Stephen Merchant, Amanda Abbington, Rick Astley and James Martin
James Martin serves up festive food, actors Stephen Merchant and Amanda Abbington tell us about their latest projects. Plus, Rick Astley and the Salvation Army perform live.
James Martin serves up festive food for the Friday finale, Stephen Merchant chats about his TV show Click and Collect ahead of its Christmas Eve outing and we get a peak at an alternate future for the Royal Family through the eyes of The Queen and I star Amanda Abbington. Plus, Rick Astley plays tracks from Beautiful Life alongside some more familiar Christmas tunes and the Salvation Army add some traditional songs to the musical mix.
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James Martin’s top Christmas tips
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Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody
- (CD Single).
- EMI.
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James Arthur & Anne-Marie
Rewrite The Stars
- The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (Various Artists).
- Atlantic.
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Eartha Kitt
Santa Baby
- The Best Christmas Album In The World.
- Virgin.
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José Feliciano & Jools Holland
Feliz Navidad
- Noel (Various Artists).
- Trax Records.
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Ricky Martin
Livin' La Vida Loca
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Michael Bublé
White Christmas (feat. Shania Twain)
- Christmas: Deluxe Special Edition.
- Reprise.
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Mark Ronson
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Bruce Springsteen
Born In The USA
- Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA.
- CBS.
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Jackie Wilson
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Deep Purple
Smoke On The Water
- Singles A's & B's.
- EMI.
- 2.
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Status Quo
Down Down
- Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
- Polygram Tv.
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Whitesnake
Fool For Your Loving
- Whitesnake - The Best Of Whitesnake.
- Geffen.
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Van Halen
Jump
- The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
- Columbia.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along The Watchtower
- The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
- Universal.
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Katy Perry
Cozy Little Christmas
- (CD Single).
- Capitol.
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Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
- A Star Is Born O.S.T..
- Interscope.
- 17.
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Andrea Bocelli
If Only (feat. Dua Lipa)
- Si.
- Decca Classics.
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Josh Groban
Bigger Than Us
- Bridges.
- Warner Bros.
Pause For Thought
From the Reverend Richard Coles:
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The week before Christmas, and it’s all carol services and Nativities, most traditional of things; but, even so, surprises await. At ours, a few years ago, the Three Kings, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, were joined by Darth Vader, who lay at the baby Jesus’ crib the gift of his light sabre.
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Christians
have always been early adopters of new technology, if not usually for armed
combat. The church has been a pioneer of communications technology for
as long as it has been around: it replaced the scroll with the book, making the
Bible easily portable, and out it went into the world and changed it. Printing
put the Bible into the hands of the people in their own language, and changed
it again. Radio communications brought another revolution, and in 1922 the Â鶹Éç
broadcast the first Pause for Thought, a tradition it continues to this day.
And even now, with congregations dwindling faster than the X Factor audience,
and with more people reading horoscopes than Bibles, people around the world
will tune into that most traditional of celebrations, Nine Lessons and Carols
from King’s College Cambridge, celebrating its centenary this year. It’s an
annual event so settled the Â鶹Éç dropped microphones through holes in its
magnificent 16th century fan vault to wire it permanently for sound. And out
into millions of homes, from Adelaide to Anchorage, the message of the angel is
heard again: that in the manger, this tiny baby is not only the power that set
the stars spinning in space, but the love that kindles light in darkness, and
gives hope when all seems lost, and makes everything that’s gone wrong right.
The angel is Gabriel, sacred to Jews and Muslims and Bahai's as well as Christians. He’s also the patron saint of broadcasters, and all of us Pause for Thought contributors, Chris, want to thank you for playing your part in sharing our stories: and we’ve brought you gifts of cutting edge technology - books - as an expression of thanks, with every blessing now and for evermore.
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