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Nick Knowles and Benoit Blin

Chris Evans presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 26 Sep 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Jodie Abacus

    I'll Be That Friend

    • I'll Be That Friend.
    • Ministry Of Sound.
    • 1.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    People Are Strange

    • Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo.
    • Korova.

  • Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

    Good Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

    • What Have We Become.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.

  • The Clash

    Should I Stay Or Should I Go

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Robbie Williams

    The Heavy Entertainment Show

    • The Heavy Entertainment Show.
    • Columbia.

  • Muse

    Starlight

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Zara Larsson

    Lush Life

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

  • Dean Parrish

    I'm On My Way

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

  • Coldplay

    A Head Full Of Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Jess Glynne

    Hold My Hand

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bryan Adams

    You Belong To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Relax

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

  • Elle King

    Ex's And Oh's

    • Love Stuff.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Tom Jones

    It's Not Unusual

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • The Beatles

    Oh! Darling

    • Abbey Road.
    • Apple.
    • 4.

  • DNCE

    Cake By The Ocean

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.
    • 1.

  • Van Morrison

    Too Late

    • Keep Me Singing.
    • Exile.

  • Shania Twain

    Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Jam Story.
    • Universal.

  • Barbara Dickson

    January February

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Jamie Cullum

    I'm All Over It

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought
From Remona Aly, freelance journalist and editor:

You know how some people have a bucket list of places they must see before they die, well the former eastern bloc was not on mine, but earlier this year I found myself in the Ukraine visiting an old uni friend. And as it turns out, it was quite an eye-opening surprise.

I marvelled at the soaring cathedrals topped with gleaming domes lining the sky; I over-indulged in the delights of chocolate factories that Willy Wonka would have traded an oompa loompa for; and I rambled around markets that bulged with babushka dolls and rusty souvenirs whispering of war.

One evening, after a tiring day out, we almost passed on by yet another cathedral, but there was something pulling me inside. When I stepped through the wide arched door, it was like I stepped into a beautiful painting.

I blended into a multicoloured sea of headscarves worn by Catholic worshippers, and my friend lost me for a moment in the crowd, but I also lost myself in the moment.

The congregation moved in a throng of devotion as priests held the Bible high in the air, their voices rising towards the lofty ceiling.

Even though I didn鈥檛 recognise the words or the rituals, I was deeply moved. I felt like a giant spiritual mirror was held up and reflected that same sacred yearning that I recognised in my own faith.

It鈥檚 the same feeling when I hear my Jewish friends welcome the Shabbat on a Friday night. It鈥檚 the same feeling when I see Sikhs bow in the gurdwara in reverence to their holy scripture.

That love, that devotion, that search for meaning is universal, it鈥檚 a human need.

The late Muslim boxing legend and global hero, Muhammad Ali, in his usual eloquence was spot on when he said: 鈥淩ivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names, but all contain water. Religions have different names but all contain truth.

I think of Muhammad Ali鈥檚 words when I try to make sense of this world and all the different paths we take. It can be so baffling, and seem so complicated, but the most beautiful thing about people is our difference, our variety, our expressions of belief. Everyone seeks their own truth in their own way, wherever and however it lies.

If truth is like water, maybe we just need to go with the flow.

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