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Major Tim Peake joins Chris and answers your questions live from the International Space Station. He has a special message for his wife, Rebecca. Plus, we say goodbye Vassos and hello Moosos, as Chris reveals he's to star in new Disney movie, Zootropolis!

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Music Played

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Come On Eileen

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Lissie

    Don't You Give Up On Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 14.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Maneater

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Michael Jackson

    Black Or White

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Coldplay

    Hymn For The Weekend (feat. ΅ώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©)

    • A Head Full Of Dreams.
    • Parlophone.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Torn

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artist.
    • Elektra.

  • George Ezra

    Cassy O'

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.

  • Trini Lopez

    Lemon Tree

    • Infectious.
    • Start Records.

  • Paul Carrack

    Keep On Lovin' You

    • Soul Shadows.
    • Carrack-UK.
    • 001.

  • Toto

    Rosanna

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • T. Rex

    I Love to Boogie

    • T. Rex - The Singles As & Bs.
    • Repertoire.

  • Chic

    I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • It's About Time.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Doors

    Light My Fire

    • The Very Best Of The Doors.
    • Elektra.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Army

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    Talk To The Animals

    • Sammy Davis Greatest Hits.
    • Curb.
    • 1.

  • Daft Punk

    Around The World

  • R.E.M.

    Man on the Moon

    • Simply The Best Movie Album (Various).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Just Called To Say I Love You

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Gilbert O’Sullivan

    No Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Union Square Music.
    • 001.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Piece By Piece

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

  • Lily Allen

    Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • Buddy Holly

    Bo Diddley

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Exactly one year ago today my daughter was discharged from hospital. She had been in hospital for over seven and a half months, so the day really was quite an occasion.

When you leave hospital, you get given a list of protocols to help keep her well, and a list of things to look out for. You are told to be vigilant, but to relax. I personally struggle with finding a balance with those two things, it is like being told there is a threat on the horizon but put your feet up and have a cup of tea.

As a parent, I am good at the being vigilant bit. I do my homework, read the medical text books, and I am prepared. It is the relaxing bit I struggle with.

When you have been through trauma it is hard to let go. The body remembers what the mind tries so hard to forget. It comes out in your dreams, it comes out in the moments of panic when you notice something not quite right. There is an overriding fear that she’ll relapse; that we’ll spiral back to the worst days. But this level of anxiety is unsustainable. You have to find a way to manage it, to restore balance.

There is a Muslim saying, β€œHave faith in God, but tie up your camel.” It’s meant to make people take responsibility for their actions, and not just leave it all at God’s door. For me, I think I have to reverse the saying. Tie up your camel – do what you have to do, be responsible, read your books, learn your protocols; but at the end of the day, trust in God.

In the year since my daughter’s discharge from hospital there have been many many sleepless nights. I have experienced huge levels of anxiety. My dreams have been invaded by many flashbacks of the worst days. But I have also learned a great deal. I can take every precaution, put every protocol in place, do everything I am supposed to do, but I must also accept that I cannot always control the outcome. In the end, I have had to learn, as the Christian entrepreneurΒ Mary Crowley recommended, β€œEvery evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.”

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