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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans with 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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Mon 2 May 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • The Beach Boys

    Barbara Ann

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • Tom Odell

    Magnetised

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • The Jam

    Going Underground

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Buddy Holly

    Heartbeat

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

  • Oasis

    Roll With It

    • (CD Single).
    • Creation Records.

  • Thomas Rhett

    Die A Happy Man

    • Tangled Up.
    • Valory.
    • 4.

  • Jess Glynne

    Hold My Hand

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Sandy Denny

    Last Thing On My Mind

    • The Original Sandy Denny.
    • Mooncrest.

  • Olly Murs

    Dance With Me Tonight

    • In Case You Didn't Know.
    • Epic.
    • 24.

  • S Club

    Reach

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Joe and Jake

    You're Not Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Pretenders

    Brass In Pocket

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Leftfield & Lydon

    Open Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Hard Hands.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Since U Been Gone

    • Now 62 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ramones

    Blitzkrieg Bop

    • Sire.

  • Bananarama

    Venus

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Green Day

    Basket Case

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Travis

    Magnificent Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Telephone Box.
    • 001.

  • The Beautiful South

    You Keep It All In

    • Beautiful South - Carry On Up The Cha.
    • Go! Discs.

  • Steve Mason

    Borderline

    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 Sounds Of The 80s Vol 2 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Jamie Lawson

    Someone For Everyone

    • (CD Single).
    • Gingerbread Man Records.

  • Doris Day

    The Deadwood Stage

    • A Portrait Of Doris Day.
    • Stylus.

  • Chris Montez

    Let's Dance

    • And The Beat Goes On Vol 3 (Various).
    • Debutante.

  • The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 006.

  • The Specials

    Too Much Too Young

  • Elle King

    Under the Influence

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

  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Tom Petty

    I Won't Back Down

    • Tom Petty - Anthology.
    • MCA.

  • Aloe Blacc

    I Need A Dollar

    • Good Things.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Remona Aly, freelance journalist and editor:

I’m casting my mind back to a time of anti-nostalgia when I had the absurd notion that my family should go away for a quality family holiday.

I was 19 and thus far the five of us had only gone on trips to my parent’s native India. But getting β€˜Delhi belly’ and touring the endless living rooms of distant relatives, is not my idea of a dream getaway.

So after my passive aggressive nagging, we bundled into the local travel agent to book our first - and last - tailored family holiday.

I chose Tunisia as our destination and wanted to visit one of the oldest places of worship in the Muslim world: the Grand Mosque of Kairouan. This influential mosque was established in the 7th century - less than 40 years after Prophet Muhammad’s death. It was a sacred place, but it was also situated in the hottest part of Tunisia during the hottest part of the year. It was heat upon heat. β€œYou’ve brought me to hell!” were my dad’s exact words, as he stood in the fourth holiest place in Islam, mopping the beads of sweat from his frowning face. It was definitely a mad dogs and Englishmen moment, but I won’t say which of the two my dad most resembled. Β Β Β 

Our fellow tourists watched as my family bickered, got lost, and blamed each other for not asking directions. But even with all that, it was a memorable holiday.

Family is about the good, the bad and the ugly. We know each other inside out, upside down, back to front, but we always love each other, warts and all.

Hanan Bilal, an American Muslim community activist said that: β€œWe come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.Β  And love starts at home with our family.”

Family can be my biggest test, but also my greatest blessing. My first lesson in love starts with them. Embracing the imperfections isn’t easy, but it’s more real than chasing a dream holiday.

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