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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 20 Oct 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • James Morrison

    Demons

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Lauren Wood

    Fallen

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Kiss

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • 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.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Gimme Some Lovin'

    • Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

  • The Police

    Roxanne

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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    When I Was A Boy

  • Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren

    Bangers And Mash

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

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

  • John Farnham

    You're The Voice

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.
    • 2.

  • Rod Stewart

    Please

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

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell

    How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

    • Cool Couples (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • INXS

    Never Tear Us Apart

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Jamie Lawson

    Wasn't Expecting That

    • Jamie Lawson.
    • Gingerbread Man Records.
    • 001.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Pencil Full Of Lead

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • The Cars

    My Best Friend's Girl

    • The Cars.
    • Elektra.

  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Seal

    Do You Ever

    • Reprise.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Taylor Swift

    Wildest Dreams

    • 1989.
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 001.

  • Stereophonics

    The Bartender And The Thief

    • V2.

  • The Jacksons

    ABC

    • The Best Michael Jackson & Jackson Fi.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Revered Kate Bottley, Vicar of the churches of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill:

In my job I’ve become a bit of a buffet connoisseur. After a christening, wedding or funeral, if I’m asked, I’ll pop along to where the ‘do’ is and share in a plateful of nibbles. Buffets vary in quality and variety, a bad buffet is almost all entirely beige with only a sprinkle of a cress garnish to provide any colour at all, a buffet at the top of its game has a wide variety, is not exclusively pastry based and perhaps even has some carrot batons. I’ve noticed though over the years the food at these occasions has changed. Amongst the usual sandwiches, cheese on sticks and sausage rolls, there’s also bhajjis, spring rolls and your favourite Chris, hummus.

At William’s christening the other Sunday – (a particularly wriggly toddler), as we gathered at the font I did warn those stood close up that they could be well within the splash zone – as I’m prone to getting a little over enthusiastic. Cameras came out, William got wet and we welcomed him into the Christian faith. After we gathered for pictures including William’s Dad’s work friends, amongst them was a man who had clearly chosen to wear his best bright blue turban for the occasion. I got a chance to talk to him over the buffet later, and we talked about the service a bit, and about his Sikh faith and mine and now William’s Christian faith, but we mostly talked about the places we were from and our interests and passions.  Through mouthfuls of chicken tikka pizza we discovered a mutual friend and a shared love of 90’s hip hop.

Some might worry for William growing up in a multi faith nation, worried he might get confused about what he, as a Christian, is supposed to believe and about where he belongs. I’m not worried at all, I’m excited. I think that there is much each faith and culture can learn from the other, eating and laughing together, telling stories, listening and discovering common passions. A faith does not lose its distinctiveness by sharing with others neither does one person by talking to another. A buffet of one sort lacks variety, there is so much more to taste, and there’s plenty of room for everyone at the table.

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  • Tue 20 Oct 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.

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