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Tom Odell, Tom Kerridge and the Rugby League World Cup

Chris chats to Tom Odell who's releasing a cover of Billy Joel's Piano Man and Tom Kerridge ahead of Dine and Disco 2019. Plus, the Rugby League World Cup pays us a visit.

Chris chats to Tom Odell who's releasing his cover of Billy Joel's Piano Man as a single, an original recording taken from the Breakfast Show on 大象传媒 Radio 2 in October. Tom's donating all proceeds to Children in Need! Ahead of Dine and Disco 2019, we hear from top chef Tom Kerridge who will be cooking at the event, along with Arnie who runs Lymington Yacht Charters, as our Text and Donate A Tenner competition continues. We celebrate 50 years to the day since the release of The Beatles White Album with previously unheard session tracks and conversations.
Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by Chief Executive of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 Jon Dutton, along with the actual trophy. We hear your claims to fame to television test cards in today's Top Tenuous and Pause For Thought comes courtesy of comedian and writer Paul Kerensa.

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Thu 22 Nov 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • P!nk

    A Million Dreams

    • The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Walker Brothers

    The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

    • The British Invasion: The History Of British Rock, Vol. 7 (Various Artists).
    • Rhino Records.
    • 3.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Hollywood

  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.

  • Jess Glynne

    Thursday

    • Always In Between.
    • Atlantic.

  • Rick Astley

    Together Forever

    • NOW - Yearbook 1988 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Hank Mizell

    Jungle Rock

    • Rock & Roll Classics (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 14.

  • George Ezra

    Hold My Girl

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

  • Tiggs da Author

    Run (feat. Lady Leshurr)

    • Bridget Jones's Baby O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Sympathy For The Devil

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    When You're Smiling

    • Love.
    • 010.

  • Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella

    Polaroid

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Tom Odell

    Piano Man (Radio 2 Session, 5th Oct 2018)

  • Rudimental

    Walk Alone (feat. Tom Walker)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Adele

    Make You Feel My Love

    • 19.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Ward Thomas

    Never Know

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW Music.

  • Buggles

    Video Killed The Radio Star

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artist.
    • Telstar.

  • The O鈥橨ays

    Now That We Found Love

    • Ship Ahoy: 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition.
    • Big Break Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

As a radio hound Chris, you鈥檒l no doubt have heard this week about DJ Deke Duncan, the shed-based broadcaster who for 44 years had an audience of one 鈥� his wife. Seriously jockin鈥� from his shed to his house, he鈥檚 just been given a one-hour radio show on 大象传媒 Three Counties 鈥� that鈥檚 two more counties than he鈥檚 had listeners till now.

Ledge-end-of-story! Such persistence! Such faithfulness of his only listener. It probably helped she won every competition and got every 鈥淗ow are you doing鈥� shout-out. Just imagine, 鈥淭he top tenuous, at ten, and at nine, and at eight鈥� it鈥檚 Mrs Duncan from Gonville Crescent, again 鈥� and she鈥檚 on Popmaster later too.鈥�

Mind you, I remember hosting a 大象传媒 Sussex and Surrey show, at 6am on a pitch-black Sunday, eagerly looking at the switchboard. Is anyone out there? But ask the right question, and the relief, when it lights up like a Christmas tree.

Truth is, it doesn鈥檛 matter how many are listening. Our human need is just that someone listens to us. One is infinitely more than zero.

My worst gig as a stand-up wasn鈥檛 full of hecklers. At least that鈥檚 communication, even if it鈥檚 鈥淭axi for the comedian鈥�. The worst gig is when I was ignored, a slow wave of chat swamping the room. I stood there, channelling Lionel Richie: 鈥淗ello? Is it me you鈥檙e looking for? No? Oh, ok.鈥�

I鈥檓 sure I prayed then, partly to know someone else was listening. Our human craving for communication may be why more than half of us pray, according to a recent survey. I reckon we鈥檙e not expecting instant results, a change to divine agenda, any more than we expect a tweet to alter government policy. We just want our thoughts heard, not by millions, but by one.

I don鈥檛 want to sound paranoid, but I hear this show has a few million ears listening in. But really it鈥檚 a conversation between two people, me and you 鈥� that鈥檚 all that matters. So I鈥檓 sure that although Deke Duncan will LOVE broadcasting his show to a wider audience after 44 years, really it鈥檒l feel just as magical as when he was broadcasting to his wife, one person connecting with another, checking in, simply asking, 鈥淗ow are you doing?鈥�

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