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The Hairy Bikers Si King and Dave Myers chat about their new Â鶹Éç Two series Mediterranean Adventure. Plus the Half-Wower with songs from Duran Duran and Franz Ferdinand.

The Hairy Bikers Si King and Dave Myers join Mark to talk about their new Â鶹Éç Two series The Hairy Bikers Mediterranean Adventure. Plus the Half-Wower with songs from Duran Duran, Simply Red and Franz Ferdinand. Mike Williams is joined in the sports locker by Â鶹Éç tennis correspondent Russell Fuller and we Pause for Thought with Leslie Griffiths.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Jan 2018 06:30

Music Played

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.
  • Fuse ODG

    Boa Me (feat. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez)

    • (CD Single).
    • Off Da Ground.
  • The Feeling

    Love It When You Call

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.
  • Enrique Iglesias

    Bailamos

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Callum Beattie

    Man Behind The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

  • Beverley Knight

    Piece of my Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Kygo & Selena Gomez

    It Ain't Me

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 96 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

  • Middle of the Road

    Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

    • Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In.
    • Old Gold.
  • Taylor Swift

    Gorgeous

    • reputation.
    • Big Machine.
  • Suede

    She's In Fashion

    • (CD Single).
    • Nude Records.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

    • Back To Black.
    • Universal Records.
  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Wings

    Silly Love Songs

    • Wings - At The Speed Of Sound.
    • Parlophone.
  • Simply Red

    Fairground

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.
  • Sabrina Johnston

    Peace

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.
  • Duran Duran

    Hungry Like The Wolf

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Flo Rida

    I Don't Like It, I Love It (feat. Robin Thicke & Verdine White)

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

    Take Me Out

    • Now That's What I Call Music 57.
    • Now.
  • Leading Ladies

    I'm Every Woman

    • Songs From The Stage.
    • EastWest.
  • Bruno Mars

    24K Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.
  • Dean Martin

    That's Amore

    • Best Of The Capitol Years - Dean Mart.
    • Capitol.
  • Bleachers

    Don't Take The Money

    • Gone Now.
    • RCA.
    • 001.
  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.
  • Wet Wet Wet

    Love Is All Around

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Robbie Williams

    Go Gentle

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Shed Seven

    People Will Talk

    • (CD Single).
    • Infectious Music.
  • Christopher Cross

    Sailing

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Sia

    Alive

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister: 

For the first time in years, I couch-potatoed the New Year. Instead of being out and about, I sat in front of the telly and watched the skies in Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai, in Paris, Berlin and Madrid, and finally, triumphantly, in London, explode with bursts of colour as the countdown brought in a new year of grace. Even Big Ben got in on the act, his benign face and stately bong adding greatly to the sense of occasion.

 If my spirits were raised by the spectacular things that were happening in the heavens, they were dashed by the news of what was happening on our streets. Four young men were stabbed to death as the old year faded away. 80 knife deaths in London in 2017 – a third more than in the previous year. All that sadness and grief as families mourn the loss of loved ones – all taken so senselessly and with such brutal suddenness. No amount of fireworks will bring them back or compensate for their loss.

 These examples of human wickedness are stark reminders that we’re living in dark times. As we call them to mind, it takes quite an effort to remember that it’s still Christmas time. With so much sadness and sorrow and, yes, wickedness to think about, just how do we engage with the fundamental message of this season, a message that brought a choir of angels to add not fireworks but glorious harmony to the night-time sky as they promised an event that would glorify God and offer peace to the world?

 However paradoxical it sounds, it may be that the long-ago birth of a defenceless baby in unpropitious circumstances might just offer more to the peace and well-being of the world than deals done by those who hold the levers of power. He came to fill the hungry with good things, to exalt people of low degree and to scatter the proud in the imagination of their hearts. If all that could come to pass it would surely be worth another fireworks bonanza. And, this time, I’d be amongst the first to get up and go out to enjoy the spectacle.

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