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Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Fearne Cotton, Anthony Joshua and Shaun Escoffery

Chris is joined by Ab Fab's Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley, boxer Anthony Joshua and broadcaster Fearne Cotton, plus live music from Shaun Escoffery.

Chris is joined by Absolutely Fabulous stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley to talk premieres and parties as their new movie hits cinemas. Fearne Cotton discusses her cookery book and her upcoming shows on Radio 2. Anthony Joshua, the heavyweight champion of the world talks about his intense training regimes and if pre-fight face-offs are ever funny. Plus Shaun Escoffery performs live, including a cover of Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 1 Jul 2016 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • T. Rex

    20th Century Boy

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 009.

  • Santana

    Leave Me Alone

    • Santana IV.
    • Santana Records.
    • 001.

  • Right Said Fred

    I'm Too Sexy

    • Right Said Fred - Up.
    • Tug Records.

  • The Feeling

    I Thought It Was Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Stray Cats

    Rock This Town

    • Back To The Alley (Best Of Stray Cats.
    • Arista.

  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sigma

    Cry (feat. Take That)

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 001.

  • R.E.M.

    Orange Crush

    • R.E.M. - Green.
    • Warner Bros.

  • John Legend

    All Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Where Do I Begin (The Theme From Love Story)

    • Shirley Bassey - The Singles.
    • EMI.

  • Bright Light Bright Light

    All In The Name (feat. Elton John)

    • (CD Single).
    • Self Raising Records.

  • John Lennon

    Power To The People

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Florence + the Machine

    Ship To Wreck

    • Island.

  • Razorlight

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • The Weeknd

    Can't Feel My Face

    • Beauty Behind The Madness.
    • Republic.
    • 7.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Bananarama

    Cruel Summer

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine [Live]

  • John Newman

    Come And Get It

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Perfect Love Affair [Live]

  • The Last Shadow Puppets

    Miracle Aligner

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
    • 011.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    When The Love Is Gone [Live]

  • Dr. Feelgood

    Milk And Alcohol

    • Now That's What I Call An Era: Sound Of The Suburbs (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Happy [Live]

Chris' Pause for Thought: Paul Kerensa

Chris' Pause for Thought: Paul Kerensa

From comedian & Writer Paul Kerensa:

So the AbFab movie has over 60 cameos 鈥� which reminds me of my own sitcom cameo. Helping write comedy show 鈥楳iranda鈥�, I begged them, over three years, for a walk-on part. Eventually, when I held the latest script draft hostage till they gave me a role, they gave me a role. 鈥楴on-Speaking Customer鈥� may sound like a minor part 鈥� and it was. BUT I was recently told, that over the entire three-and-a-bit series of our sitcom set in Miranda鈥檚 shop, I was the ONLY customer to ever actually buy anything. Across twenty episodes, I singlehandedly kept her business afloat with my one purchase of鈥� whatever it was I purchased.

In the real world though, we don鈥檛 see ourselves as bit-parts, but as stars of our own life stories. It鈥檚 human nature鈥� Yet we鈥檙e not isolated individuals. We live in relationship to each other: comedians need laughers, singers are helped by an audience, cooks benefit from someone to cook for, boxers need鈥� someone to box. Not me thanks, Mr Joshua sir.

I know I see myself as title role in my own life story, but I鈥檓 also a bit-part in other people鈥檚. Perhaps it鈥檚 when we cameo in OTHER PEOPLE鈥橲 stories, that the magic happens鈥� So I aspire to the saints who鈥檝e walked among us: the Mother Teresas, Mandelas, our current Pope Francis, making headlines from interactions with the oppressed and needy, instead of grand speeches.

We await life-changing, world-fixing statements from our leaders, but while blueprints are being drawn up, I鈥檒l remember it鈥檚 up to us to get to work. While the hub of Jesus鈥� teaching was that Sermon on the Mount, blessing meek and turning cheek, it was actually on the way to the big crowds, that the miracles happened. As he travelled, he鈥檇 touch centurions and lepers, worlds apart from the xenophobic encounters on public transport we鈥檝e heard of in the past week.

On my commute, may I look out for times I can make a difference 鈥� although when I gave up my seat yesterday for a pregnant woman who it turns out wasn鈥檛 pregnant, or a woman, well, it was awkward. But bring on positive cameos in other people鈥檚 stories! We might think we鈥檙e just a passing transaction鈥� but who knows, we might be the only paying customer for the past three series.

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