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Matt Lucas sits in, with Jon Richardson

Matt Lucas sits in for Zoe and chats to comedian Jon Richardson about the return of Channel Hopping, his TV series on Comedy Central which looks at the world's wildest television.

Matt Lucas sits in for Zoe and chats to comedian Jon Richardson about the second series of Channel Hopping on Comedy Central. Each week Jon presents a weekly digest of the world's wildest TV to give us a better understanding of life beyond our small island. From X-rated talent shows to outrageous gameshows, from the worst of soap opera acting to bizarre reality shows.

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Matt and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a Pause For Thought from Father Brian D鈥橝rcy and listeners on the line as Matt entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Aug 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Becky Hill & David Guetta

    Remember

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Train

    Drive By

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 12.

  • The O鈥橨ays

    Love Train

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

  • Blue

    One Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Innocent.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Ain't It Funny

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Sony.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lost

    • Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.
    • RCA.

  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.

  • Zara Larsson

    Lush Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Jimmy Mack

    • Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Will Young

    Crying On The Bathroom Floor

    • Crying On The Bathroom Floor.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Crying At The Discotheque

  • Clean Bandit, Topic & Wes Nelson

    Drive

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Janet Jackson

    Whoops Now

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • ABBA

    Summer Night City

    • Abba - More Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Bad Habits

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Years & Years

    Starstruck

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Osmonds

    Crazy Horses

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

  • Harpo

    Movie Star

    • Super 70's (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Sam Fender

    Seventeen Going Under

    • Seventeen Going Under.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver & Joseph Williams

    Hakuna Matata

    • Disney's Greatest Hits.
    • BMG.

  • Swing Out Sister

    Breakout

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • MIKA

    Grace Kelly

    • (CD Single).
    • Casablanca.

  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Yola

    Starlight

    • Stand For Myself.
    • Easy Eye Sound.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

At the 93rd听Academy Awards this year the Original Music Score Award was won by composer Jon Batiste who wrote the music for the film听厂辞耻濒.听听The animated film tells the story of a jazz pianist who has a near-death experience and ends up stuck in the confused maze of a disturbing afterlife.听

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This leads him to re-think his entire life and especially the effects of the many choices he made. The stark conclusion is that so far he has taken his life and his gifts for granted.听In accepting the Oscar, Batiste celebrated the moment by giving thanks for what he termed the 鈥�12 notes鈥�:听He told the massive TV audience that God gives everyone 12 notes. It鈥檚 the same 12 notes that Duke Ellington had; that Bach, the Beatles and Nina Simone had. He emphasised that every gift is special;听that every piece of beautiful music comes from the divine.

听

Powerful music continues to move the world;听every song ever written and every song yet to be written - whether it鈥檚 鈥淪weet Caroline鈥� or Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony -听comes to us from the same 12 notes. 鈥淚鈥檓 thankful to God for those 12 notes,鈥� Batiste said proudly.听He then offered us听a challenge. God not only gives us musical notes but gifts us with another unique selection of 鈥渘otes鈥� or talents. And with these we have to create the soundtrack to our lives.听 This 鈥渟cale鈥� of 12 notes includes attitudes like compassion, mercy, forgiveness, justice, empathy, loyalty, honesty and peace.听

听

Our task is to lift the lives of others through the melody of our own life; it鈥檚 the same for the saint and the sinner, scientist and labourer, grandparent and child, corporate executive and forgotten homeless person - it鈥檚 our privilege to string together the theme tune to our lives with those 12 notes.听

听

Personally, I think Mozart鈥檚 view that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between, describes my life perfectly. My attempt to be a better person is so disjointed that the music becomes discordant. However it鈥檚 never too late to strike the right note; to compose a new tune and 鈥渢o help the world to sing in perfect harmony.鈥澨�

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  • Mon 2 Aug 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2