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Richard Allinson sits in

Richard Allinson sits in for Chris Evans with a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 23 Dec 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Bryan Adams

    Run Rudolph Run

    • A Very Special Christmas (Various).
    • A&M.

  • Bachman–Turner Overdrive

    You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Beach Boys

    Little Saint Nick

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Beatles

    She Loves You

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 003.

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Cher

    Believe

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Warm This Winter

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Joe Cocker

    Delta Lady (Radio 1 Session, 7 Oct 1968)

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1969.
    • Premier.

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    It's Christmas Time All Over The World

    • A Christmas Gift (Various Artists).
    • Ronco.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Geno

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 5.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Shining Star

    • The Best Of.
    • CBS.

  • Paloma Faith

    Leave While I'm Not Looking

    • A Perfect Contradiction.
    • RCA.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    Real Hope

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

  • Jamiroquai

    Little L

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • Darlene Love

    Christmas (Baby Please Come ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ)

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • M

    Pop Muzik

    • Million Sellers Vol.16 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 7.

  • Olly Murs

    Lonely This Christmas (Radio 2 Session, 16 Dec 14)

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

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

  • The Ronettes

    Frosty The Snowman

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.
    • 001.

  • Shocking Blue

    Venus

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Sia

    You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life

    • Swinging Sixties! (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Frank Sinatra

    I'll Be ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ For Christmas

  • Slade

    Merry Xmas Everybody

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Taylor Swift

    Blank Space

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 1.

  • T. Rex

    Jeepster

    • Electric Warrior (Deluxe Edition).
    • A&M.
    • 3.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Something in the Water

    • Greatest Hits: Decade #1.
    • Sony BMG.

  • Wham!

    Last Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Wild Cherry

    Play That Funky Music

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Will Young

    Leave Right Now

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/19.

From Methodist Minister Leslie Griffiths

From Methodist Minister Leslie Griffiths

Once and once only have I told the Christmas story to an audience that had never heard it before. It was in faraway Haiti where I was living at the time. One Christmas Day, I led a service in a remote country church. On my arrival, I found a congregation at least three times its normal size. A large number of migrant workers from the nearby sugar fields had turned up. I greeted them and soon gathered that they knew absolutely nothing about Mary or Joseph, they’d never heard of Bethlehem and didn’t have a clue who Cyrenius governor of Syria might have been. So I put the sermon I’d prepared in my back pocket and decided to tell the Christmas story just as it comes with no adornment or frills. I’ll never forget the response. They heard how the parents of Jesus had to travel miles to take part in a census. They nodded in recognition; how many times had bureaucrats told them what to do and where to go? And the innkeeper’s β€œNo room here” also struck home with people who themselves had nowhere to lay their head, who slept under the stars. When they heard how some shepherds, peasant folk just like themselves had seen and heard angels and were the first to worship the Lord of lords, they got very excited. But it was the arrival of the three kings from the east that was the clincher. Peasants were admitted before kings, the usual social order turned upside down. The people in front of me identified with what was happening, they claimed it as their own, they whooped for joy. I discovered the power of this oh-so-familiar story for people coming to it new. And ever since, all I want for Christmas is to tell it fresh. So that everyone can catch something of that power.

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