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Anton Du Beke and Mick Hucknall

Anton Du Beke recaps the weekend's eventful Strictly shows and Mick Hucknall on performing with a 40-piece orchestra in Amsterdam.

Anton Du Beke recaps the weekend's eventful Strictly shows with a rundown of the dance off, and the Lindy-Hop-A-Thon scoring chaos before heading off to record the Christmas special. We track down Ben Wright, the co-director of the CanDoCo dance company who chats about stealing the Strictly show on Sunday with the group dance of disabled dancers. Simply Red鈥檚 front man Mick Hucknall explains why he鈥檚 releasing their 鈥楽ymphonica In Rosso鈥� performance on CD and DVD. Plus, we look for your connections to being pipped to the post today's Top Tenuous. Retired rugby commentator Ian Robertson joins Vassos in the Sports Locker and Sheridan Voysey provides today's Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 26 Nov 2018 06:30
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Music Played

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Take Me With U

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Clean Bandit

    Baby (feat. MARINA & Luis Fonsi)

    • What Is Love?.
    • Atlantic.

  • Plastic Bertrand

    Ca Plane Pour Moi

    • VirginMegaMusic Totally 80's (Var).
    • Rhino.

  • Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

    Promises (feat. Jessie Reyez)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    • I Am.. Sasha Fierce.
    • Music World Music.
    • 1.

  • Alexander O鈥橬eal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.

  • George Ezra

    Hold My Girl

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

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Ben E. King

    Stand By Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Jess Glynne

    Thursday (Radio 2 Session, 23 Nov 2018)

    • Always In Between.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Talkin' Bout A Revolution

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.

  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

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

  • Tom Odell

    Piano Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

  • Status Quo

    Rain

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Motors

    Airport

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Simply Red & The European Pop Orchestra

    Stars

  • P!nk

    A Million Dreams

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

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Ariana Grande

    thank u, next

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Motown.

  • Charlie Puth

    Attention

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

聽From Sheridan Voysey, Writer and broadcaster:

This time last week, Chris, you and I talked about men and infertility. As a result, listeners thanked me鈥攁nd you鈥攆or bringing a 鈥榯aboo鈥� topic into the open.

Not everyone is as kind as our Radio 2 listener, though. In fact, I鈥檝e been surprised how talking publicly about childlessness brings not only thanks but abuse. Here are some responses I鈥檝e had after other interviews:

From Mike: Man up and stop bleating.

From Angel: Adopt, you idiot. There are plenty of kids out there who need homes.

Kal said: Children make you happy and give your life meaning. (Just what a childless man needs to hear)

And Melinda, who thought doing IVF was selfish, told me: Thank goodness you are infertile. Someone as selfish as you doesn鈥檛 deserve to be a parent.

(After that I was almost grateful for Cedric who said my problem would be fixed if I just stopped consuming soy!)

Messages like this trigger two responses within me. One is the desire to hit back: How dare you judge me without knowing my story鈥攖rying ten years to have a child, three of them spent trying to adopt. The other is a sense of guilt: 6000 children are waiting for foster carers right now and I鈥檓 not doing anything to help. Maybe Melinda is right.

Since neither retaliation or guilt are productive, I鈥檝e needed a third way to respond to the trolls鈥攁nd I鈥檝e found it in the challenging, but I believe liberating, words of Jesus to: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

The words seem naive until you remember that Martin Luther King changed history by following them. If I hit back, I lower myself to their level. If I give in, I feel bad and they don鈥檛 change. But responding with kindness can help me rise above the insult, retain my dignity, and maybe even help them reconsider their actions.

So here goes: Dear Mike: Thanks for your interest in my masculinity. Please show me what 鈥榤anning up鈥� looks like. Dear Angel: Adoption didn鈥檛 work for us, but do tell me how it鈥檚 worked for you. Dear Melinda: You sound hurt. What鈥檚 your story? And Dear Cedric: Let鈥檚 do coffee. I recommend the mocha latte with a vanilla shot on soy.

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