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Sir Michael Caine, Anton Du Beke and Pete Waterman

Chris is joined by Sir Michael Caine who shares stories from his new book, Strictly's Anton Du Beke gives us the weekend's ballroom debrief and Pete Waterman talks model railways.

Chris is joined by the legendary actor Sir Michael Caine who shares pearls of wisdom and showbiz stories from his new book Blowing the Bloody Doors Off. Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke gives us the weekend's ballroom debrief and reveals who he thinks is the most improved celebrity contestant. Pete Waterman tells us about his passion for model railways and love for life-sized locomotives. Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by golfer Drew Murray. We ask for your claims to the fame of Sir Michael Caine in today's Top Tenuous. Father Brian D'Arcy has Monday's Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 29 Oct 2018 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ariana Grande

    breathin

  • The Supremes

    The Happening

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

  • Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa

    One Kiss

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Madonna

    Give It 2 Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

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

  • Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella

    Polaroid

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Eric Prydz

    Call On Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Data Records.

  • Johnny Cash

    Ring Of Fire

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash

    Jackson

    • The Man In Black.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Little Mix

    Woman Like Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Alexander O鈥橬eal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Rudimental

    Walk Alone (feat. Tom Walker)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Madness

    Michael Caine

    • Madness - Utter Madness.
    • Zarjazz.

  • Labelle

    Lady Marmalade

    • Soul Chartbusters (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • 10cc

    Dreadlock Holiday

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

  • Kylie Minogue

    The Loco-Motion

    • Step Back In Time: The Definitive Collection.
    • BMG.

  • Shawn Mendes & Zedd

    Lost In Japan (Remix)

    • Shawn Mendes: The Album.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Snow Patrol

    You're All I Have

    For Nicki in South London

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Shake It Out

    • Island.

  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Dean Martin

    Memories Are Made Of This

    • Best Of The Capitol Years - Dean Mart.
    • Capitol.

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D鈥橝rcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

We can鈥檛 deny it now. The clocks have changed and autumn is about to collapse into winter, with its long dark nights punctuated by those deceptive bursts of daylight. No wonder we need Halloween to encourage us to eat drink and be scary.

Time passes; clocks go back and forward but clocks keep ticking.

An African child, who hadn鈥檛 yet succumbed to the foolish rush of life, stopped me in my tracks years ago as I was hopelessly explaining to him why clocks go back in autumn.

鈥淭ell me sir, how does cutting a metre off the top of the blanket and sowing it to the bottom of it, make the blanket longer?鈥� he asked. There was no answer to that.

The weather has been beautiful where I live. The days were sunny and crisp 鈥� perfect for crunching through the layers of multi-coloured leaves. Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never taken the time to marvel how they dance on a windy day.

Even the nights last week were brightened by the white, mesmerising light of the harvest moon.

I don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever told you the parable of the two characters who partied all night at Halloween. They were staggering home in that precious time between the rising of the sun and the waning of the moon.

They looked up at the dawn sky.聽 鈥淚s that the moon or the sun up there?鈥� one asked.

鈥淚t鈥檚 the moon of course.鈥�

鈥淲ell I think it鈥檚 the sun,鈥� the other insisted.

聽Sun, moon, sun, moon, they argued until they met a fellow reveller on the road.

鈥淪ettle this argument for us,鈥� they demanded. 鈥淚s that the sun or the moon in the sky?鈥�

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know 鈥� I鈥檓 not from round here at all,鈥� was the instant answer of a wise man who had come to cherish any light that lifts the darkness.

聽He鈥檇 unravelled the mystery. The sun and moon chase each other eternally, just as autumn and winter are doing now.聽 For one to shine brightly the other has to selflessly slip into the shadows.

If we鈥檙e wise we too can learn from nature. 鈥淭here is a season for everything.鈥� (Eccles 3:1)

Just enjoy it as it happens.

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