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The Wonders of Fried Bread

Chris Evans discusses the merits of fried bread and discovers the benefits of adding egg. Plus the chance for listeners to win tickets to the Dine and Disco.

The team discuss the merits of fried bread and discover the benefits of adding an egg!

We hear from our mischievous listeners who are still happily hiding and seeking.

Our matchmaking mystery guest shares some top dating tips.

And Chris launches the competition where you can win tickets to the legendary 'Dine and Disco'!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • The Beatles

    I Want To Hold Your Hand

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 004.
  • Acker Bilk

    Stranger On The Shore

    • Jukebox Instrumentals Vol.2.
    • Old Gold.
  • David Bowie

    Ziggy Stardust

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Canned Heat

    Let's Work Together

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

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

    Tell Her About It

    • Sounds Of The 80s.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Crowded House

    It's Only Natural

    • Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
    • Capitol.
  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

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

    Lyin' Eyes

    • (Single).
    • Asylum.
  • Shaun Escoffery

    People

    • People.
    • Dome Records.
    • 001.
  • Fine Young Cannibals

    She Drives Me Crazy

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.
  • Michael Jackson & Queen

    There Must Be More To Life Than This

    • Queen Forever.
    • Virgin EMI.
  • The Jarmels

    A Little Bit Of Soap

    • Radio Gold (Various Artists).
    • Ace.
  • The Kinks

    Dead End Street

    • Face To Face (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sanctuary.
    • 15.
  • M

    Pop Muzik

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    In The Heat Of The Moment

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.
    • 001.
  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Electricity

    • The Best Of OMD.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.
  • The Paragons

    The Tide Is High

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Freda Payne

    Band Of Gold

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.
  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.
  • R.E.M.

    The One I Love

    • R.E.M..
    • Irs.
  • Karen Ramirez

    Looking For Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Manifesto.
  • Rumer

    Dangerous

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.
  • Simple Minds

    Honest Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline International.
    • 1.
  • Cat Stevens

    Another Saturday Night

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.
  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.
  • Take That

    These Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

Today’s a big day for me – I click ‘Send’ on my 3rd book, off to the publishers who’ll then click ‘Print’, and select ‘Copies – 3’ on the printer options, to meet all of the pre-orders. It’s been a daunting week of proof-reading version after version, knowing that when it’s gone, it’s gone – it’ll be too late to change anything. Like the “deliberate mistakes” in my first two books, errors will be there for eternity, to be tutted at by generations to come.

When writing a book or a script, the end-result feels final: we pore over every word. In my night job as a stand-up comic, the writing feels disposable – material is said and done, and probably forgotten on the way home. Yet recently I went back to a comedy club I'd not played for a decade – and there was a guy there who still had the nickname I gave him on the night ten years earlier. I'd forgotten it but he hadn’t – his friends wouldn’t let him. Just because it’s not written down, words spoken do leave an imprint on reality.

More and more I’m thinking of the responsibility of words: onstage or off, in private, in public or on social media which can feel like a mix of the two. Words we say cannot be unsaid.   Emails and Facebook posts can be recalled and deleted, but rarely does a friend say, “You know that comment I made about your haircut? Can I retract that now I’ve thought about it?”

New laws on internet trolls show the world reacting to changes in the ways we use words. There’s a proverb in the Bible: “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” And the American writer Jim Stovall noted: “In the end, a person is only known by the impact they have on others.”

Whether we’re writing books or tweets, or having a chat on a bus, may our words today be honeycomb. Encourage or discourage, the choice is yours.

As for that comedy club punter who gained a nickname from me, I hope he forgives me a decade on. If you’re listening: Sorry, but you did look a lot like Barney Rubble.

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Nov 2014 06:30

Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

Farewell Chris Evans: The best bits from his last shows at Radio 2

After eight years of hosting the Breakfast Show, Chris Evans leaves Radio 2.

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BBC Radio 2's story-writing competition for kids.