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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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Tue 23 Jun 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Thin Lizzy

    Jailbreak

    • Best Air Guitar Album In The World II.
    • Virgin.

  • Years & Years

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Nacio Herb Brown

    Singin' in the Rain

    Singer: Gene Kelly.
    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Aztec Camera

    Walk Out to Winter

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

  • 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.

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Giorgio Moroder

    Deja Vu (feat. Sia)

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

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    Hundred Mile High City

    • The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene.
    • Island.

  • Freddie & the Dreamers

    You Were Made For Me

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1963.
    • Premier.

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    I Like It

    • The Hits Of 1963 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Brandon Flowers

    I Can Change

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

  • Paul Simon

    You Can Call Me Al

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

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When you Smile

    • Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
    • Mercury.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Nell Bryden

    Waves (feat. Tom McRae)

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.

  • The Jam

    News Of The World

    • The Very Best Of The Jam.
    • Polydor Limited.

  • Rod Stewart

    Love Is

    • Another Country.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Roll Over Beethoven

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Cliff Edwards & Dickie Jones

    Give A Little Whistle

  • Kacey Musgraves

    High Time

    • Pageant Material.
    • Decca.

  • Duran Duran

    Rio

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.

  • Madness

    It Must Be Love

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Jeff Beck

    Hi Ho Silver Lining

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

  • Taylor Swift

    Bad Blood

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

  • Wham!

    Last Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Rod Stewart

    Love Is

    • Another Country.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Edwin Starr

    Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & Writer Paul Kerensa:

As a writer, I love stories, and finding out how they work, and handily some writers write about writing: Christopher Vogler and Joseph Campbell being two favourites. They suggest that many great stories follow a pattern. An ordinary world spawns a call to adventure: Hagrid at Harry Potter’s house; Luke Skywalker hearing Princess Leia’s cry for help. The hero’s unsure, but meets a Dumbledorian, Gandalfy, Obi-Wannish mentor, tries initial tasks, makes allies, trusts and distrusts, their own personal Hunger Games. They face their greatest foe in a supreme ordeal – a light-sabre-off with Darth Vader, or glimpsing the wizard behind the curtain. Finally the road home, to Kansas, Hobbiton, or back through the wardrobe. Our hero is changed, rewarded, with a reminder it wasn’t a dream.

This story pattern reflects life and all its challenges. The ordinary world of our youth may feel comfortable, or we may grow up quickly. When we tiptoe into life’s adventure, there are risks, mentors and foes. Ultimately we face seemingly insurmountable challenges – but we survive and come back stronger.

Life’s journey is there in all good stories, I think even in the Bible – The Greatest Story Ever Told (although Inception was quite good). You could argue The Good Book echoes life’s story-pattern too: A comfortable perfect world gives way to tests, allies, enemies; and when the challenge becomes too great for us, Jesus journeys to the darkest point, the innermost cave... death, from which he rises. Like in that story pattern, maybe something is left behind, the message and spirit, a reminder that it’s not a dream.

Perhaps I’m over-theorising – we humans put patterns on everything. But I think our life-stories find echoes in all culture – even your fine show, Chris. Bear with me! Your show’s birth follows Vanessa the mother-figure... And the show features: after an early belter, we can join a club, like a family... As children we try things for the first time... We’re sustained by eggs in the morning, ideally with a kiss... Smashers of decades go by, some days bring us sunshine, others mystery guests and not-so-mystery guests... Life brings gobsmacking times, times of sport and unexpected breaking news, which might be top (and I know that’s tenuous)... And by the end of it, before that final travel (with Lynn), hopefully we find time to pause for thought.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Jun 2015 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.