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Mark Goodier sits in

Mark Goodier sits in for Chris Evans with a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Jun 2016 06:30

Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • All Saints

    This Is A War

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
    • 001.
  • Stevie Nicks

    Edge Of Seventeen

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
    • 4.
  • Jack Savoretti

    The Other Side Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.
    • 001.
  • Kym Sims

    Too Blind To See It

  • The Jags

    Back Of My Hand

    • The No. 1 Punk Album (Various Artists).
    • PolyGram TV.
  • Blondie

    Maria

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Grace

    Hell Of A Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Ocean Colour Scene

    The Riverboat Song

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
    • 3.
  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • Allen Stone

    Perfect World

    • (CD Single).
    • ATO Records.
  • Elvis Presley

    Return To Sender

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Shaun Escoffery

    When The Love Is Gone

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome Records.
  • INXS

    Need You Tonight

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Gabrielle

    When A Woman

    • (CD Single).
    • Go Beat.
  • Status Quo

    Living On An Island

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • George Benson

    Give Me The Night

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 1.
  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.
  • Whitney Houston

    So Emotional

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

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

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.
  • Little Richard

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • EMF

    Unbelievable

  • Sigma

    Cry (feat. Take That)

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 001.
  • The Lightning Seeds

    Sense

    • Sense - The Lightning Seeds.
    • Virgin.
  • Corona

    The Rhythm Of The Night

    • Now 29 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Madness

    House Of Fun

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • The Monkees

    Pleasant Valley Sunday

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
    • 1.
  • The Beatles

    Lady Madonna

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 020.
  • The Specials

    Ghost Town

    • The Ultimate Eighties (Various).
    • Hit Records.
  • The Last Shadow Puppets

    Miracle Aligner

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
    • 011.
  • Prefab Sprout

    Hey Manhattan!

    • (CD Single).
    • Kitchenware Records.
  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.
  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

Chris鈥 Pause For Thought: Sarah Joseph

Chris鈥 Pause For Thought: Sarah Joseph
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

Confession time 鈥 we鈥檙e just over halfway through Ramadan and I鈥檓 absolutely exhausted! The fasts鈥攖he longest in the UK for 33 years鈥攁re taking their toll. You get to six pm, you鈥檙e aching from hunger and then you realise there is still three and a half hours to go.
I feel debilitated by fasting, and by the lack of sleep. For sure, I鈥檓 carrying on life. I鈥檓 writing, doing some Broadcasting, project planning, plus looking after the children, cooking, trying to keep the house vaguely tidy, but to keep going day in, day out, is an exercise in mind conquering the body, of pushing past feeling terrible in order to accomplish the mere basics of life.
鈥淲hy do this to yourself?鈥 I hear some of you ask. And believe me, I do ask myself the same question, however there are bigger issues than my temporary discomfort.
I know there is an end to this. It hurts to fast for over 19 hours 鈥 but my table is spread with food in the evening. I also know that this hardship will shortly come to an end. Normal service will soon be resumed. I鈥檒l be snacking again on my tea and biscuits before I know it.
But what if I could not see an end? What if I had to try and keep going, depleted by hunger and sleep deprivation on a daily basis? How would I cope? How would I summon the will, and the strength, and the sense of purpose to keep pushing through? Could I even do so? Or would my will, and my hope, and my courage in the face of adversity, be worn down by hunger pangs, and tiredness, and the lack of seeing any way through?

Ramadan is an extraordinary period. It takes resilience, dedication, and faith to fast every day for a month. There is the hope that one will come out of it mentally and spiritually stronger, but before the self-congratulations鈥
Regardless of whether you fast or not, there鈥檚 a problem here. The fact is, literally hundreds of millions of people live their lives depleted by insufficient nutrition, going to bed, night after night, hungry. There is no end for them. Hunger is their normal.


I believe we should extend our hands to them to pull them out of their poverty, because I can鈥檛 imagine how they will be able to climb out with such little energy.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Jun 2016 06:30

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.

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