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Sara Cox's big Comic Relief announcement!

Sara announces her 24-hour Danceathon for Comic Relief and is joined by Richard Curtis and Strictly's Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite. Plus thirty minutes of hits in the Half Wower.

Sara reveals she will be dancing non-stop to 80s music for 24 hours in aid of Comic Relief on 20th March. Strictly Come Dancing's Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite waltz into the studio to give us their survival tips for anyone taking to the dance floor for the first time and Richard Curtis calls in to congratulate Sara on her challenge and gives us the latest on the eagerly awaited Love Actually sequel for Red Nose Day. Plus Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds has today's Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 17 Feb 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • Stereo MC’s

    Step It Up

    • Stereo Mc's - Connected.
    • 4th And Broadway.

  • Michael Bolton

    Old Time Rock & Roll

    • Songs Of Cinema.
    • Frontiers Records.

  • A Taste of Honey

    Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • Disco Fever 2 (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Adele

    Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

    • 25.
    • XL.

  • Art of Noise

    Kiss (feat. Tom Jones)

    • Tom Jones - Greatest Hits.
    • Universal.
    • 15.

  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.

  • Dua Lipa

    Be The One

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Fatback

    I Found Lovin'

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Oasis

    The Masterplan

    • Stop The Clocks E.P..
    • Creation.

  • Queen

    We Will Rock You

    • News Of The World.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Helen Reddy

    Angie Baby

    • 25 Years Of #1 Hits (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.

  • James Blunt

    Love Me Better

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Level 42

    Running In The Family

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

  • Elton John

    Circle Of Life

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Gut.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Holding Out For A Hero

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

  • Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
    • Columbia.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

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

  • Michael Jackson

    P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

    • Thriller.
    • Epic.
    • 6.

  • Calvin Harris

    This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • Black Star Riders

    Testify Or Say Goodbye

    • Heavy Fire.
    • Universal Music.
    • 6.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Work This Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Climax Blues Band

    Couldn't Get It Right

    • Top Gear 3 - Various Artists.
    • Sony.

  • Ultravox

    Dancing With Tears in My Eyes

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 12.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • Γ· Divide.
    • Atlantic.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds:

Guess whose birthday it is today? OK, yeah, Parish Hilton and swimmer Rebecca Adlington ... and probably a few thousand people listening to the programme now - in which case, happy birthday to you. But, the one I am thinking about is Ed Sheeran. 26 today. How do I know? Well, someone told me he originally comes from Hebden Bridge in my patch of West Yorkshire, and I thought I'd check it out. They're right ... and I noticed that it's his birthday today.

So, open your ears: I'm going to pause for a thought (which means thinking out loud) about one of his best-known songs - recently nominated for a Grammy. Love yourself is a great command ... or invitation. After all, there are plenty of people who don't love themselves - or don't believe themselves to be lovable - and who sometimes then find it difficult to love others.

There is a link here that Jesus got in one when he asked his followers to love God and love your neighbour as yourself. Actually, he was picking up on a maxim that had already been around for a thousand years or more, but he gave it a new twist - and it goes a bit like this:

Loving yourself can turn you into a narcissist who sees everyone and everything through a lens shaped only like yourself. (Apparently, even leaders of countries are not exempt from this.) This makes me the centre of the world - even other people's worlds. It isn't attractive, and it can produce dreadful selfishness.

So, this is why Jesus gets the order right: loving God turns your attention away from needing to justify your own worthiness and focuses on something much more fundamental. I matter because I am made in the image of God. Therefore, I see myself through God's eyes: infinitely valuable and eternally loved. So, what do I do with this? Well, it turns me outwards to love other people whose value is to be found in the same way. I am loved, therefore I love.

So, Ed has got it right: love yourself, but only once you know you are loved. And then pass it on. So, happy birthday Ed Sheeran. Have a good one, and may it be filled with love.

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