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Chris chats to Claudia Winkleman about the launch of Radio 2's Artist in Residence, plus the chief in charge of the official charts Martin Talbot talks about the revival of vinyl.

Chris is back with a tip top Tuesday show starring the gifted George Hendrey who tells us how he ran and swam in his first ever Biathlon Championships...

Radio 2's Arts aficionado Claudia Winkleman chats to Chris about the launch of Radio 2's Artist in Residence...

As record sales soar, the chief in charge of the official charts Martin Talbot tells us all about the revival of vinyl, while Chris plays of few LP's of his own from home...

This leads us into the Top Tenuous with listeners desperate claims to the fame of floating shops...

And our Pause For Thought comes courtesy of comedian and writer, Paul Kerensa.

Today's show is dedicated to anyone living on a diet exclusively made up of cake, croissants and french bread!

And today's show is entitled: The smaller your world the easier it is to be on top of!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 14 Apr 2015 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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  • Status Quo

    Rockin' All Over The World

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Kodaline

    The One

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Doris Day

    Just Blew In From The Windy City

    • A Portrait Of Doris Day.
    • Stylus.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

  • Paloma Faith

    Stone Cold Sober

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • 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.

  • Queen

    Another One Bites The Dust

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Shayne Ward

    My Heart Would Take You Back

    • (CD Single).
    • MPG.
    • 001.

  • Madonna

    Vogue

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.

  • Alice Cooper

    No More Mr Nice Guy

    • Millennium Classic Rock Party (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • The Seekers

    Morningtown Ride

    • The Seekers.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Brooke Fraser

    Kings & Queens

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

  • Take That

    Greatest Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Sugar Ray

    Every Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava/Atlantic.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Baby Driver

    • Top Of The Morning With Terry Wogan.
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Faces

    Cindy Incidentally

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Jack Savoretti

    The Other Side Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.
    • 001.

  • 10cc

    Art For Art's Sake

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Nature's Call

    • Nature's Call.
    • Dome Records.
    • 001.

  • Blondie

    Picture This

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Dr. Feelgood

    Milk And Alcohol

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    In The Heat Of The Moment

  • The Police

    De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Trio

    Da Da Da

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Blur

    Lonesome Street

    • The Magic Whip.
    • Parlophone.

  • Mott the Hoople

    All The Young Dudes

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Mumford & Sons

    Believe

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

Today I entered Radio 2 wearing dark glasses. Not because I鈥檓 one of the many rock gods who pass through... Less glamorously, I had laser eye surgery on the weekend. I refrained from quoting Goldfinger, as I reclined in the chair and they readied the laser: 鈥淵ou expect me to talk?鈥� 鈥淣o, Mr Kerensa, we expect you to see!鈥�

This follows a blurry eye condition I鈥檝e had for decades 鈥� 鈥榢eratoconus鈥� 鈥� meaning last year I had a corneal transplant. My cornea went, someone else鈥檚 was incredibly grafted on. And it has been noted that as a comedian, the last thing I should be getting, is cornea. (I am so sorry.)

I still gawp at my donor鈥檚 gift. All I know is she was female, in her 60s. I don鈥檛 know her family, but if they think of her as in some way still with us, I hope they realise she is, and she鈥檚 helping out, thanks to her generosity. Corneas are relatively in abundance 鈥� most people have two, and generally pass on with them intact. Meanwhile my cousin is recuperating right now from a pancreas and kidney transplant 鈥� good wishes to him, indeed to anyone recovering post-transplant.

I think it鈥檚 a forgotten act of giving. Maybe in some churches, organ donation is what happened when the pipe organ went, in favour of a snazzy keyboard. But for any of the faithful with doubts about organ donation, two quotes from Saint Paul鈥檚 letters: 鈥淣either death nor life, not anything else in creation, can separate us from the love of God.鈥� And: 鈥淣ot reluctantly or under compulsion... God loves a cheerful giver.鈥�

We can give, or at least make plans to when we don鈥檛 need these mortal bits and pieces. And when lucky recipients like me gain a cornea, a pancreas, a kidney... I think we receive something else too 鈥� a spirit of generosity. Receiving my cornea made me sign up, so that when I pass on, I鈥檒l pass things on too. And that thought is what I鈥檓 passing on, to you.聽

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  • Tue 14 Apr 2015 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.

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