Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Well done, Eddie!

Chris gets the inside scoop from Hollywood's biggest bash as he chats to Colin Paterson live from the Oscars after party.

On today's marvellous Monday show:
Young Frances gets a fanfare after going on her Brownie camp for the first time.
The brilliant Richard Bacon talks to Chris about his new show 'The Big Painting Challenge' which began yesterday on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One.
Colin Paterson is live from The Oscars after party in Hollywood, giving us the inside scoop.
And our Top Tenuous takes in your desperate claims to 'Sporting Memorobilia.'

Today's show is dedicated to anyone else who has won something over the weekend, as well as our very own Eddie Redmayne.
And today's show is entitled: The stronger you get, the easier life becomes.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Feb 2015 06:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

More episodes

Previous

David Walliams, Esther Rantzen, Russell Tovey and Jack Savoretti

Next

Mmm! Banana Ice Cream

See all episodes from The Chris Evans Breakfast Show

Music Played

  • Michael Jackson

    Black Or White

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Marlon Roudette

    When The Beat Drops Out

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.
    • 001.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Bad Moon Rising

    • Green River.
    • Fantasy.
    • 1.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Fantastic Day

    • Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 007.

  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.

  • Mark Knopfler

    Beryl

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 001.

  • Suzi Quatro

    Devil Gate Drive

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • The Feeling

    Love It When You Call

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Steve Miller Band

    The Joker

    • Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-.
    • Mercury.

  • Love Affair

    Bringing On Back The Good Times

    • This Hasn't Changed Us.
    • RPM Records.
    • 021.

  • First Aid Kit

    Master Pretender

    • Stay Gold.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 001.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • R.E.M.

    Losing My Religion

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Bees

    A Minha Menina

    • Crash! Indie Anthems 1982-2004 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Take That

    Let In The Sun

    • III.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Boyzone

    Picture of You

    • Hits Zone - The Best Of 97 (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Clash

    I Fought The Law

  • The Monkees

    (Theme From) The Monkees

    • The Monkees - The Collection.
    • Arista.
    • 1.

  • Chris Montez

    Let's Dance

    • And The Beat Goes On Vol 3 (Various).
    • Debutante.

  • The Coasters

    Poison Ivy

    • Dreamboats And Petticoats Four (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
    • 25.

  • Simple Minds

    Glittering Prize

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.

  • Maroon 5

    Sugar

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • The Boomtown Rats

    I Don't Like Mondays

    • 25 Years Of Rock'NRoll: 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 15.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Prince Charming

    • Adam Ant - Hits.
    • CBS.

  • James Bay

    Hold Back The River

    • Hold Back The River EP.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Steve Miller Band

    The Joker

    • Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-.
    • Mercury.

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

Pause For Thought

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

In the 1990 film Awakenings, the late Robin Williams played the British-born professor and author Oliver Sacks.Μύ Sacks is a tall, powerful man and Williams described him as β€˜part Albert Schweitzer part Arnold Schwarzenegger.’ΜύΜύ Last week Oliver Sacks wrote movingly in The New Yorker on learning he had terminal cancer.

β€œIt is difficult to be more detached from life than I am at present”, Sacks explained, β€œI feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential. I must focus on myself, my work and my friends. I shall no longer look at β€˜NewsHour’ every night. I shall no longer pay any attention to politics or arguments about global warming... This is not indifference but detachment.”

I am not suffering from a terminal illness, other than the terminus all humans are journeying towards, but I can empathise with Sacks.

I have spoken before about my daughter who was diagnosed with an illness that, although not terminal, can be fatal. Though I have tried to maintain a semblance of normality in my life, I have become more and more detached from the world. There has been no time for anything inessential. There have been only two things which have mattered through these long, long months: faith, family, and friends; and even these have been tested.

I have gone from someone who worked long hoursβ€”plugged into news, and current affairs, with their finger on the so called pulse; to someone rather disengaged from the world. It is not that I don’t care. It is not that I don’t feel. It is just there has been no room for anything else in my brain, and in my heart.

After seven and a half months in hospital my daughter is home again. She is not fully recovered. But she is in a much better place than she was last year. I feel gratitude. I also feel the responsibility to re-engage with life, although I find that I am changed.

When we strip our lives down, there are few things which genuinely matter. Perhaps the art of happiness is working out what they are. One shouldn’t have to wait for an illness to find that out, but as is so often the case we are distracted by many things, until tribulation causes us to find a different perspective.

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 Feb 2015 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 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.

500 Words

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.