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Saoirse Ronan, John Simm, Will.i.am and Rudimental

Will.i.am brings Chris his new novel, actor John Simm on ITV's new drama and Saoirse Ronan on her latest film Lady Bird. Plus Rudimental play live with special guest Jess Glynne.

Chris rolls out the red carpet for another fun filled Friday show with superstar guests. Will.i.am brings us his action adventure novel Wizards and Robots, actor John Simm spills the beans on his new ITV drama Trauma and Saoirse Ronan tells us about her new film Lady Bird. Plus Rudimental play live in the studio with special guest Jess Glynne. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 9 Feb 2018 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • Bruno Mars

    Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Something to Talk About

    • (CD Single).
    • Xl Recordings.

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

  • Squeeze

    Is That Love?

    • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
    • Universal/A&M.

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    It's A Beautiful World

    • Who Built The Moon?.
    • Sour Mash.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Roy Orbison

    Oh, Pretty Woman

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 16.

  • Serious Rockin'

    • Led Zeppelin

      Black Dog

      • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
      • Atlantic.

    • Alice Cooper

      School's Out

      • Sounds Of The 70's (Various Artists).
      • Warner E.S.P..

    • Focus

      Hocus Pocus

      • (Single).
      • Polydor.
      • 1.

    • The Darkness

      I Believe In A Thing Called Love

      • The Darkness - Permission To Land.
      • Atlantic.

    • Deep Purple

      Black Night

      • The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
      • Premier.

  • Toto

    Spanish Sea

    • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
    • Sony Legacy.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

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

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Rudimental

    Sun Comes Up (Radio 2 Session, 09 Feb 2018)

  • Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso

    Let Me Go (feat. Florida Georgia Line & Andrew Watt)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Rudimental

    These Days (Radio 2 Session, 09 Feb 2018) (feat. Jess Glynne & Dan Caplen)

  • Rudimental

    These Days (Radio 2 Session, 09 Feb 2018) (feat. Jess Glynne & Dan Caplen)

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Rudimental

    Lay It All On Me (Radio 2 Session, 09 Feb 2018)

  • Rudimental

    Music Sounds Better With You (Radio 2 Session, 09 Feb 2018)

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

It鈥檚 daunting to take the mic in such company, such skilled microphone-users. Only yesterday, a banana stood in for a mic as I sang along to my mp3 player. I call the playlist 鈥楶orous鈥�: lots of very soft rock. But did I have 鈥渢he Voice鈥�? My four-year-old turned her chair around, only to say, and I quote: 鈥淒addy, you鈥檙e not a popstar 鈥� you鈥檙e a person!鈥�

Well, I gotta feeling popstars are people too. The ones here look pretty real to me 鈥� used to life鈥檚 highs and lows, that reach all of us: from popstars to actors to, forgive my daughter, 鈥減eople鈥�. They say it鈥檚 tough at the top, and it鈥檚 tough at the bottom, and I can report it can be pretty tricky around the middle.

This week a comedian pal of mine had a disastrous audition for a certain TV talent show 鈥� even more brutal than my four-year-old. So he did what many of us stand-ups do... He invoked 鈥楳illican鈥檚 Law鈥�. Comic Sarah Millican proposed this: after a tough gig, you can mope, rant and rail as much as you like, till 11am the next day. Then you draw a line under it, move on 鈥� not taking to the next gig the weight of the last.

But鈥� if you nail the gig, storm it, knock it out the park 鈥� same deal. Your smugness expires at 11am next day. Next gig, we start from scratch.

Christians, Jews and Muslims unite in the belief that we can bring to God our joys and woes, our highs and lows, in prayer, in lament.

There鈥檚 a song we sing in church 鈥� and in my kitchen, on my Porous playlist 鈥� called Blessed Be Your Name: 鈥淲hen the sun鈥檚 shining down on me鈥hen I鈥檓 found in the desert place鈥� Blessed Be Your Name.鈥�

Sharing those moments helps me. But whether it鈥檚 God鈥檚 Law or Millican鈥檚 Law or... I don鈥檛 know, coleslaw 鈥� here鈥檚 to celebrating at our highest, to ranting and railing at our lowest, and here鈥檚 to those 11ams, whenever we reset, ready for the next job.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽

So God bless you and you and him and her and us and them, in our post-gig smug zones, traumas and weeks off. I鈥檒l relinquish the microphone and go back to bananas.

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