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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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Mon 1 Jun 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Style Council

    Shout To The Top

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • James Taylor

    Montana

    • Before This World.
    • Concord Records.
    • 001.

  • Bruce Channel

    Hey! Baby

    • Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Feeling

    I Thought It Was Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Radio Radio

    • The Very Best Of Elvis Costello.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Elbow

    What Time Do You Call This?

    • Man Up O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Fiction.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Mrs. Robinson

    • Old Friends.
    • Columbia.

  • Tommy Steele

    Little White Bull

    • Tommy Steele's Greatest Hits.
    • Deram.

  • Simply Red

    Shine On

    • (CD Single).
    • East West.
    • 002.

  • Roxette

    The Look

    • Now 15 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • 4 Non Blondes

    What's Up?

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Donovan

    Sunshine Superman

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.

  • Heaven 17

    Temptation

    • A Kick Up The Eighties Vol. 5 (Various Artists).
    • Old Gold.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Ship To Wreck (Live at Radio 1's Big Weekend)

  • The Undertones

    Teenage Kicks

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • The Kingsmen

    Louie Louie

    • The Sound Of The 60's, Part 7 (Var).
    • Old Gold.

  • Tom Jones

    Help Yourself

    • Tom Jones - Greatest Hits.
    • Universal.

  • Sam Smith

    I'm Not The Only One

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 5.

  • Take That

    Higher Than Higher

    • III.
    • Polydor.
    • 6.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    The Riverboat Song

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
    • 3.

  • Oasis

    Live Forever

    • Definitely Maybe.
    • Big Brother Records.
    • 003.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Perfect Love Affair

  • Queen

    God Save The Queen

    • A Night At The Opera.
    • Island.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • INXS

    Need You Tonight

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D’Arcy a Catholic Passionist priest:

There comes a time it’s fitting to put a shape on the lessons life has taught us. I’m in that mood today. Samuel Johnson, the 18th Century English critic, said it was by studying the little things, β€œthat we attain the great art, of having as little misery, and as much happiness, as possible.”

One of the books I go back to constantly is Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search For Meaning, where he writes about the three years he was imprisoned at Auschwitz and Dachau. There, despite all the brutality, he learned about love and the human spirit. In the Concentration Camps he remembers prisoners who though close to death from hunger themselves, each day comforted others, and gave away their own meagre rations to strangers in greater need.

Admittedly they were few in number, but still offered proof that you can take away everything from a person, but you cannot steal their innate goodness, nor their freedom to do what is decent. In my own life when I lower my bucket into the well of wisdom, I discover that -:

The meaning of life is found in the joy of selfless giving; in the satisfaction of giving hope to the hopeless; and in finding God in the most God forsaken hellholes.

We are not satisfied by fame, luxurious, wealth or power, these rewards can cause as many problems as they solve.

What we search for is meaning, knowing that, β€œMy life is a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” (James 4:14)

We have to figure out how to spend our lives and our energies on the things that make a difference.

We need to be sure our lives matter; that our efforts are worthwhile; that the world is better because we were here. At my age, I have discovered another disturbing truth -: Don’t worry about avoiding temptation – at 70 temptation avoids you!Β 

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Jun 2015 06:30
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Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

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

500 Words

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.