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As Roy Hodgson announces his England World Cup squad for Brazil, we secure the biggest guest to tell us their thoughts on who will make the team... it's only Vassos Alexander!

As Roy Hodgson announces his England World Cup Squad for Brazil today, we secure the biggest guest to tell us their thoughts on who will make the team....it's only Vassos Alexander calling all the way from his office next door to the studio!

Also on our team sheet is little Lauren who tells us how she racked up over nine hundred points with her bow and arrow at the archery County shoot in Gloucestershire...

Our Mystery Guest is definitely worth writing home about as she is the Manager of the extraordinary Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick, Alex Spencer...

And this leads us nicely on to the Top Tenuous and your desperate claims to the fame of obscure museums...

Today's show is dedicated to all the shorter than average bears, because apparently they're going to live longer than their taller counter parts...

And today's show is entitled: you can't have it all, but we've all got something!

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Mon 12 May 2014 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
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  • America

    Tin Man

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Beatles

    And Your Bird Can Sing

    • Revolver.
    • Parlophone.
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  • The Beatles

    Help!

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 010.

  • James Blunt

    Postcards

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
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  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Chromeo

    Jealous (I Ain't With It)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Derek and the Dominos

    Layla

  • Caro Emerald

    Tangled Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Grandmono.
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  • Art Garfunkel

    I Only Have Eyes for You

    • Art Garfunkel - Breakaway.
    • Columbia.

  • Gipsy Kings

    Bem Bem Maria

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

    • What Have We Become.
    • Virgin EMI.
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  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.

  • Michael Jackson

    Farewell My Summer Love

    • The Best Michael Jackson & Jackson Fi.
    • Polygram Tv.
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  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
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  • The Kinks

    Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.
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  • Level 42

    Something About You

    • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Huey Lewis and the News & Huey Lewis

    If This Is It

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Sports.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Lorde

    Royals

    • Pure Heroine.
    • Republic.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Ryan Paris

    Dolce Vita

    • The Holiday CD - Various Artists.
    • CBS.

  • Christina Perri

    A Thousand Years

    • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (OST).
    • Atlantic.

  • Elvis Presley

    The Girl of My Best Friend

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • B.A. Robertson

    Bang Bang

    • The 70's: Back In The Groove - 1979.
    • Time Life.

  • B.A. Robertson

    To Be Or Not To Be

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll: 1980 (Va).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
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  • Nancy Sinatra

    Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
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  • Sam Smith

    Stay With Me

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    • Capitol.
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  • Molly Smitten-Downes

    Children Of The Universe

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    • EastWest.

  • Travis

    Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

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Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:

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A few days ago, I had to make a speech in a posh London hotel to an audience of several hundred people from all over Europe and also from the United States. They included psychiatrists, counsellors, politicians and social workers; they run treatment centres and rehabilitation programmes and counselling services for people who suffer from addictions of one kind or another. As I stood in front of them, I was shaking in my boots.

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A number of things helped me gain the courage to address such a high-powered gathering. Several celebrities had written little testimonies that were included in the programme. Elton John described how being in recovery had given him an even greater sense of identity than his music and Anthony Hopkins declared that he felt he now belonged in his own skin. But I was also moved by a young singer named Henry Maybury, whose debut song called "Lost Days", with its powerful 3 minute video, appeared just months ago and has been viewed by over 3 million people. The song was Maybury鈥檚 response to the tragic loss of his brother who died of alcohol-related problems. He wrote it in the hope that young people would heed the warning and learn from his brother's case.

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Music is so well fitted to give voice to people鈥檚 deep concerns and to carry messages of hope for people struggling in one way or another. Hope is such an important commodity. For us Christian preachers, this post-Easter season is all about hope. It鈥檚 about life, life in all its fullness, life that can take on all that depresses the human spirit, everything that drags us down and threatens us with despair and meaninglessness.

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Henry Maybury has caught some of that spirit in his song. It won't bring his brother back, of course, but it just might lighten the burden of those who hear it.

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 May 2014 06:30
    麻豆约拍 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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麻豆约拍 Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.