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Sara Cox sits in for Chris to host live music from Squeeze, plus Simon Le Bon on the new Duran Duran album, Larry Lamb on New Tricks and Beverley Knight on 91热爆 Proms in the Park.

Sara ends the week with the usual Friday fun, including live music from Squeeze playing some of their classics, plus tracks from their forthcoming album 'Cradle to the Grave'. There's also Duran Duran's Simon le Bon on the release of their new long player 'Paper Gods' and the very dapper actor Larry Lamb of Eastenders and Gavin and Stacey fame whose joining the cast of 91热爆1's New Tricks. Plus Beverley Knight talks about singing for the 91热爆 Proms In The Park.

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Fri 4 Sep 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Leona Lewis

    I Am

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Eddie Floyd

    Knock On Wood

    • Rediscover The 60's & 70's (Various).
    • Old Gold.

  • Ed Sheeran & Rudimental

    Bloodstream

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 002.

  • R.E.M.

    The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

    • R.E.M. - Automatic For The People.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When you Smile

    • Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
    • Mercury.

  • Rachel Platten

    Fight Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Otis Redding

    Try a Little Tenderness

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Jet Harris

    Besame Mucho

  • Cliff Richard

    Golden

    • 75 At 75.
    • Rhino.

  • Aloe Blacc

    I Need A Dollar

    • Good Things.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.

  • 10cc

    Wall Street Shuffle

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • The Animals

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

  • Michael Jackson

    Billie Jean

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

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
    • Polydor.

  • The Killers

    Mr Brightside

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.

  • One Direction

    Drag Me Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Duran Duran

    Pressure Off (feat. Janelle Mon谩e & Nile Rodgers)

  • Beverley Knight, Memphis the Musical Original London Cast

    Someday

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

Chris' Pause For Thought: Paul Kerensa

Chris' Pause For Thought: Paul Kerensa

From comedian & writer, Paul Kerensa:

Happy New Year everybody! The academic year鈥檚 just begun in England at least, after a summer of fun. Me, I鈥檝e performed at festivals like Edinburgh and that mighty behemoth: Guildford Fringe Festival. From music to faith festivals, with thousands of people in tents, it鈥檚 been... intense. (That joke wasn鈥檛 in my Edinburgh show.)

Or we鈥檝e stayed at home and enjoyed summer blockbusters, Proms, or the company of our children for those oh-so-brief eight tranquil weeks... (my 4 year old is very keen for school, and so are we).

Maybe we鈥檝e been inspired by a cause this summer 鈥� festival speakers urged me to go greener, and many of us have been moved by news footage of what鈥檚 said to be the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.

But so often these emotions are summer romances, fading as quickly as they鈥檝e ignited. Enlivened with summer spirit, it鈥檚 easy to roar with a festival crowd. But we drive home, holiday memories in our rearview mirror. We want to race around the track, do it all again 鈥� but we鈥檙e not all Mark Webber. Instead it鈥檚 school, slogging through work, and 鈥楽eptember鈥�.

This was felt by one of the first disciples, who clamoured for the carnival atmosphere of Palm Sunday in Jesus鈥� final week. He was another Simon 鈥� a good man 鈥� 鈥榣e bon鈥� indeed. 鈥淚鈥檒l never leave you!鈥� he exclaimed. But five days later, away from the crowd, he denied him three times, as Jesus was led away, a Larry Lamb to the slaughter. (Now that鈥檚 a crowbar.)

We sing loudly together in the August sun, but individually we run, like watercolours in the September rain. So whatever鈥檚 stirred our hearts this summer 鈥� a passion, a cause or a faith 鈥� I hope it鈥檚 not a brief holiday romance. Soak up our summer inspirations like a sponge, and we can 鈥榮queeze鈥� the life out of them over the coming year, carrying that enthusiasm as we 鈥渨ork all through the winter, the weather brass and bitter鈥�.

So maybe let's not just ask the children what they did in the holidays, but ask ourselves. If I can stay as enthusiastic about my work as my boy is about starting school, then wow. That first day ice cream I was going to buy after his first day 鈥� might get one for him too.

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