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Jude Law, Paul Carrack, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Malcolm Gladwell join us for Breakfast!

We welcome acting hunk Jude Law, ace (get it?) singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, the dancefloor-filling Sophie Ellis-Bextor and super-author Malcolm Gladwell!

Chris and the gang kick off that Friday feeling with a whole host of guests in the studio and on the phone, from the famous to the quirky, and a chunk of live music thrown in too! Expect a few surprises and loads of great tunes to start the weekend!

This week we welcome acting hunk Jude Law, ace (get it?) singer songwriter Paul Carrack, the dancefloor-filling Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and super-author Malcolm Gladwell!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 1 Nov 2013 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Gary Barlow

    Let Me Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • James Blunt

    Bonfire Heart

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

  • Blur

    Song 2

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

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

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Murder On The Dancefloor

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Maneater

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • Keane

    Higher Than The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Madonna

    Music

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 2.

  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

    (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Spinning Around

    • Now 46 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    Follow Your Arrow (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park, 14 Sep 2014)

    • Same Trailer Different Park.
    • Mercury.
    • 001.

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

    • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Thursday (feat. Example)

    • (CD Single).
    • x2 Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Do You Want to Dance?

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.

  • Santana

    She's Not There

    • Santana - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony.

  • The Smiths

    Panic

    • The Very Best Of The Smiths.
    • WEA.
    • 16.

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • T. Rex

    I Love to Boogie

    • T. Rex - The Singles As & Bs.
    • Repertoire.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

With听Rabbi Pete Tobias of the Liberal Synagogue, Elstree.

听

Well Chris, one of the advantages of being on sabbatical is that I have time to watch daytime TV. Before any of my congregation who happen to be listening protest that this is not appropriate use of study leave, please let me point out that the TV I am watching is the excellent series The World at War on a history channel.

听

I remember watching this when it first appeared back in the early 1970s. It comprises twenty episodes reporting various aspects of the Second World War, using an enormous amount of contemporary footage, wonderfully narrated by the late Sir Laurence Olivier.

听

It was originally shown on ITV, at a time when it was the only commercial channel. I can still clearly recall that there was an announcement before the episode entitled 鈥楪enocide鈥�, which dealt with the Nazis鈥� 鈥楩inal Solution鈥�, which contained graphic images of the Holocaust. Viewers were told that because of the nature of what was about to be broadcast, there would be no commercial breaks during the programme.

听

That episode was shown last week. The images were just as horrific, the story just as shocking. But it was punctuated by adverts promoting new cars, modern bathrooms and credit cards. The same is true of all the other episodes, of course: brutal images of death and destruction interspersed with attempts to persuade us to purchase luxury goods.

听

That, of course, is the reality of our modern world 鈥� and it is still true today when stories of human cruelty on the news are punctuated by similar adverts or light-hearted entertainment programmes. But it鈥檚 November now, and poppies are around to remind us of the suffering that war brings to our world, and of those who died in World War Two and other conflicts.

听

Of course we cannot spend every moment reflecting on the courage and sacrifice of those who gave their lives. But in the coming days, as we see the poppies around us, let鈥檚 allow ourselves an occasional break from our busy lives to reflect and remember them.

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    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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