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Geri Halliwell and Martin Lewis

Geri Halliwell brings Chris her brand new single, Angels in Chains, dedicated to George Michael and spending expert Martin Lewis talks about saving cash ahead of Money Show Live.

Geri Halliwell comes in to the studio to bring Chris her brand new single, Angels in Chains, dedicated to George Michael. Spending expert Martin Lewis talks about how to save cash on holiday ahead of Money Show Live. Plus Vassos speaks to golfer Lee Westwood who's on his way to Royal Ascot, Chris discusses the weekend's Dine & Disco and we Pause For Thought with writer and vicar Dave Tomlinson.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 20 Jun 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Niall Horan

    Slow Hands

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Melanie C

    I Turn To You

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Adam Ant

    Goody Two Shoes

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 15.

  • Paramore

    Hard Times

    • After Laughter.
    • Fueled By Ramen.

  • 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.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • T1.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Wall Of Glass

  • Lionel Richie

    All Night Long (All Night)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Captain Sensible

    Happy Talk

    • Sensible Singles.
    • A&M.
    • 5.

  • Kid Rock

    All Summer Long

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Locomotion

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 9.

  • Rita Ora

    Your Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Judy Garland

    Get Happy

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

  • George Ezra

    Don't Matter Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Geri Halliwell

    Angels In Chains

    • East West Records.

  • ABBA

    Summer Night City

    • Abba - More Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.

  • Mungo Jerry

    In The Summertime

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • 10cc

    Dreadlock Holiday

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

  • Wildwood Kin

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • U2

    With Or Without You

    • U2 - The Joshua Tree.
    • Island.

  • Depeche Mode

    See You

    • Depeche Mode - The Singles 1981-1985.
    • Mute Records.

  • Radiohead

    I Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • XL Recordings.
    • 1.

  • The Undertones

    Here Comes The Summer

    • The Anthology.
    • Sanctuary.

  • Eddie Cochran

    C'Mon Everybody

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

Pause For Thought

Dave Tomlinson, writer and vicar of St Luke’s Holloway in London

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This last weekend I had one wedding, two christenings and a funeral.

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On Friday, I married Luke and Annabel, and being a cool kinda guy, Luke had – not one, not two but three best men who progressed in size from 5/10 to six foot seven. When I turned to them for the rings, they exploded into a choreographed movement that cradled the rings toward me on their three upturned right hands, one on top of the other.

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It’s not the first time I have burst into laughter when best men hand me the rings. One would-be comedian presented me with two circular crisps. Uncertain how I would respond, the congregation paused until I said a blessing over the crisps and invited the giggling couple to exchange and eat them in an unconventional holy moment of ‘nuptial communion’.

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I think it’s essential for religion to discover more humanity, and nothing is more human than laughter. Back in the mists of time, religion emerged from the human capacity to play – which makes me wonder why the two things have become such poor bedfellows. Jesus himself was the master of festivity and satire – the holy fool who partied with outcasts, turned water into wine and flouted rigid religion.

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One of the christenings offered a different moment of touching humanity. A beautiful single parent mum came with a dozen supporters seeking a blessing for her little boy on his first birthday. After the baptism, I invited everyone to offer a symbolic prayer for the child. Explaining that a prayer is really a special form of wish, I beckoned each person to approach the font, collect a small stone from a basket, then hold it in their hand until they found the wish they wanted to offer. Then they dropped the stone into the water as a form of prayer.

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They say it takes a village to bring up a child. each member of this little community, including several children, stood for no less than thirty seconds, grasping a stone in silent contemplation before plunging it into the font. There were some tears. I noticed. And plenty of laughter afterwards. One of my most pleasurable priestly duties was to photograph the happy bunch in front of the font before they left for a well-deserved tipple.


You can’t call this work, can you?

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