Distractions
Clinic - Walking With Thee
Verve - Sonnet
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love
Aimee Mann - Red Vines
Dandy Warhols - Get Off
Jimmy Webb - Galveston
Travis - Sing
(unknown track)
Sugababes - Are Freaks Electric
Hip-Hop Hooray:Spearhead - People in Tha Middle
(unknown track)

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