Private Chris Gray
Jeremy Vine meets the mother of Private Chris Gray, who was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Helen remembers a boy who loved playing army games online on his X-Box.
As part of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music Day, Jeremy Vine talks to the mothers of four soldiers who died in conflict and asks them to share their memories through the music their sons loved to listen to.
Private Chris Gray was born in Leicester, but died in Afghanistan on 13 April 2007, aged 19. He was serving with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, when he was shot by a Taliban fighter just three weeks into his first tour of duty, and just eight months after he joined the Army.
His mother Helen Gray recalls how Chris was always a keen online gamer. She would watch him playing army games on his X-Box, and remind him that in real-life, there was no second chance when shots are fired. Featuring an illicit visit to Ratby Sports Club, Helen reflects on Chris' life with the music of Feeder, Snow Patrol and the Halo soundtrack.
Produced by Eleanor Kifvel.
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Music Played
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R. Kelly
The World's Greatest
- (CD Single).
- Jive.
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Feeder
Buck Rogers
- Echo.
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Snow Patrol
Chasing Cars
- (CD Single).
- Fiction.
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Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori
Halo theme
- Halo: Original Soundtrack.
- Cadiz Music Ltd.
- 26.
Broadcast
- Wed 14 Jun 2017 13:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
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