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Mr Men and Danish Travel

Chris chats to author and illustrator Adam Hargreaves on the new Mr Men meets Doctor Who series, plus Denmark's answer to Lynn Bowles, Christian Bjerglok Jorgensen is on the phone.

Chris chats to author and illustrator Adam Hargreaves about his new Mr Men meets Doctor Who books and the genius of his dad, Roger. Denmark's answer to Lynn Bowles, Christian Bjerglok Jorgensen tells Chris how five fingers helped design Copenhagen's travel system. Plus, the wax worm that's eating plastic bags, pink bluebells and Seth Bennett on Team GB's success at the Ice Hockey championships. Today's show is dedicated to anyone who woke up in exactly the same position they fell asleep last night and today's show is entitled: "Hard work will always beat talent, when talent refuses to work hard".

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Tue 25 Apr 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • ABC

    Poison Arrow

    • Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
    • Mercury.

  • Jack Savoretti

    We Are Bound

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Clash

    I Fought The Law

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Little Mix

    Black Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Dan Auerbach

    Shine On Me

    • Waiting On A Song.
    • Easy Eye Sound.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Queen Of Hearts

    • The Best Of Dave Edmunds.
    • Swansong.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    I've Got You Under My Skin

    • The Incomparable Ella.
    • Polydor.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Halfway There

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • The Alarm

    68 Guns

    • Celtic Rock (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • The Undertones

    Teenage Kicks

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Blossoms

    Blown Rose

    • Blossoms.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 007.

  • Judy Garland

    Get Happy

    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Automatic

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 001.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

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

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • T. Rex

    Telegram Sam

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Marti Pellow

    Mysterious

    • (CD Single).
    • Arctic Poppy.

  • Blur

    Tender

  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.

  • Paul Weller

    Long Long Road

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

  • Frank Ifield

    I Remember You

    • The Hits Of 1962 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Dr Jim Harris, Art Historian

I鈥檝e been thinking about remembering.听 I flatter myself to think that I have a good memory, for the useless as well as the useful. Sometimes they鈥檙e the same thing.听 For instance, I once won 拢20 from a quiz machine at Heston services on the M4 for knowing which sport is associated with the Drysdale Cup.听 It鈥檚 squash.

The other day I was out with my son, Silas, and parked the car in one of those places where you have to pay by phone. I hate them. I know my bankcard number by heart.听 But what I can never for the life of me remember is my car registration.

Silas went to check, and as he did, my mind ticked over the cars of my childhood.听 Maroon Ford Anglia, PVG14. White Cortina Estate, NLB904E. Maroon Ford Zephyr, YUB179J.听 Maroon Austin Princess, SEW406S.听 What was it with my parents and maroon cars?听 What is it with me and being able to remember their number plates?听

The thing is that for everything I wish I could remember, there is something I don鈥檛 care about taking up space in my cluttered mind. But perhaps more importantly, for everything I do remember, there is something I truly wish I could forget.听 All the things I wish I鈥檇 never done but still make me sweat in the night.听 All the slights and offences I haven鈥檛 really forgiven. It鈥檚 not healthy.听

In the bible, King David knew what it felt like to be haunted by the past and he begged God: 鈥淩emember your great mercy and love鈥nd remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways.鈥�

And Christians believe that God does that.听 He says of himself that, 鈥淚 am he who blots out your transgressions and remembers your sins no more.鈥� God forgets, because he knows that once something is forgotten, you can make a start on something new.

Remembering is good.听 But I reckon that forgetting is crucial, not just for freeing up space on your mental hard-drive, but for letting go of things that make us unhappy.听 Sometimes we need to forget in order to be free.

And, for what it's worth, my registration is PRX480X.
Oh no. That's the blue Renault 4 I bought in 1987.
But my bankcard number is...听 Darn. Out of time

听

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