James Nesbitt, Gemma Arterton, Tim Peake, Laura Whitmore and Rick Astley
Chris is joined by superstar actors James Nesbitt, Gemma Arterton, Laura Whitmore, Tim Peake plus there's live music from Rick Astley.
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Clips
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Has the Lucky Man's luck finally run out?
Duration: 03:26
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How do you become an astronaut? Major Tim Peake shares his tips!
Duration: 02:28
Music Played
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Bryan Ferry
Let's Stick Together
- Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
- Eg.
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U2
Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (Beck Remix)
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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KISS
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II
- (CD Single).
- Interscope.
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Dua Lipa
Be The One
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
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The Smiths
This Charming Man
- The Smiths - The Very Best Of.
- WEA.
- 2.
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Oasis
She's Electric
- What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
- Creation Records.
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Deva Mahal
Snakes
- Run Deep.
- Motema.
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Status Quo
Rockin' All Over The World
- Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
- Polygram Tv.
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T. Rex
Jeepster
- Electric Warrior (Deluxe Edition).
- A&M.
- 3.
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Alice Cooper
School's Out
- Sounds Of The 70's (Various Artists).
- Warner E.S.P..
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Black Sabbath
Paranoid
- Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Crosstown Traffic
- The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
- Universal.
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Rainbow
All Night Long
- Rainbow - The Very Best Of Rainbow.
- Parlophone.
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George Ezra
Paradise
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Pharrell Williams
Happy
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
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Pratt & McClain
Happy Days
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Snow Patrol
Empress
- Wildness.
- Polydor.
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Cher & Andy Garc铆a
Fernando
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Sheryl Crow
Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (feat. St. Vincent)
- Threads.
- The Valory Music Co..
Pause For Thought
From Writer Abdul-Rehman Malik:
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Chris, I confess, summer鈥檚 never really been my season and while none of us asked for this uncomfortably hot weather, for big guys like me, there鈥檚 just a lot more to keep cool. 听It鈥檚 with good reason that beach holidays never really appealed to me. Why would I want to bake on hot sand for hours? After all, I鈥檝e got a natural tan already.
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Then there鈥檚 the ocean. The ocean is beautiful, but the few times I鈥檝e swum in it, I鈥檝e been reminded of its unpredictable power.
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So, when on a beach in Maui a few weeks ago, I saw my 7 year-old son and my 74 year-old father disappear under a crashing six-foot high wave, my heart stopped for a second. When they emerged a few moments later from the foaming water, I was relieved and anxiously called them back ashore. They laughed and gleefully ignoring me they ran right back into the water 鈥 ready to bodysurf the next break.
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By his own admission, my father hasn鈥檛 gone swimming for a quarter century. The last time he got sunburned was when he hitchhiked across Europe in 1969. Yet for the two weeks we were in Hawaii, he was a fish and he was fearless. When I saw him cliff jumping into the swirling ocean pool, I couldn鈥檛 help but think of James鈥檚 title character from Lucky Man. My father felt a bit invincible.
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And my son followed suit. The two of them braved blowholes, snorkelled in the open seas, dodged sea turtles and got knocked out by more waves than I care to count. It was like two ends of the human life 鈥 childhood and the golden years 鈥 were bending to meet each other. My father is old enough to be fearless and my son鈥檚 young enough to be reckless.
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鈥淲e are very afraid of being powerless,鈥 says the Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. 鈥淏ut we have the power to look deeply at our fears, and then fear cannot control us.鈥
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It鈥檚 good not to be foolhardy, but fear prevents us from experiencing the beautiful life Rick so exuberantly sings about. True joy is to experience the gifts of life in the moment 鈥 with people we love. Even if it means working on a tan I already have.
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