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Magnesium and Oliver's Mark Lester

Chris marvels at the benefits of magnesium with Dr Michael Mosley and meets Mark Lester, who played Oliver in the original 1968 film adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic.

Chris marvels at the magic of magnesium with Dr Michael Mosley, who tells us how this natural mineral is involved in 600 reactions in our bodies and can even aid sore knees and insomnia. On Day 4 of the Eggs Files, Chris asks listeners for their recipes for perfect boiled egg. We continue our love affair of the film Oliver! by asking the listeners cast suggestions for the Oliver! re-make. The Not-So-Mystery-Guest today is the Mark Lester, who played Oliver in the original 1968 adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, he reminisces about his time on set and gives us his tips on the re-make, which sparks a second Top Tenuous on the film. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by Olympic Gold medal-winning show jumper Nick Skelton. Writer and vicar Dave Tomlinson has Thursday's Pause For Thought.

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Thu 19 Oct 2017 06:30
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  • Bachman鈥揟urner Overdrive

    You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • Camila Cabello

    Havana (feat. Young Thug)

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Whitney Houston

    I'm Every Woman

    • Funky Divas 3 (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Corrs

    Breathless

    • (CD Single).
    • 143 Records.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    It's A Beautiful Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Jools Holland & Jos茅 Feliciano

    Let's Find Each Other Tonight

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.

  • Coldplay

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Rita Ora

    Your Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Beatles

    Michelle

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 7.

  • George Michael

    Fantasy (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • (CD Single).
    • CMG.

  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Michael Jackson

    Earth Song (Album Version)

    • HIStory.
    • Epic.

  • Paloma Faith

    Crybaby

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Elbow Bones & The Racketeers

    A Night In New York

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Diana Ross

    Chain Reaction

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

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Texas

    In Our Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Mark Lester & Ensemble

    Who Will Buy

  • Ron Moody & Boys

    Pick A Pocket Or Two

  • Mark Lester

    Where Is Love?

    • Oliver! An Original Soundtrack Recording.

  • Jack Wild, Mark Lester & Ensemble

    Consider Yourself

  • Sam Smith

    Pray

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

    • Now 27 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Stereophonics

    Caught By The Wind

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Cast Of Oliver

    Food Glorious Food

    • The Greatest Hits Of The Musicals (V).
    • EMI.

  • Pretenders

    Forever Young

    • The Pretenders: Greatest Hits.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 7.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson, writer and Vicar of St Luke鈥檚 Holloway in London:

聽One of my favourite vicarly duties is baptising children 鈥� and rumour has it that I鈥檓 a bit of a baby whisperer. They do mostly behave for me, which is no mean achievement given that I douse them with cold water (although I do mostly sneak a bit of warm into the jug!)

聽Last Saturday it was Archie鈥檚 turn (I dunked his brother Alfie last year), and he was a dream apart from insisting on grabbing my glasses. He was so good that I held onto him for the rest of the service. Someone showed me a picture of Archie gazing at me while I blessed him. 鈥榊ou must have very good karma鈥�, she said. Hypnotic Liverpudlian charm, more like it!

聽In our church after a baptism, we often play The Pretenders version of Bob Dylan鈥檚 song 鈥楩orever Young鈥�.

聽Dylan wrote the song for his son Jesse, and released it almost exactly 44 years ago. It opens with the lines 鈥楳ay God bless and keep you always / May your wishes all come true鈥�, and then proceeds as a gritty prayer for his son to remain strong and happy even in adversity 鈥� and to never lose his inner youth.

聽In an age when children had minimal status, Jesus gave them surprisingly good press. He famously rebuked his disciples when they tried to stop parents bringing their children for a blessing, and once held up a child telling the crowd that they needed to become like her 鈥� to sometimes abandon caution, take time to play, be curious, have a go at something new, live in the moment.

聽One of my role models for staying forever young was an Australian priest called Peter Thomson, a man who influenced international politicians, leaders of industry and academics, yet somehow managed never to grow up. No one could make my wife giggle like Peter. He was warm as toast, cheeky as a monkey 鈥� and endearingly irresponsible. And no one showed us better how, in Bob Dylan鈥檚 words, to 鈥榖uild a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung.鈥�

聽May little Archie grow up knowing this in his life too.聽

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