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Chris's Children In Need Auctions: Day Four

It is the fourth and final day of Chris's auctions for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need, featuring the legendary Dine and Disco, plus some brand new packages.

It's the 4th and final day of Chris' auctions for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Children In Need, featuring the legendary Dine And Disco, plus some brand new packages put together especially for this year... If you've ever fancied being in the audience for some of the most iconic TV shows in the world, you will not want to miss today's package!

Last year, you donated an amazing total of Β£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!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 12 Nov 2015 06:30

Music Played

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Pentatonix

    Can't Sleep Love

    • Pentatonix.
    • RCA.
  • U2

    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • The La’s

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    Are You Gonna Go My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Nathaniel Rateliff

    S.O.B.

    • (CD Single).
    • Stax Records.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

  • Florence + The Machine

    You've Got The Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music 74 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 5.
  • Roger Miller

    King of the Road

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    D.I.Y.

    • What Have We Become.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.
  • Toto

    Hold The Line

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Wilson Pickett

    Mustang Sally

    • Atlantic Rhythm & Blues - Vol 6: 1966.
    • Atlantic.
  • Gregory Porter

    Liquid Spirit

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.
  • Tom Robinson Band

    2-4-6-8 Motorway

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Take That

    Hey Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Reef

    Place Your Hands

    • 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Queen

    Seaside Rendezvous

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

    Sing

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

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.
  • Joey Ramone

    What A Wonderful World

    • (CD Single).
    • Sanctuary.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:ΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύΜύ

Three cheers for Children in Need and good luck to those who get to that Top Gear opening show. A show I got to attend through my charity connections was a very different experience. It was a Phil Collins concert at the Albert Hall. I sat in a posh box with half a dozen of the charity’s pin-striped and power-dressed top people. I didn’t know any of them and things were stiff and starchy - until the concert began.Μύ It wasn’t my kind of music so I tried to be my usual demure self. Not so my hosts. Their jackets were off, ties loosened, shirt tails flapping as they bopped and popped in sheer adulation of one song after another.Μύ

I must confess that when it was all over, I heaved sigh of relief. Only to discover that a rapturous crowd had persuaded the star to offer an encore. I resigned myself to more of the same. But lo and behold he chose a song I knew, a song that my mother used to sing. She had no time for church or formal religion but this song hinted at something much deeper. For her, it was God (not Phil Collins) making the promise: β€œI’ll be loving you – always; not for an hour, not for a day, not for a year but – always.” My mother possessed nothing. Zilch. We lived in one room and she was a semi-invalid but she still thought of God as someone who’d loved her – always. Another of her favourite ditties, sung as she did the housework, was β€œYou are my sunshine.” And this too, she sang as if it were a prayer. β€œYou’ll never know Lord how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away.”

That was the show that was. Phil Collins sang. My hosts contorted themselves. And I sank happily into my own warm little world of memory.Μύ

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  • Thu 12 Nov 2015 06:30

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