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James Corden, Roger Taylor, Tom Hiddleston and Passenger!

Ye gods, what a line-up, as Chris and the gang kick off that Friday feeling with Barry Manilow, James Corden, Roger Taylor, Tom Hiddleston and live music from Passenger!

Ye gods, what a line-up, as Chris and the gang kick off that Friday feeling with Barry Manilow, James Corden, Roger Taylor, Tom Hiddleston and live music from Passenger!

Barry Manilow calls from California, to reveal that he's the latest name to be added to The Children in Need Rocks line-up!

James Corden, friend of the stars and Paul McCartney, talks about his latest screen outing as singer Paul Potts!

Rock royalty Roger Taylor talks solo songs, Queen, and drumming - leading the studio in a "boom boom clap!" intro to We Will Rock You.

With a new Thor film on the horizon, A-list actor Tom Hiddleston talks screen gods, and Bond!

And Mike Rosenberg - aka Passenger - plays the most nerve-wracking gig of his life, and smashes it!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 18 Oct 2013 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • James Blunt

    Bonfire Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Paul Simon

    Late in the Evening

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.

  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Hey Soul Sister

    • Hey Soul Sister.
    • POWER STATION RECORDINGS.
    • 1.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Lisa Stansfield

    Can't Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Monkeynatra.
    • 001.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Stuck With You

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Caro Emerald

    Stuck

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

    • Stevie Wonder Ballad Collection.
    • Motown.

  • Take That

    Could It Be Magic

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • The Smiths

    Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

    • The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow.
    • WEA.
    • 5.

  • The Smiths

    William, It Was Really Nothing

    • The Very Best Of The Smiths.
    • WEA.
    • 6.

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

    • Hits Of 1971 & 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.

  • Paul McCartney

    New (Live At Maida Vale)

  • Luciano Pavarotti

    Nessun Dorma

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Roger Taylor

    Sunny Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Queen

    We Will Rock You

    • News Of The World.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

Pause for Thought

With Simon Cohen, who runs a communications agency.

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I’ve been thinking about Madeleine Mccann’s family, and the response to the latest appeal.


I have to admit that in 2007 when I first heard the news, like so many other stories, I thought ‘that must be awful for them’, but I didn’t really let it into my heart. Now I’m a father, with my own little girl, I feel completely differently, like I want to reach out to them.


I’ve heard this distinction between feeling for someone and feeling with them described like this: One day, Sympathy and Empathy come across someone in a deep hole. Sympathy says ‘You poor thing, it looks really dark down there. Would you like a sandwich?’ Empathy, on the other hand, climbs down into the hole and says ‘I see you. It’s horrible down here, isn’t it?’


The response to the latest Maddy appeal shows how many people are still in that hole with the family, that they still care, that they’re not leaving. What must it feel like for them, after all these years, to receive those calls, those letters, those emails? Such simple and small gestures.


All of us know someone with a missing piece of their heart - a parent who passed away many years ago; or some other past trauma. If it hasn’t really touched you, that’s okay, but it might be best to hold on to your sympathy - after all, who wants to be thrown a sandwich when they’re in a hole?


But if that person is really in your heart, it’s never too late to show it. It’s never too late to pick up the phone and say those empathic words: ‘I’ve been thinking about your loss, and I want you to know, I’m here with you.’ The smallest gesture can make a world of difference.


Mother Teresa said ‘Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.’ What small thing will you do, today, to show someone that you still care?

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