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Kermit, Miss Piggy and Gritters

Chris chats to Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy about The Muppet Show coming to the UK. Plus we meet Arfon Jones, one of Great Britain's great gritters who's been out on the roads.

Chris chats to Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy about The Muppets bringing their show to the UK for the very first time this summer. We meet Arfon Jones, one of Great Britain's great gritters who's been out on the roads. Today's Top Tenuous are your claims to fame of very important vehicles. Vassos quizzes former rugby player Will Greenwood in the Sports Locker and Jahnavi Harrison provides the daily Pause For Thought.

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Wed 28 Feb 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • 大象传媒.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Muppets

    The Rainbow Connection

    • The Muppets: Original Walt Disney Records Sountrack.
    • BMG Kidz.
    • 11.

  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.

  • Noah and the Whale

    5 Years Time

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Lindisfarne

    Fog On The Tyne

    • Lindisfarne - On Tap.
    • Essential.

  • Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso

    Let Me Go (feat. Florida Georgia Line & Andrew Watt)

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Spice Girls

    2 Become 1

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Pete Tong & Heritage Orchestra

    Killer (feat. Seal)

    • Ibiza Classics.
    • UMC.

  • Jason Segel & Walter

    Man Or Muppet

    • The Muppets: Original Walt Disney Records Sountrack.
    • 18.

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Aswad

    Shine

    • Now 1994 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Suede

    She's In Fashion

    • (CD Single).
    • Nude Records.

  • Dean Martin

    Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

    • Christmas With The Rat Pack (Various).
    • Capitol.
    • 4.

  • Dua Lipa

    IDGAF

    • Dua Lipa.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Let's Go Crazy

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Big Country

    Fields of Fire (400 Miles)

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Paper Crown

    • As You Were.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 004.

  • The Ides of March

    Vehicle

    • Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits - 1970 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.
    • 9.

  • James Taylor

    Your Smiling Face

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Writer and Musician, Jahnavi Harrison:

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Tomorrow is a big day for Hindus all over the world 鈥� it鈥檚 the spring festival of Holi, also known as that day when everyone throws coloured paint at each other. It鈥檚 a pretty fun thing to do if you鈥檙e in a hot country where spring has actually arrived, and everyone is wearing white, and the inside of your house doesn鈥檛 have to be covered in plastic sheets. My brother in law was once in India for Holi and he got doused in green dye which didn鈥檛 wash off for more than a week! For us chilly folk in the UK, it can be a bit more of an understated affair 鈥� a little smear of magenta on the cheek, a little puff of blue water based powder paint 鈥� quite tame really!

听

In India, and in many other countries around the world, friends, strangers, rich or poor, all genders, all ages 鈥� everyone joins in and everyone is fair game. All in celebration of the new season arriving, and the blossoming of life that comes with it.

In the specific tradition that I come from, the full moon night of Holi always coincides with the celebration of the advent of a great saint and avatar called Shri Chaitanya.

Tomorrow I鈥檒l be thinking even more about his most important teaching: that to truly know God, and to truly know myself, it鈥檚 essential to be deeply humble and unfailingly tolerant.

听

听Humility and tolerance are not things that I hear about so much in our wider world. It can feel like swimming upstream to try and develop those qualities when from all sides 鈥� media, advertising, relationship advice -听 I鈥檓 hearing 鈥� you should have exactly what you desire, because you are great, you鈥檝e got the power and you most definitely deserve it!

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As I understand it, humility and tolerance don鈥檛 mean thinking less of myself, but thinking of myself less 鈥� spending more energy thinking of how I can serve others.

I鈥檝e been fortunate to meet some people in my life that live and breathe this. Remembering them brought to mind that whether in hours or weeks - colours will wash off 鈥撎� but a humble heart reveals the true inner colour of a person, in all its brilliance 鈥� no dry cleaning required.

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