What Does a Puppy Smell Of?
Wine expert Olly Smith matches a wine to the smell of a puppy! And will it be a white Christmas? We speak to the weather man in the know about the snow...
Wine expert Olly Smith matches a wine to the smell of a puppy!
Will it be a white Christmas? We speak to the weather man in the know about the snow...
We launch the ticket giveaway to see Gary Barlow In Concert tomorrow in the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Theatre...
Little Michael from Bournemouth tells us about his cake and biscuit sale...
Our very own Colly Bird, Linda Robson gives us a festive On This Day in our 12 Days 'Til Christmas countdown...
Ben Slade from days of old on Why Don't You is our Mystery Guest...
And the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols shares some very wise words in Pause For Thought.
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AC/DC
Highway To Hell
- AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
- Albert.
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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.
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Bananarama & Fun Boy Three
Really Saying Something
- Bananarama - Deep Sea Skiving.
- London.
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Gary Barlow
Face To Face (feat. Elton John)
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- Polydor.
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The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
- Smiley Smile (Stereo Version).
- EMI.
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Harry Belafonte
Scarlet Ribbons
- Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
- Music & Memories.
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David Bowie
John, I'm Only Dancing
- David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
- EMI.
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
- Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
- Columbia.
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Bing Crosby
White Christmas
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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The Darkness
Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
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- Atlantic.
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Deacon Blue
You'll Know It's Christmas
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- Edsel Recordings.
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Céline Dion
Breakaway
- Loved Me Back To Life.
- Sony Music.
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Eurythmics
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
- The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Guns N’ Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
- The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
- Hits Album.
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Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews
Baby It's Cold Outside
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The Killers
Just Another Girl
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- Virgin.
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Eartha Kitt
Santa Baby
- The Best Christmas Album In The World.
- Virgin.
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Leona Lewis
One More Sleep
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- Syco Music.
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Lobo
Me & You & A Dog Named Boo
- Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In.
- Old Gold.
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Manic Street Preachers
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (feat. Nina Persson)
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- Columbia.
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Dean Martin & Helen O’Connell
How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?
- Cool Couples (Various Artists).
- Sanctuary.
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Olly Murs
Hand On Heart
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- Epic.
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John Newman
Losing Sleep
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- Island.
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Donny Osmond
Puppy Love
- The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
- Polydor.
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Queen
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- A Day At The Races.
- Island.
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Ramones
Baby, I Love You
- The Ramones - End Of The Century.
- Sire.
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Cliff Richard
Mistletoe & Wine
- It's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Paul Simon
You Can Call Me Al
- The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
- Warner Bros.
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T. Rex
Children of the Revolution
- Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
- Edsel.
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Pause for Thought
From Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols:
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Well, Archbishop, people say, we getting near to your busy time, aren’t we! Well, I would be a rich man if I had a fiver for every time someone said that to me as Christmas approaches. It’s not as if we clergy are like Santa, with our feet up for the rest of the year! But I know they mean well.
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Even Pope Francis is joining in the fun. In a recent teaching document about preaching he says that both people and priest can suffer from sermons: the people from having to listen to them and the priest from having to prepare them! So he encourages us to prepare well what we have to say. And, he says, don’t look as if you have just come from a funeral!
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Rather, the first thing we’ve to get across is the joy of our faith. There’s a joy in the air at Christmas, the joy of preparation and of seeing the children opening their presents. But there is also a deeper joy, a joy that isn’t so fleeting, that deepens with time. It’s the joy of knowing that the child born in the stable is the real presence of God in our midst, the joy of knowing the single most important thing for our existence: that we are loved by God!
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This knowledge is of the heart as well as of the head. And it’s often in our hearts before our heads. It comes in quiet, unexpected ways, difficult to put into words.
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One great preacher explained the joy of faith like this:
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For us Christ is everything. If you have a wound to heal, he is the doctor; if you are parched by fever; he is the spring; if you are oppressed by injustice, he is justice; if you are in need of help, he is strength; if you fear death, he is life; if you desire heaven, he is the way; if you are in darkness, he is the light.
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That’s St Ambrose of Milan from about the year 375. His words still ring true for us today and I guess he smiled as he said them!
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