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Tom Kerridge's Easy Chicken Roast

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 14 May 2015 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.

  • Microdisney

    Town To Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.

  • The Shires

    State Lines

    • Brave.
    • Decca.
    • 008.

  • Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

    Duelling Banjos

    • Deliverance - Original S'track.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • Pilot

    Magic

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll Vol.2 (1974).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • The Clash

    Should I Stay Or Should I Go

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Bills

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

  • Spandau Ballet

    Gold

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • Olly Murs

    Up (feat. Demi Lovato)

    • Never Been Better.
    • Epic.
    • 004.

  • The Archies

    Sugar, Sugar

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

  • Steven Tyler

    Love Is Your Name

  • The B鈥�52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • Sheppard

    Geronimo

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Billy Bragg

    A New England

  • Elton John

    Tiny Dancer

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Donna Summer

    Hot Stuff

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Adamski

    Killer (feat. Seal)

    • Now 17, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • George Fenton

    Bergerac

    • The Best Of 麻豆约拍-TV's Themes.
    • 麻豆约拍 Records.

  • Donovan

    Mellow Yellow

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1967 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Sam Smith

    Stay With Me

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

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

  • Aztec Camera

    Oblivious

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.

  • Caro Emerald

    Quicksand

    • (CD Single).
    • Grandmono.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It? (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Let me tell you a story that鈥檚 right out of Eastenders 鈥� except this one is true 鈥 family I know had two daughters whose husbands fell out big time 鈥� punches were thrown, I鈥檓 sorry to say, and vows made that never again would they speak or see each other. It was so hard; each of the families wouldn鈥檛 go to anything that the others might be at so they all missed out. Some of us tried to heal the rift but the distance between them just got wider. Until, that is, the mother of the two daughters died. It was unthinkable that they shouldn鈥檛 all go to her funeral, so they did 鈥� and suddenly we realised that the two brothers-in-law were chatting away 鈥� and we could almost hear the angels cheering!

I was reminded of this story when I was thinking about today 鈥� which is a special moment for the Christian church.聽 It鈥檚 Ascension Day when we remember what Christians believe to be Jesus鈥檚 last appearance here on earth 鈥� the Bible tells how his friends had seen Jesus die on a cross, they鈥檇 buried him in a tomb but then lots of them had seen him actually alive again - eating, drinking, walking along the road. But the time had come when Jesus had to go so that the Holy Spirit, who鈥檚 that much more flexible in that she can be in lots of places at once, could take over. It might seem strange to celebrate Jesus鈥� going for good and I don鈥檛 suppose for one minute that his friends were happy but, later, the Church realised that his Ascension into Heaven was one of those pivotal moments in history when only an ending can make a new beginning possible.聽 Just like those two brothers-in-law.

Being able to recognise an ending, then to let go and move on sometimes takes extraordinary courage 鈥� but, whether it makes space for some boundless possibilities or lets just a tiny chink of light, love or liberty into this world, I reckon it鈥檚 worth it. So Happy Ascension Day!

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  • Thu 14 May 2015 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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