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Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family. The hunt is on to pick a feathered friend to fly the flag as the national bird of Britain.

Our Marvellous Monday show kicks off to a cracking start with Eden and her kazoo record for Comic Relief...

We look to the stars ahead of the solar eclipse with the charismatic Chris Jarvis, presenter of 'Cbeebies Stargazing'...

And The Urban Birder David Lindo sings the praises of our feathered friends and discusses which species will rule the roost in the hunt for Britain's national bird...

Today's Show is dedicated to all our Â鶹ԼÅÄ Nations and Six Nations teams after the weekend - weren't they just exemplary?
And today's show is entitled: it's never too late to have a good idea. In Ancient Rome, Caesar was killed just a few hours after inventing his famous salad!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 16 Mar 2015 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Mark Knopfler

    Beryl

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

  • Duane Eddy

    Rebel Rouser

    • Baby Boomer Classics - The Fifties Vo.
    • Trax Label.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • Shania Twain

    Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When you Smile

    • Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
    • Mercury.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Driving Me Wild

    • Avonmore.
    • BMG.
    • 001.

  • ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 003.

  • The Coral

    Dreaming Of You

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.

  • Sonny & Cher

    I Got You Babe

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

  • Taylor Swift

    Style

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

  • Shocking Blue

    Venus

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

  • Take That

    Could It Be Magic

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Voice of the Beehive

    Don't Call Me Baby

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Bees

    A Minha Menina

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

  • Paloma Faith

    Beauty Remains

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Coldplay

    A Sky Full Of Stars

    • Â鶹ԼÅÄ Music Awards (Various Artists).
    • UMOD.

  • James Brown

    Living in America

    • 40th Anniversary Collection.
    • Polydor.
    • 4.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Get Off Of My Cloud

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Yeh Yeh

    • 20 Beat Classics.
    • Polydor.

  • The Beatles

    Blackbird

  • Ella Henderson

    Mirror Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Queen

    Hammer To Fall

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Brian Wilson, David Marks & Al Jardine

    The Right Time

    • No Pier Pressure.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 006.

  • Crowded House

    It's Only Natural

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.

  • The Maisonettes

    Heartache Avenue

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

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Canon Ann Easter, Chief Executive of a Charity and Chaplain to the Queen:

I had a very nice Mothering Sunday yesterday with presents and cards from my children – but we were also celebrating my older son’s birthday – he was actually born one Mothering Sunday – so I was doing the cooking too – the full roast beef experience, by request!

And I thought of my own mother, in Heaven some 20 years now, and all that was so special about her. Her name was Audrey but she hated it and called herself Ann – hence my name; she was heavily influenced by the British film stars of the 40’s and 50’s and saw Greer Garson, Celia Johnson and Deborah Kerr as role models; she was always very chic and despaired of my sister and me when we got into mini skirts and hotpants, because she didn’t think they were elegant. In my Mum’s view, good shoes and handbag – and that could only mean leather - were classic signs of a well-dressed woman. One of her favourite sayings, when she heard us speaking quickly and with our East end accents, was ‘Lower and Slower’ – but, in spite of her efforts, I don’t think I ever sounded posh!

Another favourite was ‘If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything’, always good advice. If we didn’t have time for a proper wash she’d make us have ‘a lick and a promise’ but the hankie was always on hand to be licked and rubbed vigorously on marks on our faces when necessary.

My Mum constantly worried about us and very much wanted us to be the best we could possibly be; she would often correct and admonish us and she knew us inside out, warts and all, but we were always sure of her love and unstinting support.

And though I know that the human picture of God is usually an old, wise, sometimes angry, man, I can’t help but think that there’s more to God than male, and that much of what we see in earthly mothering is a reflection of the motherhood of God on whose love I believe we can depend eternally.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Mar 2015 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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.

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