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Ruth Jones, Harvey Weinstein, Rachel Riley and Gaz Coombes

Chris gets that Friday feeling going with Ruth Jones, Harvey Weinstein, Mel and Sue, and Gaz Coombes plays live.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 6 Feb 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Love Me Like You Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    Hundred Mile High City

    • The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene.
    • Island.

  • Cat Stevens

    Wild World

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    California

    • Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
    • Parlophone.

  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Duran Duran

    Rio

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.

  • George Ezra

    Cassy O'

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.

  • Elvis Presley

    Teddy Bear

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Jammin' (Various Artists).
    • Mango.

  • Jermain Jackman

    How Will I Know

    • (CD Single).
    • London.

  • Laurel & Hardy & The Avalon Boys

    The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

    • The Movie Collection (Various Artists.
    • Deja Vu.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Ballad Of The Mighty I

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

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

  • Toni Basil

    Mickey

    • Billboard #1 Hits Of The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Gary Barlow

    Feet Don't Touch The Ground

  • Blur

    Parklife

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • AC/DC

    Rock Or Bust

    • Rock Or Bust.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • The Beat

    Hands Off...She's Mine

    • The Beat - Beat This!.
    • Sire.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Lips Are Movin

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.

  • Ennio Morricone

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • The Very Best Of....
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

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

There's a lot of talk around these days about role models. I was at Anfield last Saturday watching Liverpool offer a model of how other football teams should play. (Cough) Celebrities who misbehave in public are scolded about their responsibility to be role models for children and young people - despite the fact that most of the time they just get on with living and don't think about people copying them.

The imitation game is an odd thing, isn't it? I have never been one of those to follow a trend or want to look or be like someone else. I've never been afflicted with the burning need to dress like Elvis Presley or walk like Cristiano Ronaldo - to have the gift of the gab like Chris Evans or write like Jane Austen. Obviously.

But, despite my protestations to the contrary, I think I'm kidding myself if I think there is no subconscious stuff going on in there somewhere. Deep in our heartlands we nurture models of how we would like to be or what we would like to look like. Our imagination sometimes plays games - like when you stand in front of the mirror and, for a few moments, pose like Lady GaGa or pout like Harry Stiles. (I can't help thinking I've used bad examples there...)

Anyway, I'm fibbing big time, if I claim to opt out of the imitation game. I am a Christian - that fact motivates everything else for me. And this means - very simply - that I try to imitate the Jesus I read about in the gospels. It's as simple as that. Although we complicate it a million times, Christian faith is surprisingly simple: the Christian answer to the question "What does God look like?" is "he looks like Jesus". Which begs the question "What does Jesus look like?" And the answer is: "Read the gospels and look at people who claim his name." The task of the Christian is to imitate the Jesus of the Gospels.

Like lots of Elvis imitators I have come across over the years, the imitation isn't always successful and is frequently embarrassing. But, this shouldn't put us off the task itself. I'll never win a Bafta - but it won't be for the want of persistence.

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