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Sara Cox sits in and celebrates Blue Peter’s 60th birthday with Janet Ellis, plus there’s top tunes in the Half Wower.

Sara Cox sits in and celebrates Blue Peter’s 60th birthday with Janet Ellis who became the first woman in Europe to free fall from 20,000 feet whilst working on the show. We hear from three fabulous Early Achievers including Karen in Thirsk who’s been roasting a chicken since 6am. There’s back-to-back bangers in the Half Wower including top tunes from The Shamen, Corona and Happy Mondays. Karthi Gnanasegaram is joined in the Sports Locker by British skeleton racer Lizzy Yarnold and the Bishop of Leeds Nick Bains has today’s Pause For Thought.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 16 Oct 2018 06:30
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  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Olly Murs

    Moves (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Queen

    A Kind Of Magic

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Bryan Adams

    Cloud Number Nine

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Tom Odell

    Half As Good As You (feat. Alice Merton)

  • Aretha Franklin

    Freeway Of Love

    • Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits.
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Weeknd

    I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.

  • Cilla Black

    Alfie

  • Dionne Warwick

    Alfie

    • Heartbreaker: Best Of Dionne Warwick.
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Macy Gray

    Over You

    • Ruby.
    • Mack Avenue Records.

  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.

  • Madonna

    Holiday

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 34.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Work This Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Έι³ά²Τ‐D.²Ρ.°δ. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

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

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.

  • The Shamen

    Move Any Mountain

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.

  • Corona

    The Rhythm Of The Night

    • Now 29 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Nile Rodgers & Chic

    Sober (feat. Craig David & Stefflon Don)

    • It's About Time.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Love Don't Cost A Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Meghan Trainor

    No Excuses

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Model

    • Into The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Paul Weller

    Gravity

    • True Meanings.
    • Parlophone.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

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

  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • EMI.

  • DNA

    Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega)

    • Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried & True.
    • A&M.

  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Karen Ramirez

    Looking For Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Manifesto.

  • George Benson

    Never Give Up On A Good Thing

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 3.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds:

Isn’t the internet a wonderful thing? Coming down to London on the train yesterday, I had a quick look for 16 October 2018 and discovered - to my amusement - that today is Dictionary Day, Steve Jobs Day, Boss Day, Department Store Day, and Feral Cat Day. Can you believe it? Who invents these things. And does anyone actually do anything on Department Store Day other than go shopping? As someone once put it: Tesco ergo sum ... or β€˜I shop, therefore I am’.

But, it’s also World Food Day, and here it all gets a bit more serious. World Food Day was first launched in 1945 to celebrate the start of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Its focus has been on food security and how agriculture needs to be developed a round the world in order for growing populations to be adequately fed.

Now, it’s easy to quote Jesus in the gospels praising those who feed the hungry and clothe the naked, but someone else then has to do the economics. Food banks around the country are absolute life-savers for individuals and families and are usually run by volunteers who believe that no one should go hungry in twenty first century Britain. But, we need to ask why they are so necessary and why use of them is increasing so markedly. But, World Food Day draws attention to the fact that global measures are needed if all people are to be fed. Look at Yemen and other places where famine and hunger are appalling, and food banks are in short supply.

Well, I can hear the voices already telling me that β€œI can’t change the world’s agricultural policies!” And I get that. But, today I could use my iPhone - or any other mobile phone, obviously - to celebrate Steve Jobs Day and locate a decent department store (hopefully without feral cats hanging around) where I could buy some food and take it to my nearest foodbank.

This way I can pay a small price for making a big difference to someone who otherwise will go hungry. And, in doing so, I’ll also be changing the world.

Anyway, it’s food for thought, isn’t it.


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