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And the winner is... Mike Leigh

Chris chats to the Bafta Fellowship-recipient Mike Leigh, Talk Like TED author Carmine Gallo offers top pointers for public speaking, and Sarah Joseph delivers a Pause for Thought.

Super Charlotte tells us how she went dog training for the very first time with her puppy, Milo....

BAFTA Fellowship winner Mike Leigh joins Chris on the phone to tell us what it's like to win such a prestigious award...

Talk Like TED author Carmine Gallo gives us his top pointers for perfecting public speaking...

And this leads us nicely onto the Top Tenuous with listeners desperate claims to the fame of 'Famous Ted's'...

Today's show is dedicated to anyone who's had something prepared for a while just in case...
And today's show is entitled: what about all those unused speeches from the BAFTA's last night!

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Music Played

  • Yes

    Owner Of A Lonely Heart

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • George Ezra

    Cassy O'

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.

  • T. Rex

    I Love to Boogie

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

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Ballad Of The Mighty I

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Taylor Swift

    Love Story

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

  • Shocking Blue

    Venus

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Lee Marvin

    Wand'rin' Star

    • (Single).
    • Paramount.
    • 9.

  • The Style Council

    Shout To The Top

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Roxette

    Joyride

  • Led Zeppelin

    Immigrant Song

    • Led Zeppelin III.
    • Atlantic.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

    • Kirsty Maccoll - Galore.
    • Virgin.

  • Fatboy Slim

    Praise You

    • Now 1999 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Jack Savoretti

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.

  • Stereophonics

    Mr. Writer

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • Ella Henderson

    Ghost

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Bob Dylan

    Positively 4th Street

    • Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Manfred Mann

    Do Wah Diddy Diddy

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Something to Talk About

    • (CD Single).
    • Xl Recordings.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Love Me Like You Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The The

    This is the day

    • (Single).
    • Some Bizarre.

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

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

  • JD McPherson

    Let The Good Times Roll

    • (CD Single).
    • Rounder Records.
    • 001.

  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

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

  • The Shires

    Friday Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Yesterday HRH the Prince of Wales gave an interview to Radio Two’s The Sunday hour in which he reflected on the plight of Christians in the Middle East, issues of radicalisation and extremism, the right to freedom of worship, and of interfaith relations. The Prince said, β€œI think the secret is that we have to work harder to build bridges and we have to remember that our Lord taught us to love our neighbour, to do to others as you would do to you.”

It is a sentiment which is echoed within the Islamic faith, β€œBe good to the neighbour who is your relative and to the neighbour who is not a relative” says the Qur’an.

As someone who has enjoyed the benefit of authentically knowing and loving God through two world faiths, and whose family is Christian, I have always felt a strong impulse to build bridges of knowledge between faiths. We share so much more than differ. Yet the work is not easy, and the current global situation pulls people apart.

Falling into the trap of stereotyping β€œthe other” is not a way to build stable communities. We have to resist calls of those whose hearts are filled with hate, or those-driven by fear-who call us to reject values of tolerance and common humanity. Every community, every religion has people of this type.

The Prince reflected on how the Prophet Muhammad had fled persecution,Β seeking refuge with the Christian King of Abyssinia. Later, when the ProphetΒ was in a position of leadership, he welcomed Christians into the heart ofΒ the Muslim community in Medina. β€œThe more you discover about other people’s faiths, the more you begin to understand... Distortions are the very things that lead to misunderstanding and misinterpretation” explained the Prince.

I could not agree with him more. Religion itself does not cause war. People cause war, and use religion - amongst other things- to justify their violence, their hatred, or their vision of β€œpure lands”- free of the natural diversity of God’s creation. We have to resist such ideas, and reach out to one another in friendship and in love.

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