Anton Du Beke and Mick Hucknall
Anton Du Beke recaps the weekend's eventful Strictly shows and Mick Hucknall on performing with a 40-piece orchestra in Amsterdam.
Anton Du Beke recaps the weekend's eventful Strictly shows with a rundown of the dance off, and the Lindy-Hop-A-Thon scoring chaos before heading off to record the Christmas special. We track down Ben Wright, the co-director of the CanDoCo dance company who chats about stealing the Strictly show on Sunday with the group dance of disabled dancers. Simply Red’s front man Mick Hucknall explains why he’s releasing their ‘Symphonica In Rosso’ performance on CD and DVD. Plus, we look for your connections to being pipped to the post today's Top Tenuous. Retired rugby commentator Ian Robertson joins Vassos in the Sports Locker and Sheridan Voysey provides today's Pause for Thought.
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Prince & The Revolution
Take Me With U
- 4Ever.
- Warner Bros.
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Clean Bandit
Baby (feat. MARINA & Luis Fonsi)
- What Is Love?.
- Atlantic.
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Plastic Bertrand
Ca Plane Pour Moi
- VirginMegaMusic Totally 80's (Var).
- Rhino.
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Calvin Harris & Sam Smith
Promises (feat. Jessie Reyez)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
- I Am.. Sasha Fierce.
- Music World Music.
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Alexander O’Neal
Criticize
- Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
- Hits.
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George Ezra
Hold My Girl
- Staying At Tamara's.
- Columbia.
- 8.
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Ike & Tina Turner
Nutbush City Limits
- The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
- EMI.
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Daft Punk
Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Ben E. King
Stand By Me
- Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Jess Glynne
Thursday (Radio 2 Session, 23 Nov 2018)
- Always In Between.
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Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout A Revolution
- Tracy Chapman.
- Elektra.
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S Club
Don't Stop Movin'
- (CD Album Sampler).
- Polydor.
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Perry Como
Papa Loves Mambo
- The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
- Virgin.
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Tom Odell
Piano Man
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- Columbia.
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David Bowie
Life On Mars?
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Status Quo
Rain
- Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
- Polygram Tv.
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The Motors
Airport
- Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Simply Red & The European Pop Orchestra
Stars
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P!nk
A Million Dreams
- The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (Various Artists).
- Atlantic.
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The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Dario G
Sunchyme
- Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Ariana Grande
thank u, next
- (CD Single).
- Universal Motown.
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Charlie Puth
Attention
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
Pause For Thought
 From Sheridan Voysey, Writer and broadcaster:
This time last week, Chris, you and I talked about men and infertility. As a result, listeners thanked me—and you—for bringing a ‘taboo’ topic into the open.
Not everyone is as kind as our Radio 2 listener, though. In fact, I’ve been surprised how talking publicly about childlessness brings not only thanks but abuse. Here are some responses I’ve had after other interviews:
From Mike: Man up and stop bleating.
From Angel: Adopt, you idiot. There are plenty of kids out there who need homes.
Kal said: Children make you happy and give your life meaning. (Just what a childless man needs to hear)
And Melinda, who thought doing IVF was selfish, told me: Thank goodness you are infertile. Someone as selfish as you doesn’t deserve to be a parent.
(After that I was almost grateful for Cedric who said my problem would be fixed if I just stopped consuming soy!)
Messages like this trigger two responses within me. One is the desire to hit back: How dare you judge me without knowing my story—trying ten years to have a child, three of them spent trying to adopt. The other is a sense of guilt: 6000 children are waiting for foster carers right now and I’m not doing anything to help. Maybe Melinda is right.
Since neither retaliation or guilt are productive, I’ve needed a third way to respond to the trolls—and I’ve found it in the challenging, but I believe liberating, words of Jesus to: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
The words seem naive until you remember that Martin Luther King changed history by following them. If I hit back, I lower myself to their level. If I give in, I feel bad and they don’t change. But responding with kindness can help me rise above the insult, retain my dignity, and maybe even help them reconsider their actions.
So here goes: Dear Mike: Thanks for your interest in my masculinity. Please show me what ‘manning up’ looks like. Dear Angel: Adoption didn’t work for us, but do tell me how it’s worked for you. Dear Melinda: You sound hurt. What’s your story? And Dear Cedric: Let’s do coffee. I recommend the mocha latte with a vanilla shot on soy.
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