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The Dirty Dozen Auction

Chris continues his week of auctions for Children in Need, with the return of The Magnificent Seven and The Famous Five.

Chris continues his week of auctions for Children in Need with the return of The Magnificent Seven and The Famous Five.

Twelve lucky couples get to drive some traffic-stopping, classic and super cars around the beautiful English countryside, with the opportunity to feel the G-force on the race track, and enjoy other exciting stopovers en route.

Each couple also gains entry to the Dine and Disco event.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 12 Nov 2013 06:30
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Music Played

  • Bryan Adams

    Cloud Number Nine

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Lily Allen

    Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • Aztec Camera & Mick Jones

    Good Morning Britain

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

  • 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.

  • The Beatles

    All You Need Is Love

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 018.

  • Bee Gees

    Tragedy

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

  • Matt Cardle

    When You Were My Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Absolute.

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

    People Are Strange

    • Echo & The Bunnymen - Ballyhoo.
    • Korova.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Livin' Thing

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.

  • A Flock of Seagulls

    Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

    • Electric Dreams (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.

  • Ren Harvieu

    Open Up Your Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Immigrant Song

    • Led Zeppelin III.
    • Atlantic.

  • One Direction

    Story Of My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • P!nk

    Get The Party Started

    • The Very Best Of All Woman 2003 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Prefab Sprout

    Cars And Girls

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Kenny Rogers

    Coward Of The County

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

  • Snow Patrol

    Chasing Cars

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.

  • Billie Jo Spears

    Blanket On The Ground

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Billie Jo Spears

    Blanket On The Ground

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.

  • Rod Stewart

    Sailing

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Texas

    Dry Your Eyes

    • The Conversation.
    • Pias Recordings.
    • 001.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Diane Louise Jordan, Presenter of The Sunday Hour:

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One Saturday in 2006 I met my future husband. ÌýThe day before I bought a brand new car. ÌýWith both it was pretty much love at first sight....

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However, the passing 7 years is beginning to show on my car. Ìý(Fortunately Giles is more like a quality wine)....

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Yet despite my car’s depreciation it’s still nippy in town - still

effortlessly fast on the motorway, but any top speed it could even imagine boasting of is positively pathetic compared to the latest ambition of Richard Noble OBE - the once world land speed record holder - which is to produce a super-car able to reach a top speed of 1,000mph.

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Fourteen metres in length, two tonnes in weight, powered by a jet and rocket engine, and with Royal Airforce fighter pilot, Andy Green, at the wheel, the Bloodhound SSC is sure to outshine even the most eye-dazzling Ferrari or other SuperCar.

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The project is so big a whole community of dedicated people are focused on making this £40 million super sonic car the fastest and the best.

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Musing on this audacious project started me thinking about the old African proverb of it taking a village to raise a child. ÌýThe impact on a child if a community of people took up that village concept - parents, relatives, neighbours, friends - and committed to nurturing a child with the focused dedication currently being given to Bloodhound.

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Just imagine the transformational effect on a child receiving that sort of lifelong investment.

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Sadly, millions of vulnerable children don’t even have the loving support of one parent but are somehow expected to make their way. ÌýIn this country alone there are thousands of children in the care system without families.

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There’s a line in the bible that says true belief is expressed in how we care for the orphans in our communities.

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That’s why it’s great that every year millions of people, motivated by the caring village model, do all sorts of imaginative, silly(!) things to raise money and ensue we never forget the too many children in need.

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