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Dr Michael Mosley, Annie and New Slang

Chris is joined by Dr Michael Mosley for a check up on the latest health stories hitting the headlines and learn about the hottest new slang with Radio 1 & 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth.

Chris is joined by Dr Michael Mosley for a check up on the latest health stories hitting the headlines including the Aussie flu, catching colds and sneezing. Vassos and Chris get an education in the hottest new slang with Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth, learning everything from "bae' to "on smash". 11 year old child star Isobel Khan wows us with a breath-taking blast of Tomorrow from the West End musical Annie. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by golf correspondent Iain Carter. For today's Top Tenuous we ask for your claims to the fame of "You thought you'd be in the film but you weren't" and the Pause For Thought comes from the Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 16 Jan 2018 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.

  • Red Box

    Lean On Me

    • Red Box - The Circle & The Square.
    • Sire.

  • Modern Romance

    Best Years Of Our Lives

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

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

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • Jeff Beck

    Hi Ho Silver Lining

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1967 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Midge Ure

    Breathe

    • Orchestrated.
    • BMG.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Christina Aguilera

    Candyman

    • Back To Basics.
    • RCA.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Jessie Ware

    Your Domino

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Dr. Feelgood

    Milk And Alcohol

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • George Ezra

    Blame It On Me

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    I Wanna Stay With You

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Miss You

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Tom Walker

    Leave A Light On

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

  • Billy Ocean

    Red Light Spells Danger

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

  • Frank Wilson

    Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Goldfinger

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Gabrielle

    When A Woman

    • (CD Single).
    • Go Beat.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds:聽

I was on the train down from Leeds yesterday - at some unearthly hour - and caught a glimpse of someone else鈥檚 newspaper. The story facing me was that Manchester Town Hall is going to close for six years for massive refurbishment. A similar fate awaits the Houses of Parliament in London, but the details of that one haven鈥檛 been nailed yet.

Anyway, the bit that I saw about Manchester that grabbed my attention is that the Town Hall clockface has inscribed on it the words: 鈥淭each us to number our days.鈥�

Now, how miserable is that? You鈥檙e off to the pub or to do your shopping, happy as Larry, and you look up to check you鈥檙e not late, and staring back at you is a warning to dampen your enthusiasm! Good grief. Or, is there another way of looking at it?

鈥淭each us to number our days鈥� wasn鈥檛 plucked from just anywhere. In fact, it comes straight out of the Bible - Psalm 90 verse 12 - and the full version says: 鈥淪o teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.鈥�

I think what this is saying is: come to terms with the fact that you are not going to live for ever! Despite all the self-help courses and ointments aimed at keeping us eternally youthful, you only get free once you face your mortality. And that, believe it or not, is very cheerful ... because it sets us free from anxiety and let鈥檚 us live every day to the full. Which is not bad, is it?

So, I can鈥檛 gain wisdom - or wise up - until I face up to reality - that every day counts. Which, of course, works in a variety of ways, because it also says to me: don鈥檛 waste your time! Don鈥檛 let the sun go down on your anger (to quote the Bible again), but sort out your relationships now, while there鈥檚 still time. If you get the chance, learn how to play and not just work: do I work to live or live to work? Why let trivia divide us and break us up when time is relatively short.

You probably get the point. Let鈥檚 learn to number our days and we might even become wise!

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