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Last broadcast on Thu, 9 Feb 2012, 12:00 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Jeremy asks whether you're a fan of Harry Redknapp or a fan of Fabio Capello. We also discuss record numbers of children being taken into care and the 70th anniversary of the Japanese occupation of Singapore. Plus, the people who've become success stories despite being financially and technologically illiterate.
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Children In Care
Record numbers of children are being taken into care – not only children who have been abused, but also children who have been neglected. We talk to someone who says “there was ‘neglect’ in my family, but better that than being in care.”
Singapore Occupation
Seventy years ago this week, the so-called impregnable fortress of Singapore fell to the Japanese. Was your father or grandfather captured in that fateful week?
Unlikely Success Stories
Finally, have you never sent a text or an email, do you have the reading age of a two year old and are you financially illiterate… but yet, like Harry Redknapp, have you been very successful in life?
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Music played
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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
— Brand New FriendLloyd Cole - The Collection, Polygram Tv -
Gotye & Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know
(CD Single), Island, 1 -
Roxy Music
— Love Is The DrugBryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life, Eg -
Prince
— Sign 'o' The TimesPrince - The Very Best Of, Warner Bros -
Olivia Newton-John
— If Not For YouThe Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various), Premier -
Kasabian
— Goodbye Kiss(CD Single), Columbia -
The J. Geils Band
— CentrefoldAnd The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1, Debutante -
Madness
— Baggy TrousersMore Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various), Disky -
Elton John
— Your SongElton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Mercury -
Goldfrapp
— Melancholy Sky(CD Single), Mute, 1 -
Carole King
— It's Too LateCarole King - Tapestry, Epic
Broadcast
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Thu 9 Feb 201212:00
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