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Live in Chewton Glen

Chris and the team are live in Chewton Glen with the lucky Children In Need bidders in the 'Dirty Dozen' - the Magnificent Seven Ferraris and the Famous Five movie cars.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 26 Jun 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Buzzcocks

    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Common Linnets

    Calm After The Storm

    • Eurovision Song Contest Copenhagen 2014.
    • Universal.
    • 009.

  • Sharon Corr

    Take A Minute

    • (CD Single).
    • Bobbyjean.
    • 001.

  • George Ezra

    Budapest

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Michael Franti & Spearhead

    I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.

  • Gibson Brothers

    Cuba

    • Disco & Dance Party Hits (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Janis Joplin

    Mercedes Benz

    • Janis Joplin - Pearl.
    • Columbia.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Lotus Eaters

    First Picture Of You

    • New Frontiers (Various Artists).
    • Temple Records.

  • Madonna

    Beautiful Stranger

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
    • 13.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Word Of Mouth

    • Mike & The Mechanics Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • James Morrison

    You Give Me Something

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Gregory Porter

    No Love Dying

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • Elvis Presley

    Suspicious Minds

  • Queen

    Seaside Rendezvous

    • A Night At The Opera.
    • Island.
    • 7.

  • Lalo Schifrin

    Bullitt

    • Bullitt (Original Movie Soundtrack).
    • Aleph.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Heartbeat

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Simply Red

    Holding Back the Years

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

  • Stereophonics

    I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio

    • Smash Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Texas

    When We Are Together

    • Texas - The Hush.
    • Mercury.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds for the Diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales:

ΜύΜύ

"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends." Now, that's what I call a prayer! Why beat about the bush asking for a bike when your ambitions might run a little deeper?

I have no idea what was going through Janis Joplin's mind when she sang that song way back in October 1970, but it still makes me smile when I hear it today. And ... she recorded it in a single take.

Now, I don't know what it says about the relative value of cars - frankly, if push comes to shove, I would be happy to settle for the poor old Porsche - but it does say something about what prayer is all about. For prayer is not an exercise in ethical cleansing, but a commitment to honesty. It involves telling God the truth and not pretending that we are actually holier than we are.

Go back several thousand years and you find the psalmists throwing their politeness to the wind and saying it as it is. "God, I am up to my neck in it and where are you?" "God, I wish you'd take my enemies and smash them to bits." "God, why do the wicked prosper while the people who try hard to get it right just end up getting it in the neck?"

Of course, the awkward bit about this is that once we have put the question to God, he seems to turn it back to us to take responsibility for what we do with it ourselves. Prayer is never an escape from responsibility, but, rather, involves being thrust into the heart of it. Tell God the truth and you can't then duck the implications of what you have said to him.

So, this morning I am with Janis Joplin. Tell the truth and aim high. Expect generosity - but then you have to start being generous. It all hangs together. Expect love, then give it.

So, as the drivers set off for their long drive today, let me encourage you with the words of the ancient prophet Elijah: "Hitch up your chariot and get going before the rain stops you."

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