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Keeley Hawes, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Bob Odenkirk and Deacon Blue

Chris gets that Friday feeling going with actress Keeley Hawes, filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, actor Bob Odenkirk and Deacon Blue, who play live.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 13 Feb 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Ballad Of The Mighty I

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Geoff Love

    The Great Escape March

    • Geoff Love & Orchestra - Big War Them.
    • EMI.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.

  • Billy Joel

    It's Still Rock and Roll To Me

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • George Ezra

    Cassy O'

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Come Fly With Me

    • The Capitol Years.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 28.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔward Bound

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • JD McPherson

    Let The Good Times Roll

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

  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • City Spud & Nelly

    Ride Wit Me

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

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

  • Ellie Goulding

    Love Me Like You Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Hong Kong Garden

    • The Best Of Siouxsie & The Banshees.
    • Polydor.

  • First Aid Kit

    Master Pretender

    • Stay Gold.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 001.

  • Blondie

    Call Me

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

  • Amy Winehouse

    Rehab

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Abdul-Rehman Malik, journalist and broadcaster

I have to admit Chris that although I’m all for celebrating love, I have a somewhat ambivalent relationship with Valentine’s Day. Growing up, I was never the most popular kid in school and certainly no Don Juan when it came to schoolyard entanglements. Truthfully, I was hesitant and awkward when it came to romance.

Throughout my school years, every February would bring the obligatory giving of Valentine’s cards. In Kindergarten, when love was an emotion freely given, you made cards for everyone. It was innocent and sweet.

Things change as you grow up. The stakes gets higher. Sending a Valentine’s card starts to mean something different.

In high school, if you were lucky, some secret – or not-so-secret - admirer would slip a note into your locker. In my school, for a dollar, you could send some heart shaped confectionary to that special someone. While some desks would be crowded by peppermint hearts, others remained empty – usually my own.

Whether you are desperately looking for love – as I probably was in those days – or have found it – as I finally did over 13 years ago – it’s easy to get cynical about candlelight dinners, overpriced bouquets and Internet dating.

But we all yearn for affection, acceptance and passion. Sometimes all we want is a love that overwhelms us, that takes us to places where we otherwise wouldn’t have gone.

The great sages of the Muslim tradition knew of this love. For them God was the true beloved, because God was the source of all love. They spoke of God as an elusive lover. They became mad with desire.Β 

β€œThe minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was,” confessed the mystic Rumi. β€œLovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.” When we see the beauty of a lover, Rumi seems to say, we really see the splendor of God.Β 

Sometimes passion is a rocky road that leads us in to shades of grey – dark, dangerous places, which excite and frighten us. Even the mystics understood that.

I wish I’d learned as a kid that true love – the kind that is tested and endures – is something more. It is like a thousand rays of light, illuminating our lives and connecting us to the source of all love. After all, it is the place from where we all came.Β 

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