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Maida Vale Sound Effects and Bumble Bee Flight

Chris chats to 大象传媒 Sound Engineer and Producer Anthony Cherry about Maida Vale studios and we speak to Oxford University Professor Adrian Thomas to explore how bumble bees fly.

Chris chats to 大象传媒 Sound Engineer and Producer of 大象传媒 Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night Anthony Cherry, about his experience working at Maida Vale studios and demonstrates a range of sound effects he used to create whilst working at the venue. Plus, Professor Adrian Thomas from the department of Zoology at the University of Oxford is our Non-Mystery-Guest, who tells us how bumble bees fly. Following this, we hear your desperate claims of scientific breakthroughs in today's Top Tenuous.
Vassos is joined in the sports locker by Women's British Golf Open 2018 winner Georgia Hall and we Pause For Thought with comedian and writer Paul Kedensa.

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Music Played

  • All Saints

    Love Lasts Forever

    • Testament.
    • AS Recordings.

  • Wilson Phillips

    Hold On

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • Spandau Ballet

    This Is The Love

    • The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story.
    • Rhino.

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • Gabrielle

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • The Kinks

    Tired of Waiting for You (Live at Maida Vale Studios, 1965)

  • Neil Diamond

    Beautiful Noise

    • Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise.
    • Columbia.

  • Paloma Faith

    Warrior

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • Just Jack

    Starz In Their Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Paul McCartney

    Come On To Me

    • Egypt Station.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 2.

  • Tenpole Tudor

    Swords Of A Thousand Men

    • Teenage Kicks (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.

  • R.E.M.

    Shiny Happy People

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1991 (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • Wizzard

    See My Baby Jive

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Fly Away

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    If Love Is The Law

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Space

    The Ballad Of Tom Jones (feat. Cerys Matthews)

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Ward Thomas

    Lie Like Me

    • Restless Minds.
    • Sony Music CMG.

  • Voice of the Beehive

    Don't Call Me Baby

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

听From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

No holiday for us this year. Because we鈥檝e given in: we鈥檝e got a dog. I wanted to call her Foibles 鈥� as in 鈥榤y pet Foibles鈥� 鈥� but no, 鈥楾illy鈥� is our new cockapoo puppy. Half cocker spaniel, half poodle, all white apart from one black eye patch. Matches me perfectly 鈥� I鈥檝e got a dodgy left eye too, so she immediately drew my鈥� well, my eye 鈥� the right one. So she certainly belongs.

But dog鈥檚 first nights reminded us a little too much of other family members鈥� arrivals. 鈥淏ack to the newborn days鈥� was a phrase uttered several times in that first week. 2am whimperings, 4am accidents鈥� Our first dog has brought a season of chaos, but she鈥檚 a quick learner. She fits in, even sleeps and messes when and where she鈥檚 meant to. A month on, things got easier quickly, I guess because dog years are like seven human years. If a dog day is a week, maybe she鈥檚 growing and learning seven times faster than the kids did. We all grow at different rates.

I believe in dog and God, so I wonder what that time shift might be like for our Almighty Owner too. Unlike canine years, I don鈥檛 know the exchange rate of divine to human years. But like us with our pup, I think our master has plans for us 鈥� walks, treats, a chance to rub noses. Like the walkies our cockapoo goes on, we don鈥檛 know where we鈥檙e going or when. We just follow His lead, and trust.

If there is a God, I think He loves our 鈥榝oibles鈥� 鈥� even my dodgy left eye 鈥� and sometimes, when we whimper for him in the night, maybe He clears up after us.

And if we don鈥檛 believe in dog 鈥� God, sorry 鈥� perhaps we can agree that obedience classes are sometimes necessary, learning that slow lesson, that a little diligence 鈥� a few ethical boundaries 鈥� can be helpful, so we don鈥檛 run wild. Like our hound, none of us are whiter than white, but just by being, we鈥檝e all earned a treat, a pat and perhaps our metaphorical tummies being metaphorically tickled.

Ultimately we鈥檙e all rolling around this planet like panting fools, playing with toys, occasionally looking up. And who鈥檚 a good boy? All I can say, is I鈥檓 trying to be.

听

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