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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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Thu 13 Aug 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Mungo Jerry

    Alright, Alright, Alright

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 1.

  • David Gilmour

    Rattle That Lock

    • Rattle That Lock.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Etta James

    At Last

    • Etta James- The Genuine Article.
    • Mca/Chess.

  • The Police

    Walking On The Moon

    • The Very Best Of The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Peter Sellers

    A Hard Day's Night

    • The Hits Of 1965 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Beck

    Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Small Faces

    Lazy Sunday

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1968.
    • Premier.

  • Take That

    Greatest Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • The Merseys

    Sorrow

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Bon Jovi

    Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

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

  • Yazoo

    Situation

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Dance To The Music

    • 100% Dance - Dancing Through The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

    • What Have We Become.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Geffen.

  • Madcon & Ray Dalton

    Don't Worry

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • The Vapors

    Turning Japanese

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • New Order

    Regret

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

  • The Shires

    All Over Again

    • Brave.
    • Decca.
    • 006.

  • Edwin Starr

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

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

  • Queen

    One Vision

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Stereophonics

    Dakota

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • Thea Gilmore

    Live Out Loud

    • (CD Single).
    • Fullfill.
    • 001.

  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Father Christopher Jamison, Benedictine Monk

In the midst of our holiday enjoyments, August brings the annual reminder of the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. Over 200,000 people were killed by just two bombs. Yet without this, I might never have been born. Let me explain. My father was a navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, with many lucky escapes such as the time his fully loaded bomber crashed on take-off but without exploding. But many of his fellow airmen did not escape death in action and10,000 Australian aircrew lost their lives during the war in the Pacific. My father was quite clear that without the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that war would have dragged on and he could have died, meaning that I would never have been born.

Tomorrow we celebrate the 70th anniversary of VJ day, remembering how soon after the second atomic bomb explosion, Japan surrendered. I feel torn between the horror of the instant destruction of civilians and the slow attrition of allied service personnel who would undoubtedly have died if the war had continued.

The Christian tradition of the just war says that you may not attack innocent civilian populations. The opposing argument says that nowadays there are no innocent civilians because everybody plays their part in total warfare. This argument justifies attacking civilians in towns where terrorists live because, willingly or unwillingly, those civilians support our enemies. Personally, I hope that just war theory prevails and that civilians are never again targeted in war. My Father never persuaded me to change my opinion on that. But he did succeed in passing on his passionate belief that we should never hate the old enemy. So on VJ Day I’ll give thanks not only for my Father and his comrades but also for the people of Japan. 

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