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Davina McCall is Vernon's latest Children in Need Champion

Continuing a special Vernon's Children in Need Champions edition of Tracks of My Years, Davina McCall is the latest endurance hero to offer up hints, tips and tracks to motivate.

With just five days to go until Vernon's Ultra Ultramarathon Challenge, he continues his Children in Need Champions series of Tracks of My Years, where he gets a pep talk from a different endurance hero each day. They're also gifting Vernon a couple of motivational songs to keep him going, and today, it's the turn of Davina McCall.

Back in 2014, Davina took part in her Beyond Breaking Point challenge for Sport Relief, which saw her cycle, swim and run an incredible 500 miles from Edinburgh to London in just seven days. From day one she was faced with some of the most severe weather Britain had seen in decades, tackling a 130-mile cycle through 50-mile-an-hour gusts and sleet. Next, she traversed the colossal Scafell Pike on foot, wading through snow, swam across Lake Windermere, ran across the Peak District, cycled from Birmingham to Windsor and finished the challenge running a full marathon into London.

There's also the music quiz Ten to the Top, plus more audio nuggets from the archive in Vernon's Vault.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you: email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten to the Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 9 Nov 2023 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Clean Bandit

    Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Taylor Swift

    Anti-Hero

    • Midnights.
    • EMI.

  • Robin Schulz, Rita Ora & Tiago PZK

    I'll Be There

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Shania Twain

    That Don't Impress Me Much

  • Ed Sheeran

    American Town

    • Autumn Variations.
    • Gingerbread Man Records.

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

  • The Rolling Stones

    Mess It Up

    • Hackney Diamonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Neil

    Hole In My Shoe

    • Neil's Heavy Concept Album.
    • Esoteric Recordings.
    • 002.

  • Jessie Ware

    Hello Love

    • That! Feels Good!.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Nik Kershaw

    I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Loreen

    Is It Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • The Wonder Stuff

    The Size Of A Cow

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • M People

    Sight For Sore Eyes

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • Record of The Week

    • The Beatles

      Now And Then

      • The Beatles 1967-1970 (2023 Edition).
      • Universal Music Recordings.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Tom Odell

      Video Games (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1, Feb 2014)

      • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1's Live Lounge: The Collection.
      • 25.

  • Album of The Week

    • Cliff Richard

      The Young Ones

      • Cliff With Strings: My Kinda Life.
      • Rhino.

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Proclaimers

      I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

      • Single.
      • Parlophone.
      • 1.

    • Heather Small

      Proud

      • Single.
      • EMI.
      • 1.

    • Daryl Hall & John Oates

      You Make My Dreams

      • Greatest Hits.
      • RCA.
      • 5.

  • Take That

    This Life

    • This Life.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Nov 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

Get all the details of how to enter and listen to Vernon's daily music quiz.