Dara O'Briain, Space and Alpaca Trekking
Chris is joined by comedian Dara O'Briain who tells us all about his first ever children's book, Beyond the Sky. On Great Job Wednesday Chris meets alpaca trekker Lynne Jobes.
Chris is joined live in the studio by comedian Dara O'Briain who brings us some mind boggling facts from his first ever children's book, Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe and gets us up to speed on Mock the Week. On Great Job Wednesday Chris meets Alpaca Trekker Lynne Jobes who quit her job as a social worker for a more peaceful life with her furry friends in the Scottish Borders. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by Marcellus Baz who was named the Unsung Hero at 2016's Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sports Personality of the Year awards. Chris announces the dates for Carfest North and South 2018 and hears the listeners' record-breaking ideas for a Sunday fun-day. In today's Top Tenuous Vassos is inspired by Dara O'Briain's book by asking for your tenuous links to Space. Your mid-week Pause For Thought comes from Reverend Kate Bottley, presenter of The Sunday Hour on Radio 2.
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When Dara and Chris go head to head with space facts...
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Huey Lewis and the News
The Power Of Love
- Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
- Chrysalis.
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CNCO & Little Mix
Reggaetón Lento (Remix)
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- SYCO.
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Bachman–Turner Overdrive
Takin' Care of Business
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Texas
Summer Son
- Texas - The Greatest Hits.
- Mercury.
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Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line
- Traveling Wilburys Vol.1.
- Wilbury.
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AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls
Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
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- Polydor.
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Jack Savoretti
Whiskey Tango
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- BMG.
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Bananarama
Venus
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Luis Fonsi
Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)
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- Polydor.
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Free
All Right Now
- Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
- EMI.
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Jamie Lawson
Can't See Straight
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- Gingerbread Man Records.
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King
Love & Pride
- The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
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Bryan Adams
You Belong To Me
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Kaiser Chiefs
Ruby
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P!nk
What About Us
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- RCA.
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Madness
One Step Beyond
- Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
- EMI.
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George Benson
Never Give Up On A Good Thing
- George Benson - The Very Best Of.
- Warner E.S.P..
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Laura Branigan
Self Control
- Now 1984 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Nancy Sinatra
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
- The Greatest Hits Of Nancy Sinatra.
- Boulevard.
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JP Cooper
She's On My Mind
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- Island.
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Sam Smith
Like I Can
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- Capitol.
- 007.
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Urban Cookie Collective
The Key: The Secret
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The Killers
Mr Brightside
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- Island.
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Stereophonics
All In One Night
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Jamiroquai
Space Cowboy
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Scott McKenzie
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
- Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
- Global Television.
Pause for Thought
The Reverend Kate Bottley, a Church of England priest in North Nottinghamshire:
A couple of weekend’s ago I cracked out the tie dye, got a henna tattoo and put flowers in my hair as the Bottleys rocked the festival vibe. There were loads to choose from - Glastonbury to Carfest North and South and of course this weekend coming there’s the Radio 2 festival in a day at Hyde Park. Ìý
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We chose the Greenbelt festival in Northamptonshire, and it was fab. There’s something about a festival - the world seems a gentler and kinder place. My avid festivalgoer mate Dave can testify to the kinder part. When Dave lost his wallet at a festival a little while back it looked like it might spoil his weekend. ÌýHe retraced his steps, double checked the portaloos and tried praying to St Anthony, the patron saint of lost things, but to no avail. Eventually he decided to ask at the lost property office, it was a long shot. But it paid off sure enough the wallet had been handed in. Dave had resigned himself that maybe his cards might still be there but the cash budgeted for the weekend was certain to be gone.ÌýImagine his surprise then when not only were credit cards found safely tucked inside but also all the cash, Dave decided to count it just to be certain, 20, 30, 40. Dave could have sworn there wasn’t that much in his wallet when he lost it and then tucked among the tenners he found a note, it read ‘I guess you’ve had a stressful time, thinking you’d lost your wallet, so here’s an extra twenty quid to buy yourself a little something. Have a great day.’
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The Bible says ‘Whoever brings a blessing on others, will themselves be blessed.’ Doing good feels good and even though kindness is its own reward I suspect that Dave wasn’t the only one who benefitted from the act of generosity I think the mystery giver probably did too, rightly feeling good about what they had done. Generosity is contagious and kindness catching, not only did generous gesture turn Dave’s day from a disaster into a triumph, the story of the mystery giver makes everyone’s day Dave tells it to, keeping the festival joy alive for longer and I for one think that’s a bargain for twenty quid.Broadcast
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