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Chris pays tribute to Sir Terry Wogan with a look back at Janet & John and The Floral Dance, and moving reflections from Father Brian D'Arcy and Lynn Bowles. Plus, Chris announces the Sunday afternoon headliner at this year's Glastonbury Festival - Jeff Lynne's ELO.

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Mon 1 Feb 2016 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Simply Red

    Fairground

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • Rod Stewart

    Hold The Line

    • Another Country.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Aerosmith

    Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • UMC.

  • The Police

    Roxanne

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

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Jo Jo Gunne

    Run Run Run

    • The Sound Of The Seventies (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.

  • Turin Brakes

    Keep Me Around

    • Lost Property.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Ward Thomas

    Push for the Stride

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW.
    • 1.

  • Perry Como

    Hot Diggity

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Piece By Piece

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Eva Cassidy

    Over The Rainbow

    • (CD Single).
    • Hot Records.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • One Direction

    History

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
    • 13.

  • Randy Crawford

    One Day I'll Fly Away

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Beatles

    In My Life

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 11.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Rachel Platten

    Stand By You

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • ELO - Out Of The Blue.
    • Jet.

  • Jamie Lawson

    Cold In Ohio

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 003.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Bleachers

    Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Terry Wogan

    The Floral Dance

    • Terry Wogan's Greatest Hits (Vol.2).
    • Philips.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D鈥橝rcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

For close on 20 years I was Sir Terry Wogan鈥檚 guest on Pause for Thought. When I was down the line, as I am this morning, Terry would introduce me with these words. 鈥淎nd now we hop across the Irish sea聽 to listen to a man who won鈥檛 even get out of bed to broadcast鈥�. It was his way of painting a picture for his audience and ensuring that I didn鈥檛 take myself too seriously.

Terry was my hero and my friend. We knew each other since his broadcasting days in Dublin and when he came to the 麻豆约拍 our friendship grew as the years passed.

I was lucky to learn about broadcasting from The Master. His superb voice, uncanny timing and above all his impeccable use of language were unique to him.

What I learned was humility, gentleness, generosity, thoughtfulness and respect for our listeners. Typically he over-simplified his broadcasting genius when he said:聽 鈥淜eep your wits about you, be polite, go home and enjoy your dinner.鈥�

麻豆约拍 was where Terry found his true self.

Lady Helen and their 3 children were the delight of his life. He met wife Helen at a Tennis hop in Dublin and drove her home from their first date in a bashed up Morris Minor. Last Thursday when I visited Terry for the last time, it was the lovely Helen who was still holding his hand over fifty years later and their children were caring for them, as they had cared for their children 鈥� with compassion and love.

Terry said he wasn鈥檛 religious. We kidded each other endlessly. He claimed he was an atheist. I said I didn鈥檛 believe in his God either. 鈥淕od comes to you disguised as your life鈥�, I told him. Terry was everything God could want in a human being.

He raised our spirits, encouraged his beloved TOGS, helped raise millions for Children In Need and made us laugh uproariously at ourselves.

Like you I鈥檓 heart-broken. In Ireland we say 鈥淲e shall never see his like again鈥� and we won鈥檛. But today let鈥檚 just thank God for the wonderful human being that was Sir Terry Wogan.

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