Part 1: The Yuletide welcome:
- What is a Yuletide episode?
- Remembering BC's biggest 'Christmas' moment - the Christmas greeting on the "Do They Know It's Christmas?"-single.
- Does Big Country have any Christmas songs? Svein suggests, and Tom ranks.
- Another big BC Christmas (and New Year’s) moment: the bagpipe section in The New Year’s gig 1983/84.
- Which Big Country items would make good Christmas presents, and what BC-related gift would we like to see under the Christmas tree?
Part 2: Looking back at 2012:
- How the BC podcasts came to be.
- Was it a sign of things to come that we did not even manage to agree on what constitutes a b-side?
- How specific/exact is Svein? How politically correct is Tom?
- Tom & Svein count down their individual top 5 moments on the podcast in 2012.
- Tom & Svein also pick their top 3 episodes.
- ..."but everything wasn't great". Tom & Svein reveal their least favourite episodes/moments from 2012.
Part 3: Listener feedback & looking ahead:
- Tom & Svein read a selection of letters with questions and feedback from 2012. Topics range from:
- Our discussion with Bruce.
- Concern about recent line-up changes.
- The recently revealed version of the song, "The Journey."
- Being a young BC fan, even If you take flak from people about it.
- Show topic requests.
- Looking ahead to 2013 - what are Tom & Svein's expectations?
Happy New Year, and see you in 2013!
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