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Paul McCartney calls Chris live from Japan. Plus the current champion of the prestigious Shed of the Year competition Joel Bird.

Sir Paul McCartney calls Chris live from Japan with news about his current world tour, which has already been seen by 2 million people, and is coming to London in May...

We speak to the current champion of the prestigious Shed Of The Year competition, live from his shed, Joel Bird...

And today's Top Tenuous takes in your desperate claims to the fame of Steve Cram and Daley Thompson...

Today's show is dedicated to all fans of the cherries, that's AFC Bournemouth...
And today's show is entitled: Oh, they do like to play beside the seaside.

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Tue 28 Apr 2015 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

    • Singles A's & B's.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Sheppard

    Geronimo

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Paint It Black

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Who

    Who Are You

    • CSI: O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Hip-O-Records.
    • 9.

  • 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.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Come On Eileen

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

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

  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Jackie Lee

    White Horses

    • This Is The Return Of Cult Fiction (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 24.

  • Matt Monro

    On Days Like These

    • Matt Monro Sings Don Black.
    • EMI.

  • Brooke Fraser

    Kings & Queens

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

  • R.E.M.

    Losing My Religion

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O鈥機onnell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Mumford & Sons

    Believe

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Beatles

    Good Day Sunshine

    • Revolver.
    • Parlophone.
    • 8.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Jet

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 2.

  • Paul McCartney

    Flaming Pie

  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • OMI

    Cheerleader

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

  • Paul Simon

    You Can Call Me Al

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 4.

  • Ultravox

    Vienna

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

    • The Singles.
    • Epic.

  • Blur

    Lonesome Street

    • The Magic Whip.
    • Parlophone.

  • Bad Manners

    Lip Up Fatty

    • The Best Reggae Album In The World....
    • Virgin.

  • Frank Sinatra

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

Our little girl turns two next week. It seems like only yesterday that she was still crying out in her sleep, keeping us awake all night... because it was only yesterday. Indeed, sleep training and night-lights haven鈥檛 solved that particular 3am bundle of fun yet.

Maybe it鈥檚 because her brain is whirring with the stuff of each day. There鈥檚 new vocab daily: She wants her second favourite song? She鈥檒l enquire 鈥�-et It Go?鈥�. And her favourite? She won鈥檛 stop singing the jingle 鈥淓eby-Cee Rabio 2!鈥�

Her new phrase of the week has been useful: 鈥淗ep me!鈥�, she鈥檒l utter, wanting help, to return a toy to its box, or put on her shoes.

We all know the importance of giving help where needed: from the Good Samaritan to aid agencies being sent to Nepal as we speak. More of us could do more, I know 鈥� but so often those great at helping aren鈥檛 so good at asking for it. I help her as a parent, but I don鈥檛 ask for help enough myself. Even aid-workers needs aid. And physician, heal thyself. Even marathon-runners 鈥� whether publicised or completely in secret, you sly fox! 鈥� only cross the finishing-line, if at some point they鈥檝e asked for water.

Of all the phrases my daughter鈥檚 learned, asking for help has moved her on the most. It makes her reach further, aiming for things previously too high, too difficult, too confiscated.

At some point we stop growing physically 鈥� and I think we often pretend we鈥檝e stopped growing emotionally, spiritually, inside. We can think we鈥檙e fully formed, and it seems weak to seek help. But I think it鈥檚 a strength, if it moves us on, whether asking the Almighty in prayer, or a counsellor in confidence. The writer David Allen put it: 鈥淵ou can do anything. But not everything.鈥� It takes strength to ask for guidance, boldness to ask in prayer, and courage to phone a helpline.

But how quickly we forget. Two days after my daughter learned to ask for help, she鈥檚 learned its polar opposite: 鈥淣o I can do it!鈥� So I鈥檒l ask for help first: If anyone can get a toddler to sleep without crying out at 3am, I鈥檇 welcome your tweets: please do 鈥渉ep me鈥�.聽

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  • Tue 28 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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