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30/01/2017 Listomania

Since 2000 - every so often - Channel 4 airs one of their 100 Greatest… programmes based on a poll of ‘experts’.  Each of the following 10 slides shows the top 10 from one of these lists.

10 Lists each with 3 items (or 3 pairs of items) reduced to initials.  Identify the initialised items in each List.

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Format index

 

1.

Greatest Albums

(aired in April 2005)

 

Album name

Artist(s)

1

OK Computer

Radiohead

2

The Joshua Tree

U2

3

Nevermind

Nirvana

4

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

6

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts...

The Beatles

7

Like a Prayer

Madonna

8

Appetite for Destruction

Guns 'N Roses

9

Revolver

The Beatles

10

Automatic for the People

R.E.M.

2.

Greatest Tearjerker Films

(aired in February 2005)

 

Film title

1

ET the Extra-Terrestrial

2

The Green Mile

3

Titanic

4

It's a Wonderful Life

5

Ghost

6

Bambi

7

The Shawshank Redemption

8

The Champ

9

Field of Dreams

10

My Girl

 

3.

Greatest Television Dramas

(aired in February 2007)

 

Television Drama

1

The Sopranos

2

Boys from the Blackstuff

3

Edge of Darkness

4

The Singing Detective

5

Cathy Come Home

6

The West Wing

7

Cracker

8

Our Friends in the North

9

Twin Peaks

10

Heimat

4.

Greatest Stand-up Comedians

(aired in March 2007)

 

Comedian

1

Billy Connolly

2

Peter Kay

3

Eddie Izzard

4

Richard Pryor

5

Harry Hill

6

Bill Hicks

7

Bill Bailey

8

Victoria Wood

9

Chris Rock

10

Ross Noble

 

5.

Worst Pop Singles

(aired in January 2004)

 

Song title

Artist(s)

1

Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)

The Cheeky Girls

2

The Millennium Prayer

Cliff Richard

3

Agadoo

Black Lace

4

Candle in the Wind 1997

Elton John

5

Fast Food Song

Fast Food Rockers

6

Mr Blobby

Mr Blobby

7

Because We Want To

Billie

8

Barbie Girl

Aqua

9

Achy Breaky Heart

Billy Ray Cyrus

10

Jenny from the Block

Jennifer Lopez

 

6.

Greatest Documentaries

(aired in October 2005)

 

Documentary name

1

Seven Up!

2

Touching the Void

3

Bowling for Columbine

4

The World at War

5

Capturing the Friedmans

6

The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off

7

Life on Earth

8

Fahrenheit 9/11

9

When We Were Kings

10

Faking It

 

7.

Greatest TV Comedy Catchphrases

(aired in January 2008)

 

Catchphrase

TV show

1

“Nice to see you, to see you ... nice!“

The Generation Game

2

"Am I bovvered"

The Catherine Tate Show

3

"I don't believe it!"

One Foot in the Grave

4

"Suit you sir!"

The Fast Show

5

"And now for something completely different"

Monty Python's Flying Circus

6

"Drink, Feck, Arse!"

Father Ted

7

"Is it cos I'm black?"

The 11 O'Clock Show

8

"Yeah, but, no, but..."

Little Britain

9

"Cha'mone Motherf***er!"

Bo' Selecta!

10

"This is a local shop

The League of Gentlemen

 

8.

Greatest War films

(aired in May 2005)

 

Film title

1

Saving Private Ryan

2

Apocalypse Now

3

The Great Escape

4

Schindler's List

5

Full Metal Jacket

6

Platoon

7

A Bridge Too Far

8

Zulu

9

Black Hawk Down

10

The Bridge on the River Kwai

 

9.

Greatest TV Ads

(aired in April 2000)

 

Ad title

Brand name/Product

1

Surfers

Guinness stout

2

Martians

Smash Mashed Potato

3

Orange Man

Tango soft drink

4

Heat Electric

Electric Central Heating

5

Melanie Sykes

Boddington's Beer

6

Launderette

Levi's jeans

7

Secret Lemonade Drinker

R White's lemonade

8

Happiness Is...

Hamlet cigars

9

Gary Lineker

Walker's Crisps

10

Chance Encounter

Impulse body mist

 

10.

Greatest TV moments

(aired in September 1999)

 

Moment

Year

1

Man lands on the moon

1969

2

Release of Nelson Mandela

1990

3

Michael Portillo loses his seat

1997

4

Death of Princess Diana

1997

5

Fall of the Berlin Wall

1989

6

1966 FIFA World Cup Final

1966

7

Del Boy falls through the bar

1989

8

Live Aid

1985

9

Blackadder goes over the top

1989

10

Assassination of John F Kennedy

1963