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Dedicating the show to anyone who manages to use the top tips on keeping cool at night and sleep through the heatwave.

We dedicate the show to anyone who managed to use our top tips on keeping cool at night and sleep through the heatwave.

little Lila from Sussex gets a fanfare for being so brave after getting her ears pierced

Our mystery guest gives us the science on how to keep our buildings cool at night

And we rummage through our Top Teams ID passes to reveal who has the most unidentifiable ID photo.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • MAGIC!

    Rude

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.
  • Violent Femmes

    Blister In The Sun

    • Add It Up (1981-93).
    • Slash/London.
    • 3.
  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.
  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Band On The Run

    • (Single).
    • Apple.
    • 3.
  • The Maisonettes

    Heartache Avenue

    • History Of The 80's (Various Artists).
    • Br Music.
  • Foster the People

    Coming of Age

    • Supermodel.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.
  • City Boy

    5-7-0-5

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.
  • Madonna

    Ray Of Light

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.
  • Mary Hopkin

    Those Were The Days

    • Those Were The Days.
    • Apple.
  • Paul Carrack

    One In A Million

    • Rain Or Shine.
    • Carrack-UK.
    • 1.
  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • The Who

    I Can't Explain

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 002.
  • The Style Council

    Long Hot Summer 12" version

    • 12" single.
    • Universal.
  • Ward Thomas

    Push for the Stride

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW.
    • 1.
  • Dionne Warwick

    Do You Know the Way to San Jose

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Tom Jones

    What's New Pussycat?

    • Magic Moments: The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection.
    • Rhino.
  • Sandie Shaw

    (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

    • Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
    • Castle.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Jammin' (Various Artists).
    • Mango.
  • Mungo Jerry

    In The Summertime

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.
  • Elbow

    Real Life (Angel)

    • The Take Off & Landing Of Everything.
    • Fiction.
    • 001.
  • Oasis

    Roll With It

    • (CD Single).
    • Creation Records.
  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.
  • Roxy Music

    Do The Strand

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • The Stranglers

    (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

    • Virgin.
  • CΓ©line Dion & Ne-Yo

    Incredible

    • Loved Me Back To Life.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 001.
  • Wah!

    The Story Of The Blues (Part 1)

    • Once In A Lifetime (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs

    Wooly Bully

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1965.
    • Premier.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:

Μύ

I know I’ve already talked about the Manic Street Preachers so I’m sorry to mention them again. I’m in danger of becoming Radio Two’s Bore of the Year! But I’m intrigued by them, perhaps because they’re Welsh or because, as a preacher myself, I love their readiness to shout the odds about the bewildering and often wicked world we live in. Futurology, their 12th album, has just appeared and the reviews are stunning. One track in particular, an instrumental called β€œDreaming a city,” caught my attention. The city in question was founded by a Welshman, a man named John Hughes from Merthyr Tydfil who went out with his entire family and 73 taffies at the invitation of the Tsar of Russia to build a factory in the Ukraine. The city built around the factory was named after Hughes – Yuzovkva- but now it’s called Donetsk and it’s in the news because of the shooting down of the Air Malaysia plane. The Manics didn’t know about that, of course, when they made their recording but that dreadful event has certainly given an ironic twist to their song. A city that was begun in the hope of building a new world, degenerated into an industrial tyranny around the armaments industry before ending up as a backdrop for terrorism. Thus are dreams dissolved in tears. The collapse of dreams is recorded again and again in the pages of the Bible – people seemed totally unable to keep focused on the good. But no book gives a clearer vision of the qualities – Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love - upon which our best dreams might one day come true. I salute the Manic Street Preachers for worrying away at these important themes and forcing people like me to do some serious thinking about the way our world works.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Jul 2014 06:30

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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