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A fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Adele

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖtown Glory

    • (CD Single).
    • Pacemaker Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Christina Aguilera

    Candyman

    • Back To Basics.
    • RCA.
  • Bay City Rollers

    I Only Want To Be With You

  • Bow Wow Wow

    I Want Candy

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.
  • Chromeo

    Jealous (I Ain't With It)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Up Around The Bend

    • Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chroni.
    • Fantasy.
    • 24.
  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    The Candy Man

    • Hits Of 1971 & 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.
  • Eagles

    Hotel California

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.
  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.
  • Paloma Faith

    Only Love Can Hurt Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 004.
  • First Aid Kit

    My Silver Lining

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
  • First Aid Kit

    Emmylou

    • (CD Single).
    • Witchita.
    • 1.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.
  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.
  • Madonna

    Into The Groove

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.
  • Dean Martin

    That's Amore

    • Best Of The Capitol Years - Dean Mart.
    • Capitol.
  • Kylie Minogue

    I Was Gonna Cancel

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 003.
  • Matt Monro & The John Barry Orchestra

    Born Free

    • The Best Of John Barry: Themeology.
    • Columbia.
  • New Edition

    Candy Girl

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.
  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Bachelor Boy

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    In The Country

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Summer Holiday

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
  • The Rolling Stones

    (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

    • The Rolling Stones.
    • London.
  • The Shires

    Nashville Grey Skies

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.
  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Baby Driver

    • Top Of The Morning With Terry Wogan.
    • Sony Music TV.
  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

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

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.
  • Tanita Tikaram

    Good Tradition

    • The Best Of Tanita Tikaram.
    • East West Records.
  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.
  • Andy Williams

    Moon River

    • The Best Of Andy Williams.
    • Dino.
  • Robbie Williams

    Candy

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Father Christopher Jamison, Benedictine Monk:Ìý

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The news this week of a mine explosion in Turkey included the shocking figure of 240 dead and over 400 still trapped. As I listened to the news bulletin those numbers literally stopped me in my tracks and I prayed for their families. Everyday many people face the tragic death of a loved one and their grief remains with them for the rest of their life. Recently I listened to one American couple describe their grief at losing a son who 12 months ago took his own life. The couple in question are Ric and Kay Warren. Ric is the Christian pastor who said the prayers at President Obama’s inauguration and he leads a large church in California. In the Albert Hall last week, he and Kay told a conference how nothing had prepared them for the desolation of their son’s suicide. But Kay described how something slowly came to her through the horror. She said: ‘God is not powerless among the ruins.’ Her son was a victim of mental illness but at that moment she refused to become a second victim of that illness. The faithful Christian life that she and her husband lead had not spared them from life’s tragedies nor had it shielded them from heart rending grief. What Kay came to realise was that her faith had not taken away her pain but gave her hope that around the pain something might grow. So as news comes in about the Turkish mining disaster or about other untimely deaths, my prayer will be that the families of those affected – of any faith - will not lose hope and that in the midst of their pain they may know that new life can grow amidst the most terrible ruins.

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Broadcast

  • Thu 15 May 2014 06:30

Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.

500 Words

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.