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Chris Packham and Carriage Driving

Chris Packham speaks to Chris live from Winterwatch HQ with a series update and World Champion Carriage Driver Anna Grayston tells us how she handles her horses during races.

Chris Packham speaks to Chris live from Winterwatch HQ at RSPB Arne with news about their great bird feeder experiment. World Champion Carriage Driver Anna Grayston is today's Not-So-Mystery-Guest and answers all of Chris' questions about handling her horses during high speed races. Plus Chris dedicates the show to Britain's beautiful B&Bs, we find out more about Apple Tree Yard actor Ben Chaplin via the Top Tenuous and Methodist Minister Leslie Griffiths gives a beautiful Pause For Thought about saying goodbye to a young man called Daniel.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 24 Jan 2017 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Healing Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome.
    • 1.

  • Peter Cetera

    Glory Of Love

    • The Very Best Of The Greatest Love.
    • Telstar.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Work This Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • KT Tunstall

    Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • Queen

    You're My Best Friend

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 4.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Just Your Fool

    • Blue & Lonesome.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • UB40

    (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Lorde

    Royals

    • Pure Heroine.
    • Republic.

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Naughty Boy

    Should've Been Me (feat. Kyla & Popcaan)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • George Michael

    Too Funky

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
    • 8.

  • Rahim Redcar

    Tilted

    • (CD Single).
    • Because Music.

  • Judy Garland

    Get Happy

    • Musical Wonderland (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Aztec Camera

    Walk Out to Winter

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Madness

    Baggy Trousers

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Pump It Up

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    Bring On The Dancing Horses

    • Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo.
    • Korova.

  • Dua Lipa

    Be The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Sting

    Fields Of Gold

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Toto

    Africa

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

  • Van Morrison

    Keep Me Singing

    • (CD Single).
    • Exile.
    • 001.

  • Caro Emerald

    That Man

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • Bobby McFerrin

    Don't Worry, Be Happy

    • Now 13, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:听听听听听听听

It was only a snatch, a few notes of a popular song I hadn鈥檛 heard for a long time, but it whisked me back into one of the most moving experiences of my whole life.

I was once a hospital chaplain with responsibility for a ward for adolescents suffering from cancer. It was one of the most demanding (and rewarding) things I鈥檝e ever done. I remember so many of those kids and one, in particular, came to mind when I heard that song the other day.

Daniel was a quick-witted, cheeky, irreverent 17 year old and we got on together like a house on fire. But he was unwell and none of the treatments seemed to help him. So the fateful day came when we knew we must expect the worst. I was present when the consultant had the unpleasant duty of spelling things out. He was ill at ease, searching for words and he couldn鈥檛 look us directly in the eye. Then Daniel took over. 鈥淒on鈥檛 worry doc,鈥� he said with disarming cheerfulness, 鈥淚鈥檝e had plenty of time to think and I鈥檝e worked it all out. I鈥檓 up for it, ready to go.鈥� Then, turning to me, he took my arm and laid it across his mother鈥檚 shoulders. 鈥淚t鈥檚 my mum I鈥檓 worried about Vic,鈥� he said (he always called me Vic, short for Vicar), 鈥淚 want you to look after her when I鈥檓 gone.鈥� It was just like Jesus on his cross, dying a miserable death, asking his best pal John to look after his mum.

When the funeral came, 300 teenagers each laid a red rose on or around Daniel鈥檚 coffin. And then, as we began to drift towards the church doors, a song, that song, was played through the sound system; it carried us to the very doors of heaven. It was Bobby McFerrin 鈥� 鈥淒on鈥檛 worry,鈥� he sang, 鈥渂e happy.鈥� Daniel鈥檚 parting gift to us all. Tears streamed down our faces but we didn鈥檛 have a clue whether it was for sadness or joy. All these years later my memories are still warm and upbeat.听 I just know I鈥檝e been blessed by a lad I can never forget.

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