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Henry Blofeld and Camels

Chris chats to legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld about his upcoming 78 Retired tour. Plus he talks to a keeper of camels.

Chris chats to legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld about his upcoming 78 Retired tour and new book Over and Out: My Innings of a Lifetime with Test Match Special. Plus he talks to Joseph Fossett, the owner of eleven camels about their showbiz antics and how he puts them to bed! Continuing the theme of camels, our Top Tenuous leads us onto Lawrence of Arabia with your desperate claims to the fame of the film. Vassos is joined by the iconic Â鶹ԼÅÄ commentator Barry Davies in the Sports Locker to talk about the upcoming boat race and we Pause For Thought with Art Historian Dr Jim Harris.

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Wed 21 Mar 2018 06:30
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    Maniac

    • Flashdance O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • VIRGIN.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Distant Colours

    • Resistance Is Futile (Deluxe Edition).
    • Columbia.

  • 2 Unlimited

    Get Ready For This

    • (CD Single).
    • PWL Continental.

  • Red Box

    Lean On Me

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

  • WALK THE MOON

    Work This Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Janelle Monáe

    Make Me Feel

    • Dirty Computer.
    • Bad Boy Records.

  • Shaggy

    Oh Carolina

    • Shaggy - The Best Of Shaggy Part 1.
    • Virgin.

  • The Beatles

    When I'm Sixty-Four

    • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Apple.
    • 9.

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    I Hate Love Songs

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    • Black River Entertainment.

  • Free

    All Right Now

    • Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
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    • 15.

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    Pump It Up

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Gotta Praise

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    Rock DJ

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  • Meghan Trainor

    No Excuses

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    Dreadlock Holiday

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

  • Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners

    This Girl

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  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Was (Not Was)

    Shake Your Head (single version) (feat. Ozzy Osbourne & Kim Basinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana.

  • The Chordettes

    Mister Sandman

    • Christmas Memories Are Made Of This.
    • Virgin.

  • Albin Lee Meldau

    The Weight Is Gone

    • (CD Single).
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  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Dear Prudence

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Altered Images

    I Could Be Happy

    • Hits Of The 80's - Various Artists.
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  • Kim Wilde & Ricky Wilde

    Pop Don't Stop

    • Here Come The Aliens.
    • Wildeflower Records.

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    Hey, Soul Sister

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    All I Wanna Do

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  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
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Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Jim Harris, Art Historian:

Ìý

On Monday, I went to be treated at the hospital. And not just any hospital. On Monday, I went to the Hospital of Dread and Doom. On Monday, I went to the Dental Hospital.

Ìý

I'm sure not everyone feels as I do about teeth, but I am not a brave man in the dentist’s chair.Ìý I once went nine years without that pleasure, and I have to tell you, people, that’s a bad idea.

Ìý

Because last Autumn I found myself in a lot of pain. And when I say a lot of pain, I mean a lot of pain. I had an infection caused by a cracked molar and it was horrible.

So I went to the emergency dentist who was marvellous in the face of my cowering fear, but the tooth was a mess and she couldn't remove it all.Ìý So since then, I've been waiting to have the rest of it taken out.

Ìý

And on Monday it was.

Ìý

And guess what?Ìý It turns out that this not a story of despair, terror and pain after all.


Instead, it's a story about friendly, polite people at reception; about a dental nurse who made me feel comfortable and relaxed; and about a dental surgeon who was calm, professional and undertook the procedure with consummate skill.


It is literally the least dramatic story ever.

Ìý

In the bible, God’s people put their trust in him, as one verse says, 'whenever they were afraid' - and they were rewarded by God’s faithfulness. But although the Bible headlines are the fearful, Hollywood-dramatic moments - David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, the crossing of the Red Sea - the underlying thread of the book is of God’s simple reliability, his trustworthiness, not just to kings and prophets but to everyone.Ìý All the time.Ìý Whether they noticed it or not.

Ìý

Now I’m not saying that Kings College Dental Hospital and its staff are like God. Yet when I was afraid and in need there they were, ready to go and utterly trustworthy.


So this is a Pause about having to trust someone. And it’s a Pause about something trustworthy, skilled and kind.Ìý And it’s a Pause about gratitude, because in the NHS I reckon we have a great deal to be grateful for.

Ìý

So, thank you very much indeed.

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  • Wed 21 Mar 2018 06:30
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