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The Super Swing Golf Auction for Children in Need

Chris Evans begins his auctions of extraordinary events to raise money for Children in Need with Super Swing and Festive Foodie packages.

It's Children in Need Appeal Day on Friday, so Chris launches the week with his first auctions of extraordinary events to raise money for Children in Need. Chris is joined by Theo Randall, Eric Chavot, Giorgio Locatelli, Jason Atherton, Phil Howard and Alex Jones.

He tees off with the Super Swing, a perfect package for golf-lovers keen to play in the BMW PGA Championship Celebrity Pro-Am.

And there's a fabulous Festive Foodie package as well!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 10 Nov 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • 10cc

    The Things We Do for Love

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Silent Sigh

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Bangles

    Manic Monday

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

  • The Beatles

    Good Day Sunshine

    • Revolver.
    • Parlophone.
    • 8.

  • The Feeling

    Love It When You Call

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Elton John

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • KISS

    Crazy Crazy Nights

    • Now 10, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Kylie Minogue

    I Should Be So Lucky

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

  • Olly Murs

    Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • The Script

    No Good In Goodbye

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Take That

    These Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

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

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Gust Of Wind

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Vicky Beeching Theologian, Writer and Broadcaster:

Today we’ve heard a lot about the Children in Need charity auction. It’s brilliant to hear so much money’s been raised.Β Charity auctions are a fun way to bid against each other for a really good cause.Β 

We humans seem to be wired to enjoy competing with one another - and it’s not limited to us; last week news broke about another species with the same traits. Research from America revealed that Mexican free-tailed bats are way more competitive than scientists ever imagined.

These bats have developed a clever way to throw each other off their game when hunting. When they chase their prey, they track its whereabouts by sonar; making high-pitched sounds and judging by their echo how close the prey is. As the hunting bat is about to swoop down for a catch, its sonar noises speed up to an incredibly fast rate.Β 

At this moment, they discovered, another bat can jam the sonar signal by making a blocking sound.Β  The hunting bat loses track of their prey, and the jamming bat sneaks in and snaps it up. It’s a whole new dog-eat-dog (or bat-eat-bat) side of the creatures that was previously unknown.

A bit of friendly competition in life can be healthy – and as we’ll see this week – an entertaining way to raise money! But trying to sabotage others’ efforts so that we win is the ugly side of rivalry. It’s so easy for us to slip into this when we feel insecure or threatened.Β 

Jesus’ disciples were plagued with the same struggles we face around this. In Matthew’s Gospel we hear how two of them jostled for the best position, asking Jesus if they, rather than anyone else, could sit in the most impressive seats in heaven. He answered: β€œAnyone among you who wants to be great must help others. Anyone who wants to be first should put themselves last, taking on the role of a servant.” 

If our priority is constantly trying to out-do those around us, rather than love and help them, I believe we’ll never find real happiness. As Theodore Roosevelt put it: β€œComparison is the thief of joy”. Once we stop looking over our shoulder to assess the competition, we can finally enjoy being ourselves and peacefully walk our own unique path.

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