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Sara sits in for Chris and gets the latest dance floor gossip with Strictly's Anton Du Beke. Plus there's a Half Wower with songs from Michael Jackson and the Arctic Monkeys.

Sara sits in for Chris and gets the latest dance floor gossip with Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke and he addresses the rumours of dancing with Ann Widdecombe in the Strictly Christmas special. We hear from three early achievers including Susie who woke up at 5.45am to make a beef curry, load the washing machine and feed the pets! Plus there's a chain of catchy tunes in the Half Wower including Michael Jackson, D Train and the Arctic Monkeys.
Karthi Gnanasegaram is joined in the Sports Locker by rugby referee Sara Cox and Pause For Thought comes courtesy of Father Brian D'Arcy.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.
  • Little Mix

    Woman Like Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
  • Elle King

    Shame

    • Shake The Spirit.
    • RCA.
  • Shania Twain

    That Don't Impress Me Much

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.
    • 001.
  • The Killers

    When You Were Young

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • Rudimental

    Walk Alone (feat. Tom Walker)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Katy Perry

    I Kissed A Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 7.
  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • The Dave Clark Five

    Glad All Over

    • Glad All Over Again.
    • EMI.
  • George Ezra

    Hold My Girl

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.
  • R.E.M.

    Nightswimming

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.
  • Years & Years

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Michael Jackson

    Smooth Criminal

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.
  • The Pussycat Dolls

    Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)

    • Now 62 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.
    • Domino.
  • ΆΩ‐T°ω²ΉΎ±²Τ

    You're The One For Me

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

    Release Me

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.
    • 2.
  • Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella

    Polaroid

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.
  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • Kings of Leon

    Use Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • JAY-Z

    Empire State Of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)

    • (CD Single).
    • Roc Nation.
    • 14.
  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

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

    Best Years Of Our Lives

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.
  • McFly

    All About You

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
  • The Divine Comedy

    Something For The Weekend

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Jamie Cullum

    Love Is In The Picture

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Brian D’Arcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

November is when Christian churches remind us that all of us are supposed to live saintly lives. We’re ALL Saints they say.

I must admit Saints fascinate me because they are so ordinary. To be a canonised saint is not just the privilege of a few but a calling for everyone. Even so becoming a saint seems like another planet as we struggle through life.

Perhaps one reason is that those who wrote the lives of the saints in the past had fertile imaginations; they never failed to over-egg the pudding.Β  But some saints really did live outrageous lives.

Β St Philip Neri (16th Century) used to dress as a clown and shave one side of his face if anyone called him a saint. He had a weird sense of humour. One day a woman confessed to him that she was spreading gossip. Philip asked her to go into the village, buy a chicken and as she walked back, she should pluck the bird and toss the feathers to the wind.

When she returned with her naked chicken, Philip then told her to go back to the village and gather up the feathers she had scattered. She said it was impossible to gather the same feathers.

β€œAnd once you spread malicious gossip,” the saint told her, β€œYou can never undo the damage either.” Point made.

Real saints live in the real world.Β  Pope Francis got it right when he told an audience of young people that we need worldly saints. β€œWe need saints who drink beer, eat hot dogs; saints who surf the internet, listen to their i-pods and share a pizza with their friends,” Francis insisted.

He encouraged his audience to keep up to date with movies, sports and theatre. Saints need to be open, sociable, normal, happy people. We need saints who enjoy the best things of this world. Too many saints belong in a museum rather than a living church. A genuine saint is just a sinner who tries harder.

St Teresa got it right when she prayed: β€œFrom sour-faced saints and silly devotions, O Lord deliver us.” 

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