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Sara is joined by Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson for all the latest Poldark drama. Plus British breakthrough band Bastille perform live in the studio with music from their upcoming album Wild World.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 2 Sep 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Roxette

    The Look

    • Now 15 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Betsy

    Lost & Found

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience

    The Crown

    • A Complete Introduction To Tamla Motown (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Shut Up And Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Call Me Maybe

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Oasis

    Whatever

    • Smash Hits '95 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Shires

    Beats To Your Rhythm

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • The Supremes

    Where Did Our Love Go

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • The Police

    Spirits In The Material World

    • The Police - Message In A Box (Cd 3).
    • A&M.

  • KT Tunstall

    Maybe It's A Good Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

  • Sigma

    Cry (feat. Take That)

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 001.

  • Ram Jam

    Black Betty

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll: 1977 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 2.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Jet

    Are You Gonna Be My Girl

    • Hits 60 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Sia

    Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul)

    • This Is Acting.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • Shaggy

    Oh Carolina

    • Shaggy - The Best Of Shaggy Part 1.
    • Virgin.

  • INXS

    Need You Tonight

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Come With Us

    • Familia.
    • Re/Essential.
    • 001.

  • Ben E. King

    Stand By Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

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

  • OneRepublic

    Kids

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii (Radio 2 Session, 2 Sep 2016)

  • Lauryn Hill

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Jodie Abacus

    I'll Be That Friend

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

  • Bastille

    Good Grief (Radio 2 Session, 2 Sep 2016)

  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Bastille

    Killer (Radio 2 Session, 2 Sep 2016)

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Abdul-Rehman Malik, journalist and broadcaster

听

I can鈥檛 lie to you Sara 鈥� it鈥檚 been a funny few days.

听

The week after a bank holiday is always a bit of challenge. I wake up on Tuesday thinking it鈥檚 a Monday and by the time Friday rolls around, I realize that the week has evaporated and there鈥檚 too many items on my 鈥渢o do鈥� list that remain decidedly undone. It can be maddening.

听

I wish I could be as determined and energetic as Ross Poldark, whom Aidan so hunkily portrays on television. I also wish I could be as fit, but sadly I fall short on that count too. I am admittedly more cheesecake than beefcake.

听

I think we all go through moments where we鈥檙e overwhelmed and unprepared for what life throws at us. We get lost in deadlines and duties. And when things don鈥檛 go to plan, we get frustrated. Sometimes we get angry 鈥� and anger has a bad habit of spilling over on to others.

听

Watching the video of Jeremy Vine鈥檚 encounter with an infuriated driver whilst biking along a busy London street this week, I was horrified by how the driver became. I鈥檇 like to think most of us are good people who sometimes have really bad days, so I wonder what that person must have been going through to act the way she did?

听

The Persian mystic Hafiz had something to say about anger. Since we all come from the same Divine source, he argued, our anger towards others is ultimately directed at ourselves.

听

鈥淚 have come into this world鈥� he wrote, 鈥渢o see this: the sword drop from men鈥檚 hands even at the height of their arc of rage because we have finally realized there is just one flesh we can wound.鈥�

听

It鈥檚 a hopeful sentiment.

听

Sometimes we need a Demelza to get us there. Eleanor鈥檚 compelling character, tries to help her husband become a better version of himself when difficulty strikes and resentment grows. We can certainly be Demelzas for each other.

听

Now, if the mystic Hafiz had watched Poldark, he might have suggested taking up scything as a character building activity. It鈥檇 surely blow off a bit of steam. I鈥檇 give it a go, especially if it made me look a bit more like Aidan in the process.听 With that thought, my day鈥檚 looking brighter already.

听

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