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Jack O'Connell, Nadiya Hussain, Ethan Hawke and Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott

Chris is joined by young actor Jack O'Connell, brilliant baker Nadiya Hussain and silver screen star Ethan Hawke. Plus Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott perform live in the studio.

Rising British actor Jack O'Connell tells Chris about treading the boards with Sienna Miller in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Nadiya Hussain has tales and recipes from her British Food Adventure and Ethan Hawke previews his upcoming romantic drama Maudie. Plus Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott perform live in the studio ahead of next week's CarFest North.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 21 Jul 2017 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

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

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Cut To The Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • School Boy/Interscope.

  • Culture Club

    I'll Tumble 4 Ya

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

  • Culture Club

    Karma Chameleon

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

  • Culture Club

    Church Of The Poison Mind

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

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Faith (feat. Ariana Grande)

    • Sing O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Del Amitri

    Roll To Me

    • Twisted.
    • A&M.
    • 007.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.

  • Rudimental

    Sun Comes Up (feat. James Arthur)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Guns N鈥� Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.

  • Millie

    My Boy Lollipop

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Wall Of Glass

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Doris Day

    The Deadwood Stage

    • A Portrait Of Doris Day.
    • Stylus.

  • The Weeknd

    Can't Feel My Face

    • Beauty Behind The Madness.
    • Republic.
    • 7.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Elkie Brooks

    Forgive And Forget

    • The Very Best Of.
    • A&M.
    • 10.

  • Kasabian

    Bless This Acid House

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Arcade Fire

    Everything Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

In my 鈥榟ood, school鈥檚 out for summer, so I鈥檝e walked my boy to school for his last time in Year 1 (aged 6, in old money). I noticed that we used to hold hands 鈥� and we still do, sometimes. When he wants. When I want. We just do it less.

Instead, he zigzags. We join the footpath flanking the park, and he鈥檚 off across the grass, gambolling lamb-like鈥� diving behind a hedge, to pretend-mime 鈥榳alking down stairs鈥�, maybe pushing a button and bending his knees to imitate a lift. We鈥檒l work on miming escalators in Year 2.

My job is to stick to the path, give him somewhere to run back to. To intercept when his orbit coincides with mine鈥� till he veers away again. But that鈥檚 childhood.

When my folks walked with me thirty years back, they didn鈥檛 know where my path led. They couldn鈥檛 predict I鈥檇 end up a stand-up comic, or stand up here now, among acting, musical and culinary royalty. In fact my parents thought then that I couldn鈥檛 have kids of my own. Walking my own lad to school one day? Even that idea confounded them.

My boy may end up here or there, drifting north (with its CarFest), or south (formerly beautiful 鈥� also with a CarFest). He may enjoy a 鈥淔ood Adventure鈥� or grace the silver screen. I just walk the path wit him, and get him schooled 鈥� in shrub-based stair mimes.

That famous story of a heavenly beach-walk, 鈥楩ootprints in the Sand鈥�, has two sets of footprints spanning a lifetime, walking with God 鈥� but only one set at life鈥檚 lowest moments. The person accuses God: 鈥淵ou abandoned me then?鈥� The original version has God replying, 鈥淚t was then that I carried you鈥︹�� But my friend the comedian Tim Vine tells an alternate ending. God replies: 鈥淲hen you see only one set of footprints, in your lowest times, it was then I thought it would be fun, if we both hopped.鈥�

So I鈥檒l keep to my path, and my boy will meander till he finds his. We may not hold hands so much, but God-willing, we鈥檒l have fun walking the sand, this summer, and in life. That鈥檚 my hope 鈥� or at least, my hop.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Jul 2017 06:30
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