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Chris's Children In Need Auctions: Day Two - With Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe helps launch day two of Chris's Children In Need auctions.

It's Day 2 of Chris' auctions for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children In Need, featuring the legendary Dine And Disco, plus some brand new packages put together especially for this year... Enjoy long distance running? Strap on your shoes and get close to the radio, you will not want to miss today's package!

Last year, you donated an amazing total of £5,925,716.44 (you generous lot!), and every penny goes to the projects and charities supporting the children who need it the most. So, if you've had a good year, and want to make a massive difference to the lives of young people across the UK, tune in, dig deep and let's raise some cash for kids!

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Tue 10 Nov 2015 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.

  • Seal

    Do You Ever

    • Reprise.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • The Beatles

    You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

  • The Beatles

    I Should Have Known Better

    • A Hard Day's Night.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Blue Swede

    Hooked On A Feeling

    • Tarantino's Favourites (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 7.

  • Paloma Faith

    Stone Cold Sober

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

  • 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.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Take That

    Hey Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Jess Glynne

    Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • Perry Como

    I Love You And Don't You Forget It

    • Perry Como - 20 Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • One Direction

    Perfect

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.

  • The Bluebells

    Young At Heart

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

  • T. Rex

    20th Century Boy

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 009.

  • Kodaline

    Brand New Day

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

  • Level 42

    Running In The Family

    • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Nathaniel Rateliff

    S.O.B.

    • (CD Single).
    • Stax Records.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Theme From New York, New York

    • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
    • Reprise.

  • Lily Allen

    LDN

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music.
    • 14.

  • Simply Red

    Love Gave Me More

    • (CD Single).
    • SimplyRed.com.
    • 001.

  • Van Morrison

    Bright Side Of The Road

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Art Historian, Dr Jim Harris

As a boy, I was a member of the 2nd Headstone Scout Group.  I was a cub, a scout and a Venture Scout.  I made friends and I misbehaved.  I learned to camp, make a fire, climb a hill, clean my shoes, paddle a canoe, chop wood, make plaster-casts of animal tracks, sharpen a knife, read a map, ride a horse and cook a meal.  I learned to lead, be led, and play British Bulldog. It was brilliant.


And we were brilliant.  We were better than the 1st Headstone; for Pete’s sake, they wore maroon scarves.  And we were way better than the 8th Pinner, who were Sea Scouts.  In North London. Seriously?
But the thing that really made us special was Douglas. Douglas was an old Routemaster double-decker bus from the Isle of Man that took us, with Pete Reynolds or John Hodges driving and John Willock keeping order, to Great Torrington and Wadenhoe, to Youlbury, Chalfont Heights and Tolmers, all of them among the most magical places of my childhood.


Now the great thing about a bus is that you're all in it together.  A bus can carry a whole community. Everyone has a spot, there can be twenty different conversations going on at once, and everyone can see where you're going.
That sense of shared direction has been a goal for Christians for the past 2000 years. The early churches seemed to have nailed it pretty well -  according to the book of Acts, 'There was no needy person among them’.
There are, on the other hand, plenty of needy people among us now: so this week it’s fantastic to see people all over Britain doing something of what the early Christians did: sharing what they have and taking care of each other, through Children in Need.


So, whether you phone in a donation on Friday night or organize a local event, or, like I’m thinking of doing, put in a bid in on Thursday for a vintage bus trip with a, er, mystery driver… think about the community you’d like to be part of.  I reckon it’s a great opportunity to show what direction we want to be travelling in.

Broadcast

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