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Chris talks to Craig Reid from the Proclaimers and has the exclusive first play of their new single. Plus Vassos chats to Mike Kullander, the deputy manager of the Needles Landmark Attraction on the Isle of Wight!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 3 Mar 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Taylor Swift

    Style

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Noah and the Whale

    L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

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

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • The Who

    Substitute

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 005.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Nobody Knows

    • In The Red Room.
    • Dome Records.
    • 3.

  • Nena

    99 Red Balloons

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • First Aid Kit

    Master Pretender

    • Stay Gold.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 001.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

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

  • Scouting for Girls

    Elvis Ain't Dead

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sunny Disposition

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Chrissie Hynde

    Dark Sunglasses

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Ward Thomas

    Town Called Ugley (feat. Vince Gill)

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW Music.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Chuck Berry

    You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • MCA.

  • The Shires

    Friday Night

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

  • Pulp

    Mis-Shapes

  • Pulp

    Mis-Shapes

  • The Osmonds

    Crazy Horses

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

I鈥檝e been to a physio for the first time. I'd always thought the physio was for sudden injuries, like football strikers鈥� dodgy ankles, or pop stars falling off stages after cape malfunctions. Mine was a creeping knee pain, steadily worse over a couple of years.

A chance comment from a pal recommended I try and get seen. Sometimes we don鈥檛 notice the thing about us that needs fixing; it takes friendly encouragement to make us take action, on the slow-creeping problems in our lives.

The physio asked what I did for a living. 鈥淪tand-up comedy,鈥� I replied. 鈥淥h,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hat explains it. You鈥檝e got 鈥楽tand-Up鈥檚 Knee鈥�.鈥� So apparently that鈥檚 a thing.

鈥淎re you a static stand-up?鈥� she asked. 鈥淥r do you skip around like Michael McIntyre?鈥� I鈥檓 quite still, I replied. 鈥淥h,鈥� she said. 鈥淵ou should skip around like Michael McIntyre.鈥�

Everyone鈥檚 a critic. She said if I wanted, at the next session she鈥檇 put some ultra-tough sticky tape on the backs of my knees, so they couldn鈥檛 lock straight. 鈥淪have your leg-hairs though,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 heavy-duty tape.鈥�

So I shaved my legs, with my wife鈥檚 help, who brought out a razor with glee. I survived and returned to the physio for the knee-tape. She asked if I'd shaved my leg-hairs; I said yes and dropped trouser. 鈥淥h! Your legs are entirely shaved!鈥�, she exclaimed, holding the world鈥檚 smallest piece of tape. A couple of centimetres!聽 My shaved legs were unnecessary!聽聽 In physio, a little tape goes a long way.

The same鈥檚 true of encouragement. A little goes far. There鈥檚 a biblical proverb: 鈥淎 word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.鈥� My friend鈥檚 small encouragement ensured I finally noticed a gradual concern that needed fixing.

So I encourage the encouragers. When we need mending, beginning with that little piece of sticking-tape can start making things right. 聽I say this bald of leg. And my, Chris, isn鈥檛 it chilly for the time of year...

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