Episode 8
2008
Credit crunch, Boris Johnson, Dark Knight, Usain Bolt, Barack Obama...
Tracklisting:
– Taken
– Nickelback – Rockstar
– Lehman Brothers bankrupt
– Credit crunch
– Sam Sparro – Black & Gold
– Fidel Castro steps down
– Slumdog Millionnaire
– Israel strikes on Gaza Strip
– The Script – The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
– David Cameron declares end of New Labour
– Boris Johnson elected Mayor of London
– The Killers – Human
– Shoes thrown at George W Bush
– Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
– Basshunter – Now You’re Gone
– Michael Phelps breaks Olympic record
– Usain Bolt wins two golds, breaks two world records
– Rebecca Adlington & Christine Ohuruogu win gold
– Chris Hoy wins Sport Personality of the Year
– Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008
– Portsmouth win FA Cup
– Manchester United beat Chelsea in Champions League final
– That Mitchell & Webb Look: Football!
– Pink – So What
– Nadal beats Federer in ‘greatest’ Wimbledon final
– Lewis Hamilton wins F1
– Iron Man
– Medvedev is Russian President
– Zimbabwe election
– Girls Aloud – The Promise
– Islamabad hotel bombing
– Kanye West – Love Lockdown
– Sichuan earthquake
– Grand Theft Auto IV
– Breaking Bad
– US Presidential Election: John McCain chooses Sarah Palin for VP, Barack Obama wins Democratic nomination
– Estelle & Kanye West – American Boy
– Mark Speight dies
– Beyonce – If I Were a Boy
– Phoenix Rover lands on Mars
– Large Hadron Collider
– Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
– Heath Ledger dies
– The Dark Knight
– Mumbai attacks
– Leona Lewis – Run
– Bill Gates retires
– The Inbetweeners
– Duffy – Mercy
– Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’ Sachsgate row
– Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe
– Katy Perry – I Kissed a Girl
– Twilight
– Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air
– Twitter rise
– Kid Rock – All Summer Long
– John Sergeant leaves Strictly Come Dancing
– Coldplay – Viva La Vida
– OJ Simpson jailed
– Flo Rida & T-Pain – Low
– QE2 retired
– Take That – Greatest Day
– Barack Obama elected US President
– Elbow – One Day Like This
