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

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Tue 9 Jun 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    High Time

    • Pageant Material.
    • Decca.

  • Golden Earring

    Radar Love

    • Hot Love - Sounds Of The 70's, Part 1.
    • Old Gold.

  • Macy Gray

    I Try

    • The 2000 Brit Awards (Various Artist.
    • Columbia.

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • Suzi Quatro

    Devil Gate Drive

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • 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.

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Stereophonics

    C'est La Vie

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

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • One Direction

    Story Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Linda Scott

    Bermuda

  • Elbow

    What Time Do You Call This?

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

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • The Source

    You Got The Love (feat. Candi Staton)

    • Monster Hits Of Dance - 36 Monster Hits From The 80's & 90's (Various Artists).
    • Castle Communications.

  • The Kooks

    ±·²¹Ã¯±¹±ð

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Island.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Heat Wave

    • Originals 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Leona Lewis

    Fire Under My Feet

    • I Am.
    • Island.

  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Steve Miller Band

    Rock 'n Me

    • Ultimate Hits (Deluxe Edition).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Eagles

    Life In The Fast Lane

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Gene Chandler

    Duke Of Earl

    • Million Sellers Vol.9 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Giorgio Moroder

    Deja Vu (feat. Sia)

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

  • Deacon Blue

    Dignity

    • Our Town- Deacon Blue (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Voice of the Beehive

    Don't Call Me Baby

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • MÃ¥ns Zelmerlöw

    Heroes

    • (CD Single).
    • WEA.
    • 018.

  • Tenpole Tudor

    Swords Of A Thousand Men

    • Teenage Kicks (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.

  • Sam Cooke

    Twistin' the Night Away

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Reverend Sharon Grenham-Thompson, Anglican Priest and Prison Chaplain:

I had a laugh on Sunday hearing about the aeroplane grounded by a bee. Apparently the passenger jet was forced to return to Southampton airport shortly after take-off because the little insect got stuck in a wind measuring instrument on the outside of the plane.  

Later that same evening as I was getting the children’s school uniforms ready for the week I discovered that thing that surely most parents dread - no, not something dodgy on the smartphone, not a hole in the blazer, something far worse - as I was taking the washing out I found the remains of a paper hankie left in a trouser pocket! What a mess from a silly little bit of tissue. White fluff all over the entire wash. Much sellotape (and a fair bit of cursing) later I’d managed to remove most of the fluff, but dear me, it took ages.

I know it seems a bit odd making a link between a tissue in a pocket and a bee on a plane. But you see, it’s the little things that can sometimes cause the biggest disruption. At one end of the spectrum a tiny greenfly can ruin your roses, at the other end a microscopic virus can cause disease and even panic. Putting it on a more personal level, a habit can snowball into an addiction; a careless word can turn into hurtful gossip; not bothering to look your partner in the eye any more can open up a great gulf between you.

There’s a book of the bible called the Song of Solomon, which is a poem describing a bridegroom’s feelings for his bride. It’s all very intense and romantic, but this poem also talks about the disruptive little issues that end up causing havoc. It’s in a verse that goes like this: ‘Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.’ It’s referring to the pesky little things that nibble away at the edges of all we hold dear, until before we know it, everything’s laid to waste.

Whether it’s in our relationships at home or work, or even if we’re thinking about all the stuff we’re trying to achieve - we’d be wise to catch the foxes, the bad habits, the hidden and forgotten stuff, the little things, before they make a mess, or even keep us stuck on the ground when we really want to fly.

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  • Tue 9 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.

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