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Niall Horan is playing 500 Words

Niall Horan phones Chris from LA to announce his performance at this year's 500 Words Final, and for Great Job Wednesday we speak to Katherine Mitchell, a professional bed tester.

Niall Horan phones Chris from LA to announce his performance at this year's 500 Words Final at the Tower of London, his most intimate gig ever! It's Great Job Wednesday so we speak to Katherine Mitchell, a professional Bed Tester who reveals her top tips for finding the mattress of your dreams. Plus the nation is shocked after Chris reveals he's never seen Forrest Gump, Vassos speaks to rugby league star Kevin Brown and we Pause For Thought with Remona Aly.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 8 Feb 2017 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All Over The World

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Faith (feat. Ariana Grande)

    • Sing O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Fortunate Son

    • Fantasy.

  • The Cure

    Just Like Heaven

    • The Cure - Galore.
    • Fiction.

  • Tom Odell

    Magnetised

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

  • Taylor Swift

    Shake It Off

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

  • Bon Jovi

    Born Again Tomorrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Billy Ocean

    When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.

  • Ohio Players

    Love Slipped Through My Fingers

    • Northern Soul Weekender.
    • Charly Records.

  • Elbow

    Magnificent (She Says)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Roxy Music

    Love Is the Drug

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Strawberry Switchblade

    Since Yesterday

    • Strawberry Switchblade.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Blur

    Song 2

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure聽

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Sound And Vision

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • David Bowie

    Ziggy Stardust

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Michael Jackson

    Billie Jean

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

  • Dua Lipa

    Be The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Niall Horan

    This Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

Pause For Thought

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

It鈥檚 the time of year again that fills me with a sense of dread鈥� yes D-day is coming, my birthday looms like a dark nimbus at the month鈥檚 end.聽 You know, the one where I turn... 28, and a bit - a rather significant bit, but we won鈥檛 dwell on that right now.聽

When I was born my dad took me, his pruney-faced baby into his arms, and gently recited the Islamic call to prayer in my tiny ear. It鈥檚 a call I鈥檝e heard again and again throughout my life, in all its varied melodic tones - and volume levels. I鈥檝e heard some deafening ones in mosques, when the muezzin has belted it out on an unsuspecting PA system, clearly not understanding the physics of a microphone. But of course I鈥檝e also listened to harmonious ones that fell like feathers caressing my soul.聽

My dad told me that when a baby is born to Muslim parents, there is a call but no prayer, but at their funeral, there is a prayer but no call. When I asked why that was, Dad said, 鈥淏ecause your entire life is the sacred time that exists between the two.聽

This notion has always stayed with me, it encapsulates the brevity of my life, but also offers many windows of worship.聽 Because in Islam, worship is far broader than standing and bowing in prayer. Beyond that, worship lies in every aspect of life - in the giving and in the receiving. I praise God when I can serve others, from smiling at a stranger to being a shoulder to someone in need. I praise God when I enjoy the gifts of this world, from marvelling at the wonders of Planet Earth, to indulging in the blessings of a big fat birthday cake.

The Persian Muslim poet, Hafez said in the 14th century: 鈥淣ow is the time to know that all that you do is sacred... Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace.鈥�

From the moment I was born, there鈥檚 been a constant sacred rhythm telling me to make every moment count, and not miss a beat. To live, to serve, to enjoy, to love, to worship. A birthday is a good reminder that this is my calling.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Feb 2017 06:30
    麻豆约拍 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.

500 Words

麻豆约拍 Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.