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Kevin McCloud and Gennaro Contaldo

Chris chats to Kevin McCloud about restoration tips and Great British Buildings, plus superchef Gennaro Contaldo gives us his traditional Italian lasagne recipe.

It's Friday-eve and Chris is joined by Kevin McCloud, who gives us his restoration tips and tells us about his Channel 4 show on Great British Buildings. Jamie Oliver's mentor Gennaro Contaldo passionately reveals the secrets to a traditional Italian lasagne and gymnast Sam Oldham joins Vassos in the sports locker. There's a magical moment with young Teddie in Kids For A Fanfare, two classic long songs from AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, plus a poignant Pause For Thought from Methodist Minister Leslie Griffiths. Today's show is dedicated to all our emergency services, and listener elders, because Vi Marlin is 111 years old!

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Thu 23 Mar 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Whispers

    It's A Love Thing

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • EARL

    Tongue Tied

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Fatboy Slim

    Praise You

    • Now 1999 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Lady A

    You Look Good

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Nashville.

  • Estelle

    American Boy (feat. Ye)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 70 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 6.

  • Glenn Miller

    Moonlight Serenade

    • Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.

  • Lorde

    Green Light

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Free

    All Right Now

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

  • Chuck Berry

    You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • MCA.

  • Chuck Berry

    Big Boys

    • (CD Single).
    • Dualtone Music Group.

  • AC/DC

    Whole Lotta Rosie

  • Led Zeppelin

    Whole Lotta Love

    • Early Days.
    • Atlantic.
    • 13.

  • Maren Morris

    My Church

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

  • Toni Braxton

    Un-Break My Heart

    • Toni Braxton - Secrets.
    • Laface.

  • R.E.M.

    The One I Love

    • R.E.M..
    • Irs.

  • Rosemary Clooney

    Mambo Italiano

    • Rediscover The 50's - Sugartime.
    • Old Gold.

  • Deep Purple

    Johnny's Band

    • inFinite.
    • earMUSIC.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Hong Kong Garden

    • The Best Of Siouxsie & The Banshees.
    • Polydor.

  • Bow Wow Wow

    Go Wild In The Country

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

  • The Shires

    Drive

    • My Universe.
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Matt Monro

    On Days Like These

    • Matt Monro Sings Don Black.
    • EMI.

  • Elbow

    Open Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:听听听听听听听

Yesterday was such a grim day with tragedy and mayhem at the heart of our capital city. I was right there though not in sight of the grim events. I was among those locked up in parliament and then funnelled over to Westminster Abbey. We face a new day with great sadness in our hearts and yet, as our Prime Minister has said, determined to get on with life as best we can.

Nothing can offer a better snook to cock at the perpetrators of terror than Red Nose Day. So let鈥檚 get one with it and remind ourselves that tomorrow, the day itself, will be a reminder that it can do us good now and again to abandon our inhibitions and be prepared to look silly. For so much of the time, we live our lives through filters which distort or hide our real selves from the gaze of others. No less a person than one of the country鈥檚 leading stand-up comics suggests that the best way to deal with that might be to throw away those filters, to wear a red nose, and to tell a joke in public. That way, by making ourselves vulnerable, by throwing down our normal defence mechanisms, we might give our real selves a chance to shine.

One of my biblical heroes is Paul, surely a contender to be the Patron Saint of Red Nose Day. I don鈥檛 suppose he ever plonked a red blob on his nose but he did seem ready to wear his heart on his sleeve. He made himself vulnerable all right. Once, in Athens for example, he got himself invited to address the parliament and, among the professors and crack-brained dreamers of that city, he made a pitch for the Christian message only to find himself, literally, laughed out of court. 鈥淒on鈥檛 ring us, we鈥檒l ring you,鈥� they bellowed as, one after the other, they filed out of the assembly room.

Two people remained, one a prostitute and the other a Senator. Paul鈥檚 word had touched their hearts. I鈥檇 be chuffed to death if my weekly offerings made an appeal to a spectrum that wide.

It鈥檚 all about being ourselves and standing up for the values we believe in.

听

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