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Banished Banter with Jimmy McGovern

Jimmy McGovern chats to Chris about his cracker of a career from Brookside to Banished.

On Thursday's sensational show Noah tells us about spending a wonderful Wednesday dressing up as Willy Wonka...

The popular Professor Brian Cox provides top tips to protect your peepers during the solar eclipse tomorrow...

And Jimmy McGovern, the terrifically talented TV writer, talks to Chris about his way with words and his cracker of a career from Brookside to Banished, which continues of Â鶹ԼÅÄ 2...

Today's show is dedicated to all professional or semi-professional look-alikes...
And today's show is entitled: never have a downer on your own story if you want others to join in!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 19 Mar 2015 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Driving Me Wild

    • Avonmore.
    • BMG.
    • 001.

  • Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

    Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

    • 20 Golden Greats.
    • Wise Buy.

  • Macy Gray

    I Try

    • The 2000 Brit Awards (Various Artist.
    • Columbia.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Last Request

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Andreya Triana

    Gold

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

  • The J. Geils Band

    Centrefold

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Roger Miller

    King of the Road

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sam Smith

    Lay Me Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 001.

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

  • Elton John

    Tiny Dancer

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 002.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Jimmy Mack

    • Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • No Doubt

    Don't Speak

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff

    Dizzy

    • Mad For The 90's (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

  • Van Morrison & Michael Bublé

    Real Real Gone

    • Duets: Re-Working The Catalogue.
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Immigrant Song

    • Led Zeppelin III.
    • Atlantic.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    The Killing Moon

    • Dark Side Of The 80's (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • Bill Withers

    Ain't No Sunshine

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Seasick Steve

    Summertime Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Dead Skunk Records.

  • R.E.M.

    Man on the Moon

    • Simply The Best Movie Album (Various).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev Ruth Scott, Anglican Vicar in Richmond:

As a way of switching off I love watching programmes in which people design, build or are buying their dream home. That’s probably because I’ve never done those things myself. Â鶹ԼÅÄ has always been a clergy house that goes with the job. I can’t begin to imagine where we’ll live when we retire and, for the first time in our lives, have some choice about the place we call home. That wonderful woman, Maya Angelou, once wrote, ‘The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place we can go as we are and not be questioned.’ I suspect for most, this sense of home as a sanctuary is essential, but no physical home is entirely impregnable. Economic or political pressures, illness, relationship breakdown, and natural disasters, like the cyclone that’s devastated Vanuatu, can take away or destroy the space we thought sacrosanct. As well as addressing injustices and accidents that lead to homelessness I believe each of us needs to build another type of ‘home’ that’s not reliant on bricks and mortar for its stability. It’s the sanctuary we shape within ourselves – the home we create in our heart. Its hallmarks are compassion and resilience. If we’re lucky its foundations are loving relationships and positive experiences, but more often than not its strength will be forged in the cauldron of hard knocks and deprivation. With care and attention the raw materials of life experience can be used to build enduring courage, determination, and the capacity to love and be loved. We may decorate this inner space with meaningful memories that lift us when we’re down. Here can dream dreams in its sanctuary and give them space to dance through our lives. When things fall apart around us it will be this ‘home space’ that keeps us standing. Unlike the physical houses we inhabit, this home of the heart is with us wherever we go and whatever happens.

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