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Actress Keeley Hawes chats to Chris about 'The Durrells' series and the new 麻豆官网首页入口 Shakespeare drama 'Hollow Crown' which is on TV in May. Also athlete Ben Smith impresses the team with the story behind his mammoth record breaking 401 marathon attempt.
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New Radicals
Get What You Give
- (CD Single).
- MCA.
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Billy Ocean
A Simple Game
- Here You Are.
- Sony.
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AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls
Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
- 1.
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The Human League
Love Action (I Believe In Love)
- More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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George Ezra
Blame It On Me
- Wanted On Voyage.
- Columbia.
- 001.
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Madness
Baggy Trousers
- More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Joe and Jake
You're Not Alone
- (CD Single).
- Sony Music Entertainment.
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The Police
Roxanne
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Coldplay
Adventure Of A Lifetime
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Linda Ronstadt
Different Drum
- Linda Ronstadt Greatest Hits.
- Asylum.
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Tom Odell
Magnetised
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 1.
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The Divine Comedy
National Express
- New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
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Bruce Springsteen
Hungry Heart
- Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Florence + The Machine
Ship To Wreck
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 001.
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Harry Belafonte
Jump In The Line
- The Best Of.
- Camden.
- 16.
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Santana
Anywhere You Want To Go
- Santana IV.
- Santana IV Records.
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Dave Edmunds
Queen Of Hearts
- The Best Of Dave Edmunds.
- Swansong.
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CeeLo Green
Music To My Soul
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
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The Animals
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
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The Four Seasons
Walk Like A Man
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
- Polygram Tv.
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Mayer Hawthorne
Love Like That
- (CD Single).
- BMG Rights Management.
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Chic
I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)
- It's About Time.
- Virgin EMI Records.
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Nik Kershaw
I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Captain Sensible
Happy Talk
- Sensible Singles.
- A&M.
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The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
- The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
- Pickwick.
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Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience
The Crown
- A Complete Introduction To Tamla Motown (Various Artists).
- Motown.
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Thomas Rhett
Die A Happy Man
- Tangled Up.
- Valory.
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KT Tunstall
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
- (CD Single).
- Relentless Records.
Chris' Pause For Thought: Remona Aly
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My life could be described as a series of
embarrassing moments. I鈥檝e been dubbed by friends the Muslim Miranda because
mishaps, faux pas, and awkward situations seem to be my thing.
There was the time when, during my first year at university, a friend and I
popped down to the local newsagent and saw a very famous person in the cereal
aisle. 鈥淥h it鈥檚, um, it鈥檚...鈥櫶 We just
couldn鈥檛 place him.听 We decided to walk
over and ask him directly: 鈥淓xcuse me, we know you鈥檙e famous, have we seen you
on TV?鈥 鈥榃ell, you might have done鈥 Brian May responded cool as a cucumber,
while I died inside. 听And I was a Queen fan!
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Another time, years later, a potential suitor and his family came round to my
house. I was very nervous and we were all on our best behaviour. Things seemed
to be going well. Our two families were getting along nicely, and pondering a
marital alliance over tea and samosas, when a random granny wandered in from
the care home next door. We turned in slow motion, samosa mid bite, as the aged
figure hovered at the head of the table in her dressing gown and slippers -
like a spectre from Macbeth with a blue rinse.
Moments later, my potential suitor and his family made a quick exit stage left,
and were never to be heard from again. They clearly didn鈥檛 have a sense of
humour.
It was an awkward moment, but such moments teach me not to take life so
seriously all the time. Being religious doesn鈥檛 mean you鈥檙e straight-laced and
don鈥檛 know how to laugh at yourself.
In fact laughter was studied by Muslim physicians centuries ago. The famous
Muslim polymath al-Kindi, who lived in 9th century Baghdad, defined laughter as
鈥渁n even-tempered purity of the blood of the heart, together with an expansion
of the soul to a point where its joy becomes visible鈥.
Of course, life isn鈥檛 a joke. I鈥檝e known heartbreak, and I鈥檝e known grief to
the point where I can鈥檛 remember how to breathe.
But these sunny moments, even the embarrassing ones, break through the dark
clouds to bring light relief. They remind me that there is a time to weep and a
time to laugh - even if it is at my own expense.
Broadcast
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Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2
After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.
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