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Amol Rajan sits in

Wake up and embrace the day with Amol Rajan. He chats to Henry Blofeld on the phone and then it's time for the 大象传媒 to join together for the Great British Singalong.

Wake up and embrace the day with Amol Rajan. He's got more of your Superhero shout outs and Henry Blofeld on the phone to talk about the new series of The Real Marigold Hotel which is coming to the 大象传媒 this Spring.

Amol and Richie go 'Shower' Head to Head, with listener Andy deciding whose song choice is victorious.

Plus Richie has more of your own domestic travel bulletins!

Then after 9am, we join up Radio 1, 6Music, 1Xtra and Asian Network for the 大象传媒鈥檚 Great British Singalong.

There's also a Pause For Thought with journalist and editor Remona Aly, news and headlines with Adam Porter and listeners on the line as Amol entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 9 Apr 2020 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    River

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Wings

    Silly Love Songs

    • Wings - At The Speed Of Sound.
    • Parlophone.

  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Supergrass

    Grace

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Clean Bandit

    Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 88 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 4.

  • Paul Simon

    You Can Call Me Al

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 4.

  • Lady Gaga

    Stupid Love

    • Chromatica.
    • Polydor.

  • 补鈥恏补

    The Living Daylights

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Cher

    The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • The Feeling

    Fill My Little World

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Ava Max

    Kings & Queens

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • Whitney Houston

    Million Dollar Bill

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 1.

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Good Thing

    • The Raw & The Cooked.
    • London.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

    • What A Time To Be Alive.
    • Relentless Records.

  • Melanie C

    Who I Am

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Girl Media.

  • Jax Jones & Years & Years

    Play

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Donna Summer

    Bad Girls

    • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Man

    • Lover.
    • TS/Republic.

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.

  • A Robbins

    Rocky Theme

    • Playboy Records.

  • Buggles

    CLIP Video Killed The Radio Star

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artist.
    • Telstar.

  • Culture Club

    CLIP Karma Chameleon

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Culture Club

    Karma Chameleon

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Badfinger

    Come & Get It

    • Magic Christian Music By Badfinger.
    • Apple.

  • Suede

    She's In Fashion

    • (CD Single).
    • Nude Records.

  • John Newman

    Stand By Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • 10cc

    Dreadlock Holiday

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • Pretenders

    Don't Get Me Wrong

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

  • Bill Withers

    Lean On Me

    • Nightlife II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.

  • David Bowie

    'Heroes'

  • Sweet Female Attitude

    Flowers

  • Apache Indian

    Boom Shack-A-Lak

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:

I saw a news story last week that said a pair of healthy twins were born in India to proud parents who, wanting to remember this time forever, decided to name them Covid and Corona.聽

Despite their questionable names, those babies were their parent鈥檚 miracles in a time when we鈥檙e all in need of them.聽

For other couples, they find it a miracle that they鈥檝e gone this entire time not knowing their partner鈥檚 work side is totally different to the one they normally see. One woman tweeted saying it took quarantine to find out this: 鈥淭urns out my husband can actually small talk, just not with anyone we know in non-work life.鈥� Another tweet from a husband hearing his wife in online meetings with subordinates, said, 鈥渋t dawned on me that she uses personnel management techniques on me all the time.鈥�

As a Muslim, I鈥檝e been raised with two main gears. One is to be practical and prepared at all times 鈥� as demonstrated by my mother who like most Asian mums always has a three-month supply of dhal in the pantry, crisis or not.聽

And the other is believing in miracles. These range from the wondrous to the everyday, like Albert Einstein said, 鈥淭here are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.鈥澛營鈥檓 very much the latter.聽

I know it feels like we need a miracle to get out of this pandemic. Living in a starkly different reality isn鈥檛 easy for any one of us. But it鈥檚 in people that I see the miraculous taking place, even if they don鈥檛 see it themselves. I know single working mums who struggle with home-schooling and deadlines, yet still they conquer each day like they鈥檝e moved a mountain. I see friends battle mental health issues, yet still have the courage to step out of bed each morning like they鈥檙e walking on water.

They are my modern-day miracles. They give me the strength and self-belief to say, I鈥檓 ready whatever happens.聽While I think of the words of the Sufi Muslim poet Rumi, who said, 鈥淣ever lose hope, my dear heart, miracles dwell in the invisible鈥澛營鈥檒l carry on being inspired by the hidden wonders, and of course, feast on my mum鈥檚 endless supply of dhal.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Apr 2020 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2