Anton Du Beke, Kim Wilde, Ed Balls and All Saints
Chris is joined by Anton Du Beke of Strictly fame, '80s pop icon Kim Wilde and ex-politician-turned-media star Ed Balls. Plus, All Saints perform live in the studio.
Anton Du Beke tells Chris about his brand new UK tour 'Dance Those Magical Musicals' with his partner Erin Boag and talks about filming the new series of Strictly. Kim Wilde talks about her new fourteenth album 'Here Come The Aliens', inspired by her own sighting of a UFO. Ed Balls shares tales of touring America's Deep South to meet with Trump supporters for his new ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two series 'Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls'. All Saints will be perform new music from their fifth album 'Testament' alongside some of their classic hits. Plus the usual news headlines, sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought from Reverend Richard Coles.
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Anton on Shirley Ballas, Strictly series 16 & his new tour!
Duration: 03:26
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How did an alien sighting inspire Kim Wilde's latest work?
Duration: 02:56
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Why does Ed Balls think people support President Trump?
Duration: 02:41
Music Played
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Lionel Richie
Dancing on the Ceiling
- Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
- Universal Music Tv.
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The Shires
Echo
- Accidentally On Purpose.
- Decca.
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Otis Redding
Try a Little Tenderness
- Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
- Warner E.S.P..
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Duran Duran
Hungry Like The Wolf
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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McFly
Five Colours In Her Hair
- Now 58 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Texas
Black Eyed Boy
- Hits Zone - The Best Of 97 (Various).
- Polygram Tv.
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Paul McCartney
Come On To Me
- Egypt Station.
- Virgin EMI Records.
- 2.
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Ricky Martin
Livin' La Vida Loca
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Ebony & Ivory
- The 7" Singles Box.
- MPL.
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Mungo Jerry
In The Summertime
- In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
- Old Gold.
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The Lovin’ Spoonful
Summer In The City
- The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
- Castle Communications.
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Status Quo
Caroline
- Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
- Polygram Tv.
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The Who
My Generation
- The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
- Polydor.
- 004.
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ZZ Top
Legs
- Rancho Texicano: The Very Best Of ZZ Top.
- Warner Bros.
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Plastic Bertrand
Ca Plane Pour Moi
- VirginMegaMusic Totally 80's (Var).
- Rhino.
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The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing
- The Very Best Of The Smiths.
- WEA.
- 6.
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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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Cheat Codes & Little Mix
Only You
- (CD Single).
- SYCO.
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All Saints
Black Coffee (Radio 2 Session, 27 Jul 2018)
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Kim Wilde
Kids In America
- Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Kim Wilde
Birthday
- Here Come The Aliens.
- Wildeflower Records.
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All Saints
Under The Bridge (Radio 2 Session, 27 Jul 2018)
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Blossoms
There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)
- Cool Like You.
- Virgin EMI.
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All Saints
Love Lasts Forever (Radio 2 Session, 27 Jul 2018)
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All Saints
Automatic (Radio 2 Session, 27 Jul 2018)
Pause For Thought
From the Reverend Richard Coles:
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A
heatwave: in its haze all is still, the garden parched, and if like me you’re
obliged to wear a uniform as well adapted to the weather as a mankini in
Antarctica, you long for the shade, the hammock, the cooling glass.
It’s
the nearest we’ve got, I think, to summer of ’76, when reservoirs dried up,
standpipes were in the streets, and the bath water had to be recycled for the
roses. Not only a summer of heat, but a summer of punk. The Sex Pistols
exploded onto the scene, and in boiling weather we all went into meltdown at
their furious antics. I watched with a mixture of fear and fascination, and
loved it.
I
was fourteen, a public schoolboy in Northamptonshire, with limited options to
join the fray. Homemade piercings were rather frowned upon in the Chapel Choir,
so instead I made myself a badge out of safety pins and nuts and bolts which
looked like a tiny plane had crashed on my lapel, or did until I had to
dismantle it for infringing uniform regulations. Anarchy at Evensong was not
tolerated.
But
it changed my life; two years later I escaped, and ended up in London. In the
churn of 80s music and politics, energised by punk, we rose to the top the
charts and sank to the depths of depravity; but it wasn’t just us. Punk changed
all our lives, its impact went far beyond music and popular culture. You could
argue it went on to transform media, news, business, tech, politics; and while
they may seem very distant from Sid Vicious, Gucci, Elon Musk, and the Alt
Right betray his influence.
Vicar in a mohawk sounds like a Morrissey lyric, but actually anyone who knows
church history will see a precedent. The early church was punk: a group of
unbiddably confrontational nobodies, fearless, who came from nowhere, shocked
the world with their contempt for the status quo, lived as if there were no
tomorrow (for many there wasn’t) and proclaimed a new life, which they started
to live without seeking anyone’s permission to begin. That radicalism can still
grab and transform and enliven all sorts of people in all sorts of places - I
long for it again in the church, the country, the world.
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Broadcast
- Fri 27 Jul 2018 06:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2
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