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Andrew Garfield, Gerard Butler, Greg Davies and The Corrs

Andrew Garfield and Gerard Butler join Chris to discuss their new movies. Plus, comedian Greg Davies, and Irish band The Corrs perform live in the studio.

Chris rolls out the red carpet for another fun Friday show with Andrew Garfield, discussing his latest film Breathe, based on the inspiring true story of the Cavendish family who pioneered disability mobility. There's a mascara warning as Chris gets a little teary discussing the film, before surprising Andrew with a special guest on the phone. Action hero Gerard Butler previews his huge global blockbuster Geostorm, which NASA say isn't as crazy as you'd think, and comedian Greg Davies is a busy man as he spills the beans on series 4 of his Channel 4 sitcom Man Down, Taskmaster, and his virtually sold out stand-up tour. Plus The Corrs perform songs from their upcoming album 'Jupiter Calling' live in the studio!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 20 Oct 2017 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Steps

    Dancing With A Broken Heart

    • Tears On The Dancefloor: Crying At The Disco Deluxe Edition.
    • Steps Music.

  • Little Richard

    Long Tall Sally

    • Little Richard - British Hit Singles.
    • Ace.

  • David Guetta

    When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Eric Clapton

    Hello Old Friend

    • Complete Clapton.
    • Polydor.

  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.

  • Craig David

    Heartline

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.

  • The Police

    Roxanne

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Years & Years

    King

  • Baccara

    Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Roy Orbison & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    I Drove All Night (feat. Ward Thomas)

    • A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Legacy Recordings.

  • Katy Perry

    Firework

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

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

  • Charlie Puth

    How Long

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

  • Morrissey

    Spent The Day In Bed

    • Low In High School.
    • BMG.

  • Jessie Ware

    Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev鈥檇 Richard Coles, cleric and broadcaster:

I think of myself as the kind of passenger who likes to talk to taxi drivers. Not always - sometimes the demands of social media require my whole attention - but more often than not I am happy to engage in conversation. Once, in an unusual reversal of roles, a driver politely asked me if I would please stop talking.

聽Not so the other night, when I was being driven home late at night along the M1. I was in a dog collar and my driver was wearing a taqiya, a skull cap, and, clocking each other鈥檚 indicators of religion affiliation, Christianity and Islam, we talked shop. This happens quite often. I have talked tabernacles with a rabbi between Kings Cross and Newcastle, and discussed Diwali with a Sikh while being processed at airport security. I always enjoy these conversations because they give detail and personality to discussions which are often rather abstract and theoretical.

聽And so it was with the driver. By J9 we had got on to conversion, and I told him my story of finding my way to faith after the turbulence of my twenties.

聽鈥淢e too,鈥� he said. He was of North African heritage but grew up in Britain and in his twenties lapsed from the faith of his ancestors and lived a colourful life. 鈥淪ex and drugs and rock and roll, like me?鈥� I asked. Not quite, but near enough. 鈥淚 lived pretty much like any other lad in a big city in 80s Britain,鈥� he said. So what happened?

聽"I just became aware of the dawn, of birdsong, of different light, and air, and sounds, and the feel of things, at different times of the day,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd suddenly I wanted to pray. So I started to, five times every day, and going to the mosque. And that was that.鈥澛� And he offered me a luscious date from a paper bag. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e from Jerusalem,鈥� he said.

聽鈥淥h, do you have a connection to Jerusalem?鈥� I asked.

聽鈥淩everend, what a question!鈥� he said, 鈥渨e ALL have a connection to Jerusalem鈥�.

聽I often wish the doom-laden discourse of the clash of civilisations would admit more of this - that one faith encounters another in common history, shared experience, shared dates. Peace be with you.

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