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Gary Barlow and Right Said Fred

Gary Barlow tells Chris about his new 大象传媒 One talent show Let It Shine. Plus Right Said Fred's Richard Fairbrass.

Chris is joined by Gary Barlow who tells us how we can get involved with his new 大象传媒 One talent show Let It Shine and tell us how Take That will be celebrating 25 years together next year! Plus, Richard Fairbrass from Right Said Fred shares the story behind their hit single I'm Too Sexy and Vassos is joined by Sue Barker as week two at Wimbledon gets underway. Our first Pause for Thought of the week comes from Canon Ann Easter.

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Mon 4 Jul 2016 06:30
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Music Played

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • Ward Thomas

    Carry You Home

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    American Girl

    • Greatest Hits.
    • MCA.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Stereophonics

    Pick a Part That's New

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Lovin鈥� Spoonful

    Summer In The City

    • The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Santana

    Leave Me Alone

    • Santana IV.
    • Santana Records.
    • 001.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Middle of the Road

    Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

    • Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In.
    • Old Gold.

  • Middle of the Road

    Soley Soley

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Bryan Adams

    Don't Even Try

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • The Best Of.
    • Camden.
    • 16.

  • Grace

    Hell Of A Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Michael Jackson

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

    • Xscape.
    • Sony Music.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Mustang Sally

    • Atlantic Rhythm & Blues - Vol 6: 1966.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

    • The Best Of The Ronettes.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Right Said Fred

    I'm Too Sexy

    • Right Said Fred - Up.
    • Tug Records.

  • Bryan Adams

    (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    When The Love Is Gone

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome Records.

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • New Order

    Blue Monday

  • Gregory Porter

    Consequence Of Love

    • Take Me To The Alley.
    • Decca.
    • 005.

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Zombies

    She's Not There

    • The Godfathers Of Britpop.
    • Polygram Tv.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Canon Ann Easter, Chaplain to the Queen:

It鈥檚 the 4th of July, and so of course it鈥檚 American Independence Day! The day when our American cousins commemorate the adoption of the declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776 when the thirteen colonies decided to regard themselves聽 as a new nation and no longer part of the British Empire. It鈥檚 a great celebration; lots of people have a day off and there are parades and carnivals, picnics and speeches, concerts and firework displays.

And that reminded me of my own explosive teenage years and my yearning for independence.

I must say that my parents were kind and good 鈥� but I wanted to do things my way. To be independent and to have no obligations. To be able to come and go as I pleased, to leave the dishes in the sink if I had something more interesting to do, not to have to go to boring old church and to stay out as late as I liked. And I wanted to throw away what was left of an old bar of soap rather than attempt to weld it on to the new bar, thereby making two bars of soap soggy and unusable - but my mother insisted on it.

To my shame, I rebelled big time, yelled and slammed doors, turned down a place at Uni and eventually went off to train to be a nurse. Suddenly I could do as I pleased. I stayed out all night and my room was a tip. I was a bit lonely but hey! I was independent.

And that was ok, for a little while. But, as time went on and especially when I was expecting my first baby, I realised that I found my independence a bit hollow. Quite quickly, I rediscovered my Christian faith and I recognised my need for God and my need for other people; humans are social beings and we are so much more productive together.

I believe that sometimes God gives us independence so that, having tasted it, we can relinquish it in happy cooperation with each other and with God.

But I still throw away the last bit of soap!

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