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Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx and ice creams!

Ansel Elgort and Jamie Foxx talk to Chris about their new film Baby Driver. For Great Job Wednesday, we speak to ice cream van man Paul Fields!

Ansel Elgort and Jamie Foxx talk to Chris about their new film Baby Driver, which they star in with Kevin Spacey, Lily James and Jon Hamm. For Great Job Wednesday, we speak to the mobile ice cream seller of the year Paul Fields! In the sport locker, Vassos chats to tennis player Jamie Murray. Writer and musician Jahnavi Harrison provides the daily Pause For Thought.

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Wed 21 Jun 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Martine McCutcheon

    Say I'm Not Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Take Me Out

    • Now That's What I Call Music 57.
    • Now.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Ariana Grande

    One Last Time

    • My Everything.
    • Republic Records.

  • Elton John

    Are You Ready for Love

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Shires

    Beats To Your Rhythm

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

  • The Beatles

    Strawberry Fields Forever

  • Sheryl Crow

    Be Myself

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 001.

  • Gipsy Kings

    Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Columbia.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Mirrors

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Artists for Grenfell

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • T. Rex

    Debora

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Baby Driver

    • Top Of The Morning With Terry Wogan.
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Bob & Earl

    The Harlem Shuffle

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Focus

    Hocus Pocus

    • (Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Barry White

    Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1974.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Commodores

    Easy

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Vanilla Ice

    Ice Ice Baby

    • Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme.
    • Sbk.

  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Sex Pistols

    Pretty Vacant

    • Sex Pistols - Never Mind The B*s.
    • Virgin.

  • Steps

    Story Of A Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Steps Music.
    • 009.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Diamonds Are Forever

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • Zak Abel

    Everybody Needs Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

Pause For Thought

Writer and Musician, Jahnavi Harrison.

On Monday I went to visit my old violin teacher, Amanda. I learnt with her from the age of 9 to 17, so on my way there I felt like I was driving backwards in time. Those half hours accumulated over the years, and gave me what I think is a real gift – to be able to play an instrument. In many ways I wasn’t really a great student. I didn’t practice so well and hated reading music. But Amanda was a great teacher. When I would voluntarily compose my own songs, no matter how rinky-dink they were, she would get her violin out and play them too, and for all the early years that my playing screeched like a dying cat, she always helped me to believe that one day, far in the future, it would actually sound good!


I didn’t continue studying music after we parted ways, but when I graduated from uni, an opportunity dropped into my lap to tour the world with a mantra music group. Those two months became several years – and a destiny unfolded with my violin at my side. I never knew how much it would mean to me – playing an instrument has carried me through difficult times, given me a voice when I had no confidence, and a way to serve others and hopefully bring them joy.


When I saw Amanda this week I gave her something I’d recorded a few years ago, with her name in the credits. I wanted her to know how much her contribution in my life had blossomed, and how grateful I was.


It was like no time had passed at all, and as we sat together and caught up on more than a decade of life, I appreciated even more, the connection between student and teacher, and how important it feels to let people know how much they have made a difference to my life.  


So thank you, all you teachers, slaving away in hot classrooms today!

Life is a bit slower when you are stopping to turn around and say thank you all the time. J but from my experience giving gratitude makes me a happier person and –I think, having a reason to slow down isn’t such a bad thing either?

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Jun 2017 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ 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.

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