Nicki Chapman sits in with James May
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman and the team. Nicki chats to James May about his new travel show Our Man In Japan. Plus we spin the Wheel of Four Tunes.
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman and the team.
Nicki chats to The Grand Tour's James May about his recent travels and adventures in James May: Our Man in Japan. He also discusses the possibility of another James May Toy Stories and reflects on some of his favourite Top Gear memories.
We spin the Wheel of Four Tunes and revisit Bryan Adams The Only Think That Looks Good On Me Is You, which he performed back in March on Zoe's Friends Round Friday.
Along with Katharine Cracknell on news, Jules Lang on travel and Hugh Ferris on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!
There's also a daily Pause For Thought from comedian and writer Paul Kerensa and Hugh chats to former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent, as Nicki entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Madonna
Vogue
- Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
- Rhino.
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Lucky Daye
Fly
- Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Keep Cool/RCA Records.
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Pop Muzik
- Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Rita Ora
I Will Never Let You Down
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 001.
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The Cure
Friday I'm In Love
- True Brit (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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Pulp
Common People
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 5.
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Harry Styles
Adore You
- Fine Line.
- Columbia.
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Crowded House
Weather With You
- Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
- Capitol.
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George Ezra
Shotgun
- Staying At Tamara's.
- Columbia.
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The Tymes
Ms Grace
- 70's Number Ones Vol 3.
- Old Gold.
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Liberty X
Just A Little
- Now 52 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Wandering Star
- Blue Moon Rising E.P..
- Sour Mash Records.
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Bryan Adams
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You (Radio 2 Session, 1 MARCH 2019)
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Ray Parker Jr.
Ghostbusters
- Young at Heart (Various Artists).
- Reader's Digest.
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MEDUZA, Becky Hill & Goodboys
Lose Control
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WALK THE MOON
Work This Body
- (CD Single).
- Sony Music.
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Chairmen of the Board
Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Hits Of Hot Wax & Invictus (Various).
- Hdh.
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Edwyn Collins
A Girl Like You
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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SHAED
Trampoline (feat. ZAYN)
- (CD Single).
- Sony.
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Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
- Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
- Virgin EMI Records.
- 4.
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Busted
Year 3000
- Top Of The Pops Spring 2003 (Various).
- Universal.
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Chic
Le Freak
- The Very Best Of.
- Rhino.
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Coldplay
Everyday Life
- Everyday Life: Sunset.
- Parlophone.
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Bee Gees
Jive Talkin'
- Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
- Polydor.
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Indeep
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
- Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
- Crimson.
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Taylor Swift
Beautiful Ghosts
- Cats O.S.T..
- Polydor.
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The Corrs
Old Town
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Chuck Berry
You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)
- The Best Of Chuck Berry.
- MCA.
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Amy Macdonald
This Is The Life
- (CD Single).
- Vertigo.
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Robert Miles
Children
- New Pure Moods (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Deacon Blue
City Of Love
- City Of Love.
- earMUSIC.
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Elbow
One Day Like This
- (CD Single).
- Fiction.
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Pause For Thought
From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:
Unbelievably, it鈥檚 only the 10th day of Christmas. The lords might be a-leaping, but most of us are jumping to pack away the festive season. We鈥檝e decked the halls, it鈥檚 nearly time to haul the decs, down from the tree, back to the loft.
The panto outing might be behind you. Other annual trips too: the drop-in on the neighbours, a rare visit to extended family, or customary hellos at the church carol service.
We tell ourselves we鈥檒l revisit soon. We鈥檒l see the grandparents soon. Pop by the neighbours to borrow some garden equipment. Maybe we鈥檒l swing by church at Easter, and there鈥檒l always be weddings, or funerals.
But leaving such visits to chance? To the need of a leaf-blower, or unexpected nuptials? Some places can be tricky to return to, when it鈥檚 been a while. I know I need encouragement over some thresholds.
A few New Years ago, I joined a gym. Once my attendance dropped, returning became awkward. Don鈥檛 be a stranger, I told myself, too late.
Years before the gym, I stopped going to church for a while too. No reason. Life just got in the way. I was working weekends, then birthdays and illness filled the time, then I just forgot. It became easier to keep on not going.
I came back to church, hearing about the Prodigal Son 鈥� who鈥檚 welcomed back with open arms, no matter how long he鈥檇 been away. We don鈥檛 have to be churchgoers to get this parable: we all resist returning to places, to people, because it鈥檚 been too long. Time can make us feel unwelcome, yet actually us prodigal returners can be welcomed back like we never went away.
Some seasonal visits might have opened old wounds 鈥� whether to family homes, places of worship, neighbours or gyms, marred by division or disagreement, unforgiven, unforgotten. But if any bridges were built, if any healing happened... well next Christmas can be a long time till we come back.
Decorations might be packed away for 11 months. But my plans to return to those places won鈥檛 get packed away with them. Extended family, alienated friends, any rekindled connections may have just scratched the surface this winter, and frosty relationships can take time to thaw.
Spring鈥檚 coming. So let鈥檚 revisit soon. I won鈥檛 need to borrow a leaf-blower for a long time.
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- Fri 3 Jan 2020 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2