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Matt Cardle, Alexandra Burke, Everybody's Talking about Jamie and The Feeling

Chris celebrates the best of the West End with Strictly Ballroom the Musical's Matt Cardle, Chicago's Alexandra Burke, the cast members from Everybody's Talking About Jamie and The Feeling perform live in the studio.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 3 Aug 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Cheat Codes & Little Mix

    Only You

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.

  • John Legend

    Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

    • Hitch: Original Soundtrack.
    • 2.

  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Paul McCartney

    Come On To Me

    • Egypt Station.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 2.

  • Tears for Fears

    Shout

    • Songs From The Big Chair: Deluxe Edition.
    • Mercury.

  • The Animals

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

  • The Zombies

    She's Not There

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

    • AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
    • Albert.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • Yes

    Owner Of A Lonely Heart

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Blondie

    One Way Or Another

    • Blondie - Parallel Lines.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 2.

  • Eddie & the Hot Rods

    Do Anything You Wanna Do

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • The Shires

    Echo

    • Accidentally On Purpose.
    • Decca.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Miles Kane

    Cry On My Guitar

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Sugababes

    Push The Button

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    If Love Is The Law

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Paloma Faith

    Warrior

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Writer Abdul-Rehman Malik:

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Chris, as you know, I used to be a high school teacher and I often look upon that time with nostalgia. I imagine myself the hip, engaged, passionate educator unlocking the potential of young minds by teaching them to think freely and learn deeply - a self-styled James Dean of teaching.

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Alas, memory has a habit of obscuring reality and the universe has a way of making you remember that reality bites. As the tens of thousands of teachers who are finally enjoying a much-needed break right now can testify, all that work of opening hearts and minds is gruelling. This last week I was reminded of how exhausting it can be.

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I found myself in a cramped church garden in the Dutch city of The Hague, trying to deliver a workshop on storytelling to a group of 13-17 year olds. It was deliciously warm outside and they pretty much wanted to be anywhere but there.

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My little class of hot and bothered teens had come from different places in Europe. For many, it was their first time travelling out of their home countries. Most of these kids also belonged to youth groups run by their local churches or mosques and they had been sent to this special camp to learn ways in which people of different beliefs and cultures could find common ground. But it鈥檚 summer, I could see them saying to themselves, it鈥檚 time to play.

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鈥淚 still get wildly enthusiastic about little things,鈥� exclaimed the legendary American educator Leo Buscaglia. 鈥淚 play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work.鈥�

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So we ended up playing. We played tag, told ridiculous stories about everyday objects and brought their ideas alive through drama. When, at the end of the day, they each told a story of why they wanted to build a better world, I felt victorious.

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Like John McCrae鈥檚 title character Jamie from Dan鈥檚 triumphant musical, most kids 鈥� and adults 鈥� are bursting express themselves. It鈥檚 our job to make it easy for them. Getting them there might be exhausting, but it鈥檚 wonderful 鈥� and that鈥檚 makes it all worth it.

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