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Nicki Chapman sits in with Rick Astley

Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman. Nicki chats to Rick Astley about the reversion of his single Never Gonna Give You Up, and looks back at his amazing year

Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman and the team. Nicki chats to Rick Astley about the reversion of his single Never Gonna Give You Up; how was Christmas in the Astley household, and his amazing 2019.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Jules Lang on travel and Betty Glover on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Nicki entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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Boxing Day 2019 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn & Electric Light Orchestra

    Xanadu

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Wandering Star

    • Blue Moon Rising E.P..
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Queen

    A Kind Of Magic

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Power Over Me

    • Outnumbered.
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Katy Perry

    Roar

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • All Saints

    Pure Shores

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 8.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Red Alert

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Gonzalez

    I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 4.

  • Jack Savoretti

    When You're Gone (Radio 2 Session, 29 Nov 2019)

  • Lucky Daye

    Fly

    • Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Keep Cool/RCA Records.

  • Matthew Wilder

    Break My Stride

    • Love & Pride - A Kick Up The 80's: Vo.
    • Old Gold.

  • Olly Murs

    Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Steve Winwood

    Valerie

    • Pure Rock Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • SHAED

    Trampoline (feat. ZAYN)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Steps

    Scared Of The Dark

    • (CD Single).
    • Steps Music.
    • 1.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

  • Bananarama

    Shy Boy

    • The Very Best Of Bananarama.
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Jimmy Nail

    Ain't No Doubt

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Before You Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Rick Astley

    Never Gonna Give You Up (Pianoforte version)

    • Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Someb.
    • RCA.

  • Tina Turner

    The Best

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

  • Blue

    One Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Innocent.

  • Doctor and the Medics

    Spirit In The Sky

    • Laughing At The Pieces.
    • Irs.

  • Roxette

    Joyride

  • Ava Max

    So Am I

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • Everything but the Girl

    Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

    Remix Artist: Todd Terry.
    • Passion (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.

  • Melanie C

    High Heels (feat. Sink the Pink)

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Girl Media.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Matt Woodcock, Church of England Pioneer Minister and Mission Supporter in the Diocese of York:

I have mixed feelings about Boxing Day. There is lots for me to feel happy and relieved about. Like not being shaken by our twin daughters at 5.30am demanding their chocolate Advent Calendars, no more worries about small children setting me on fire at a Carols by candlelight, and an end to simmering tensions with my wife about the whereabouts of the scissors and sellotape.

Yet I still can鈥檛 help feeling a sense of anti-climax after yesterday鈥檚 festive crescendo. All that build up and anticipation gone in a puff of unpleasant turkey whiffs - or was that just in our front room?

The poet Sylvia Plath once described Boxing Day as a day to feel 鈥榙颈蝉补辫辫辞颈苍迟别诲鈥� and 鈥榦惫别谤蝉迟耻蹿蹿别诲鈥�. I know what she means. My body has once again suffered the consequences of epic overindulging. That fifth 鈥榩ig in blanket鈥� was entirely unnecessary at my in-laws dinner table; my love handles have turned into love shelves.

At least I have treasured memories to feed on to beat the post-Christmas blues, like my daughter鈥檚 face when she unwrapped her new toy Dalmatian 鈥� Jessica, the sound of laughter and terrible cracker jokes among the paper-hat wearing pensioners at our community lunch, and the guy so overcome with joy at being invited to his first ever Christmas party that he stormed our stage to dance to Slade. I couldn鈥檛 get him off.

I鈥檝e once again seen how this season has the power to motivate people to new levels of kindness and compassion. Marvelled at how the message of the Christmas story - light overcoming darkness - is being lived out in beautiful and practical ways.

Take our local plasterer - Lee.

He鈥檚 been inspired to action after meeting a freezing homeless man on his way home from a Christmas do, and mobilised friends and family to go with him early tomorrow to offer out hot drinks, bacon butties and conversation.聽

The challenge of my faith is that I should try to live out the loving, serving example of Jesus throughout the year. Extend the season of peace and goodwill to all humankind - long after the chocolate logs have been eaten and baubles packed away in the loft.

As for the rest of my Boxing Day, it鈥檚 yet another party at the in-laws. Pigs in blankets all round.

Broadcast

  • Boxing Day 2019 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2