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Louise Minchin explains why she is involved with the tenth annual 大象传媒 School Report, and Mark Weller brings Chris up to speed on the International Segway Polo Championships.

Brilliant broadcaster Louise Minchin tells Chris why she's involved with the tenth annual 大象传媒 School Report, helping to encourage kids across the country to try their hand at a spot of journalism and have a nosey through the news! Our Not-So-Mystery Guest Mark Weller, brings Chris up to speed on the International Segway Polo Championships. 大象传媒 5Live's John Inverdale saves the day and talks Six Nations rugby when Vassos forgets to book his sports guest, and Reverend Sharon Grenham-Thompson provides today's Pause For Thought.

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Thu 10 Mar 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Iggy Pop

    Real Wild Child (Wild One)

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1987, Pt.2 (Var).
    • Telstar.

  • Zara Larsson

    Lush Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Another Star

    • (Single).
    • Motown.

  • The La鈥檚

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • 10cc

    The Things We Do for Love

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Holly Johnson

    Ascension

    • Fly (Songs Inspired By Eddie The Eagle) O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • UMC.
    • 001.

  • Alanis Morissette

    Ironic

    • Alanis Morissette -Jagged Little Pill.
    • Maverick.

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Marvin Gaye

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Lukas Graham

    7 Years

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Small Faces

    Sha-La-La-La-Lee

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.

  • Lorde

    Royals

    • Pure Heroine.
    • Republic.

  • Eagles

    Lyin' Eyes

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Travis

    3 Miles High

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Telephone Box.
    • 001.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • CeeLo Green

    Music To My Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Chicks

    Wide Open Spaces

  • Shania Twain

    Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Walking on Cars

    Speeding Cars

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 001.

  • Will Young

    Love Revolution

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Tears for Fears

    Head Over Heels

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 5.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Primal Scream

    Where the Light Gets in (feat. Sky Ferreira)

    • (CD Single).
    • First International.

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Chiffons

    He's So Fine

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1963 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Reverend Sharon Grenham-Thompson, vicar in Milton Keynes:

My little girl came home from school beaming the other day. She鈥檚 been learning the violin for just over a year, and that day she鈥檇 been 鈥榩romoted鈥� in the school orchestra, and from now on will be sitting with the second violins - quite literally playing 鈥榮econd fiddle鈥�.

For her that鈥檚 a triumph and I couldn鈥檛 be more proud. But 鈥榩laying second fiddle鈥� is usually a cause for complaint isn鈥檛 it, an utterance of disgruntlement and entitlement, bristling with resentment that strikes a note every bit as discordant as a youngster inexpertly scraping a bow over cat gut strings.

I鈥檝e felt it myself, that annoyance at taking a back seat, or at least one a few rows behind, while someone else gets all the glory. But two things this week have challenged me on this. One event was the sad death of Sir George Martin, the man who introduced the Beatles to the world. Sir George was a man of extraordinary capabilities - and yet the thing for which we鈥檝e praised him the most this week is putting four young men on the road to their own success. The other challenge came via a piece written by Lauren Laverne, about a seemingly insignificant young man serving in a coffee shop, who made her day, and improved the days of many others, simply by his friendly smile. She wrote: 鈥榟e always sent us on our way feeling slightly better than when we arrived.鈥�

It strikes me that although this man isn鈥檛 a superstar or a superhero, simply by putting other people鈥檚 needs first, he makes the world a better place.
There鈥檚 no shame in supporting others, whether we鈥檙e at the top of a glittering career or putting in foot-slogging hours un-noticed. You may have heard of the prayer of St Francis, which includes the lines 鈥楪rant that I may never seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love with all my soul - for it is in giving that we receive.鈥� First, second or third fiddle - wherever we find ourselves we can make music. Doing what we do, faithfully, good-naturedly, to the best of our ability, can make differences to people we could never imagine.

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