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Matt LeBlanc, Jack Black, Laurence Fox, Chris Packham and Foxes

Chris gets that Friday feeling going with brand new Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc, Goosebumps movie star Jack Black, actor turned singer Laurence Fox, wildlife wonder Chris Packham and the fabulous Foxes, who plays live in session.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 5 Feb 2016 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    Hundred Mile High City

    • The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene.
    • Island.

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

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

  • The Shires

    Friday Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Modern Romance

    Best Years Of Our Lives

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.

  • Turin Brakes

    Keep Me Around

    • Lost Property.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • Craig David

    7 Days

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Val Doonican

    Walk Tall

    • The Very Best Of Val Doonican.
    • Music Club.
    • 2.

  • James

    Nothing But Love

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    September

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.
    • 3.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Got to Get You Into My Life

    • The Very Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • Telstar.

  • They Might Be Giants

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

    • Snap It Up! (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • One Direction

    History

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

  • Laurence Fox

    Rise Again

  • LunchMoney Lewis

    Ain't Too Cool

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Abdul-Rehman Malik, journalist and broadcaster

Chris, my son has started taking a keen interest in what my wife is driving. 鈥淎bba,鈥� he declared the other morning. 鈥淚 think we have to get a new car.鈥� No we don鈥檛, I exclaimed. 鈥淣o, no, it鈥檚 got a big problem,鈥� he insisted. 鈥淭he radio doesn鈥檛 play enough Rock and Roll.鈥� He raised his hands in the universal symbol of rock music 鈥� the sign of the wide horns. 鈥淒on鈥檛 you know Abba? I love Rock and Roll!鈥�

Jack, if you were still running the School of Rock, I鈥檇 sign him up right away!

My son, Abdi, turns 5 today. I鈥檝e talked about him on Pause for Thought since before he was born.聽 He鈥檚 here this morning with his mom聽 鈥� watching from the control room.

Abdi, you arrived a month early. It was a dramatic entry and as your Mama recovered, you spent the first hour of your life with me. You were swaddled tight, but from underneath your little white cap, your dark eyes were open, looking at me intently.

I will never forget that hour. I recited ancient prayers. I told you how excited I was to meet you. I told you about your grandparents who were waiting for you in Toronto and Singapore - either ends of the world. I also shared my fears: fears about being a good father; fears that I wouldn鈥檛 get things right. I told you things that I have probably never told anyone else. You responded by giving me your first smile.

I later confessed to a poet friend of mine how overwhelmed I was by the love that I felt for you. Don鈥檛 worry, he said, it鈥檚 like God鈥檚 put a little doorway in our hearts. Once you hold your child, it opens and there is an ocean of love behind it which you didn鈥檛 know existed.

I walked through that door and I鈥檝e never come back.

鈥淲hat actions are most excellent?鈥� asked the Prophet Muhammad, 鈥淭o gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the troubled, and to remove the wrongs of the injured.鈥�

If your Mama and I are able inspire you to these things, then whatever the future brings 鈥� whether you become an actor, a musician, a DJ, a wildlife expert - it will be blessed.

And don鈥檛 worry 鈥� we鈥檒l make sure the car radio plays a little bit more Rock and Roll.聽 Happy birthday Abdi! These wide horns are for you!

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