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Richard Wilson and Daniel Roche on the phone

Richard Wilson and Daniel Roche are on the phone before Hay Festival, and Chris speaks to a very happy Cornish pasty maker in Penzance after news of the pasty tax being dropped.

Richard Wilson and Daniel Roche are on the phone before they head off to the Hay Festival to read some of our 500 Words stories live on the radio...

We speak to a very happy Cornish pasty maker in Penzance after the news of the pasty tax being dropped...

Today's On This Day comes to you courtesy of one of Team GB's best Handball talents who is gunning for gold at London 2012, Holly Lam-Moores.

And could we have a contender for 2nd place in the Baby Race?!

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Music Played

  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Emin

    Baby Get Higher

    • (CD Single).
    • Saffron.
    • 1.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.

  • The Clash

    I Fought The Law

  • Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Madonna

    Ray Of Light

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.

  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

    • Staring At The Sea: The Singles.
    • Fiction.

  • Gary Barlow

    Sing (feat. The Commonwealth Band & Military Wives)

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Chubby Checker

    Let's Twist Again

    • Cameo Parkway 1957 - 1967 (Various Artists).
    • ABKCO Records.

  • James Blunt

    Dangerous

    • (CD Single).
    • Rocket.
    • 1.

  • Bob Dylan

    Lay, Lady, Lay

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Slow It Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Taxman

  • Van Morrison

    Domino

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    They Don't Know

    • Galore - The Best Of Kirsty MacColl.
    • Virgin.

  • Tom Jones

    Hit Or Miss

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.
    • 5.

  • R.E.M.

    Near Wild Heaven

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Foundations

    Baby Now That I've Found You

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Morten Harket

    Scared Of Heights

    • (CD Single).
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 3.

  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • Midge Ure

    If I Was

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.

  • Elton John

    Nikita

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Nell Bryden

    Buildings And Treetops

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.

  • Duffy

    Mercy

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

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  • Tue 29 May 2012 06:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.

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