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The Bay City Rollers roll into the Top Tenuous with your desperate claims to their fame and a mascara warning is needed when Poppy perfectly plays her new harp for the first time.

A mascara warning is well and truly needed on today's show as little Poppy perfectly plays her brand new harp for the very first time. She's 8 years old and brilliant!

Keeping with the kids, our Mystery Guest tells us why reading to your children before bed is essential. He also gave us an insight into how the 500 words judging went last week - it's awesome author, Frank Cottrell Boyce.

And it's a Bay City Rollers roll-over as they popped up in the seventies smashers and today's Top Tenuous with you desperate claims to their fame...

Today's show is dedicated to anyone who uses a novelty mug on a daily basis...

And today's show is entitled: those that live life to the full and laugh every day, will experience tears of joy when their numbers are finally up!

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Wed 14 May 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Lily Allen

    The Fear

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.
    • 1.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Drop The Pilot

    • The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
    • A&M.

  • Badfinger

    Come & Get It

    • Magic Christian Music By Badfinger.
    • Apple.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Megamix - Bye Bye baby/Love Me Like I Love you/All Of Me Loves

  • Bay City Rollers

    Remember (Sha La La La)

  • Bay City Rollers

    Shang-A-Lang

    • Super 70's (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Bye Bye Baby (Baby, Goodbye)

  • Bay City Rollers

    Give A Little Love

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • James Blunt

    Postcards

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • David Bowie

    Magic Dance

  • Phil Collins

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Cream

    Badge

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1969.
    • Premier.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Matthew Everitt, Andy Fairweather鈥怢ow, Mark King, Lee Thompson, Rick Wakeman & Ricky Wilson

    Rock Around The Clock

  • A Flock of Seagulls

    Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

    • Electric Dreams (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

    • What Have We Become.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.

  • Brian Hyland

    Sealed With a Kiss

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Michael Jackson

    Love Never Felt So Good (feat. Justin Timberlake) (feat. Justin Timberlake)

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.

  • Michael Jackson

    Farewell My Summer Love

    • The Best Michael Jackson & Jackson Fi.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • Louis Jordan

    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

    • Louis Jordan Golden Greats.
    • MCA.

  • Alicia Keys

    It's On Again (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 002.

  • Limahl

    Never Ending Story

    • Kajagoogoo & Limahl: The Singles.
    • EMI.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)

    • The Earthquake Album (Various Artists).
    • Life Aid Armenia.
    • 7.

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

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

  • Plan B

    She Said

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Paul Simon

    Mother and Child Reunion

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Sam Smith

    Stay With Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 001.

  • Molly Smitten-Downes

    Children Of The Universe

    • (CD Single).
    • EastWest.

  • Spandau Ballet

    True

    • The Ultmate 80's Ballads (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Wings

    Silly Love Songs

    • Wings - At The Speed Of Sound.
    • Parlophone.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rabbi Pete Tobias of the Liberal Synagogue, Elstree

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On this day in 1926, the beloved comedian Eric Morecambe was born. When I checked his dates, I was astonished to discover that he died twenty years ago 鈥� remarkable to think that he has been gone for so long, though his joyful legacy, seeking to bring sunshine into our world, lives on.

听

In the last few days I鈥檝e been testing a theory of which Eric might well have approved. I think that behind what are often stony cold faces on trains, in the street or in supermarkets is a need for communication, for human warmth. But reports in the media tend to emphasise the worst of human nature, and I think this has made us fearful of and alienated from each other. We sense danger rather than opportunity in human contact.

听

So I鈥檝e been smiling at or trying to help people in a whole variety of places. Helping someone up a staircase with a pushchair or a piece of heavy luggage is a pretty obvious one, but is always appreciated. Holding open a door to make way for another person often produces a smile of acknowledgement that can brighten someone鈥檚 day. Sometimes I鈥檒l even try and make conversation, which is often a bit risky. I could be ignored, told to mind my own business or worse. Most people in our too busy, too preoccupied, too anxious society are so wrapped up in their own worlds that they either tend not to notice much of what is going on around them, or even actively resent any intrusion into their private space. But I figured that perhaps the potential for cheerfulness dwells in everyone; it鈥檚 just a case of taking the risk to unlock it.

听

Eric Morecambe believed that we should bring people sunshine with our smiles. That simple wisdom found an echo in the wisdom of the rabbis of old who said that a person should greet everyone with a cheerful face. Who knows, it might just catch on鈥�

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Broadcast

  • Wed 14 May 2014 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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.

500 Words

大象传媒 Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.