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Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 23 Apr 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • U2

    Desire

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.

  • Stacey Solomon

    Shy

    • (CD Single).
    • Conehead.
    • 001.

  • Lee Marvin

    Wand'rin' Star

    • (Single).
    • Paramount.
    • 9.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Glam Crazee - Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Tom Jones

    She's A Lady

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Blur

    Lonesome Street

    • The Magic Whip.
    • Parlophone.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Prince Charming

    • Adam Ant - Hits.
    • CBS.

  • Yusuf / Cat Stevens

    Moonshadow (Live from the Radio 2 Folk Awards - 22/04/15)

  • Peter, Paul and Mary

    Puff The Magic Dragon

    • Peter Paul & Mary - Moving.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Chic

    I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • It's About Time.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Blondie

    Denis

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

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Stereophonics

    Handbags and Gladrags

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Sympathy For The Devil

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Brooke Fraser

    Kings & Queens

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

  • Kansas

    Carry On Wayward Son

    • American Dreams II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.
    • 3.

  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    Hundred Mile High City

    • The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene.
    • Island.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Stronger Than Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Markus Feehily

    Love Is A Drug

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Otis Redding

    Hard to Handle

    • Dock Of The Bay (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Marvin Gaye

    How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

    • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
    • Motown.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Blur

    Lot 105

    • PARKLIFE.
    • FOOD.
    • 16.

  • The Police

    Can't Stand Losing You

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

  • Snow Patrol

    Chocolate

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

From Abdul Rehman-Malik

Chris, I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to play video games. My kid brother often asks me to join him in his latest mission to mow down virtual zombies or some nasty villain, but I always refuse. I’m too much of a klutz to navigate the complex controls. Frankly, I worry that they’ll be so much fun that I’ll become addicted. Μύ<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Μύ

During my middle school years, my friends and I spent much of free time playing a game called Dungeons & Dragons. It required no consoles or controllers. We developed and role-played characters and set out on elaborate quests led by a β€œDungeon Master”, who was part storyteller, part referee and would guide us through our adventures.

Μύ

Every spare moment was spent planning our next session. We studiously kept notes on our characters and rolled dice to determine the outcomes of battles. We yearned for the day that we’d finally be able to face the greatest enemy of all: the dragon.

Μύ

St George - who we remember today - knew something about dragons.

Μύ

George, a Christian from Palestine, was a decorated soldier in the Roman armies. By all accounts he was a model warrior – chivalrous and noble. Yet when the Emperor Diocletian, worried by the rise of the Christian faith and its call to reject the pagan gods of old, asked all his soldiers to renounce the new faith, George refused. ΜύGifts of a title and money were turned down.Μύ

Μύ

George, it is said, gave whatever wealth he had to the poor and faced his execution firm in his resolve that he – and others like him – should be able to believe as they chose to believe. Such is the enduring quality of his legend, that Christians and Muslims alike have visited his shrine together for more than a thousand years.

Μύ

β€œThe ego,” cautioned the mystic Rumi, β€œis a true dragon with immeasurable strength and cunning.”

Μύ

I have no doubt St George slew his dragon.

Μύ

I think fondly of those long-ago afternoons spent fighting wizards and warlocks. On this St George’s Day I pray that I am able to once again capture the purity of that youthful quest. Except now I hope I will bring my passion to ridding myself of faults that stop me being the person I want to be.Μύ Those truly are the hardest dragons to slay.

Μύ

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