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Tom Hanks, Mel Giedroyc, David Walliams and Olly Murs

Chris has breakfast with the Hollywood hotshot Mr Tom Hanks (yes, THE Tom Hanks!), Mel Giedroyc swings by for a cuppa, funnyman David Walliams and Olly Murs plays live in the studio!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 27 Nov 2015 06:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.

  • New Order

    Tutti Frutti

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 001.

  • Elvis Presley

    Suspicious Minds

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • The Corrs

    Bring On The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Faces

    Ooh La La

    • Driving Rock Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
    • Domino.

  • The Seekers

    Georgy Girl

    • The Seekers.
    • EMI.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Seal

    Kiss From A Rose (Radio 2 In Concert 26 11 15)

  • Edison Lighthouse

    Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
    • Old Gold.

  • Taylor Swift

    Shake It Off

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

  • Taylor Swift

    Bad Blood

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

  • Taylor Swift

    Style

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

  • Taylor Swift

    Blank Space

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 1.

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

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

  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • American Authors

    Best Day Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
    • 001.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Don't See Them

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • One Direction

    Perfect

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev’d Richard Coles, cleric and broadcaster:

It is the 205th anniversary of the infamous Berners St Hoax.  On November 27th 1810, a man called Theodore Hook bet his friend Samuel Beazley that he could in one week turn a completely insignificant house in Soho into the most visited address in London – and so the Groucho Club was born (not really).

Theodore Hook sent out invitations purporting to be from Mrs Tottenham of 54 Berners St to tradesmen, manufacturers, members of the professions, the great and the good; and as the morning of the 27th November dawned Hook and Beazley sat in the window of the house opposite to observe a chimney sweep arrive, who was sent away by Mrs Tottenham’s maid. Then another arrived and another and another; in all twelve chimney sweeps came to call at number 54, followed by a succession of coalmen, then cakemakers with wedding cakes, then priests, doctors, lawyers, shoemakers, fishmongers, a dozen pianos, the Duke of York, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Archbishop of Canterbury – in the end such a huge crowd turned up that London came to a standstill. Hook won his bet but had to go into hiding because he had annoyed so many people (occupational hazard for practical jokers).
Annoying, but who wouldn’t enjoy such a spectacle (and I dare say Mel and David are thinking of the TV format as I speak)?

The hacker’s organization, Anonymous, definitely would. Last week they did something similar to ISIS, by hacking into its social media accounts and redirecting all enquiries from potential jihadists to a video of Rick Astley.
To some that looks facetious, responding to murderous rage with a digital raspberry, but I don’t think so.

Tomorrow the Church’s season of Advent begins, and the Prophet Isaiah takes centre stage. He foresaw the coming of the Prince of Peace, or so we believe; and said on that day we will take our swords and turn them into ploughs, and the wolf will lie down with the lamb.

Turning violence into peace seems a very remote prospect at the moment, but maybe we can anticipate it a little by responding to rage not with more rage, but with Rick.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Nov 2015 06:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2

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