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Melanie C, Richard Osman, Adil Ray, Kirsty Young, Georgia May Foote and Giovanni Pernice

Festive fun with Richard Osman of Pointless, Citizen Khan's Adil Ray, broadcaster Kirsty Young and Strictly finalists Georgia May Foote and Giovanni Pernice, plus Melanie C live.

Chris has festive fun with Adil Ray and his alter-ego, the comical community leader, Citizen Khan. Richard Osman declares his love for Kim Wilde, and Kirsty Young fills us in on the traditions behind the Queen's Christmas speech. Strictly Come Dancing finalists Georgia and Giovanni bring some seasonal sparkle to the show, and real-life Spice Girl Melanie C performs live in the studio.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 16 Dec 2015 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Jeff Lynne's ELO

    One Step At A Time

    • Alone In The Universe.
    • Columbia.

  • Nina

    Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

    Somethin' Stupid

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Dickie Valentine

    Christmas Alphabet

    • It's Christmas.
    • Not Now Music.
    • 8.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    I Don't See Them

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Mustang Sally

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

  • Bill Withers

    Ain't No Sunshine

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Jess Glynne

    Hold My Hand

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Bye Bye Baby (Baby, Goodbye)

  • Amy Winehouse

    Rehab

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Gregory Porter

    A Cradle In Bethlehem (Radio 2 Session, 12 Dec 2014)

    • The Christmas Song.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    The More You Give (The More You'll Have)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Kim Wilde

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Kim Wilde

    You Came

    • Kim Wilde - Singles Collection 81-93.
    • MCA.

  • Mel Smith & Kim Wilde

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Merry Christmas.
    • Telstar.
    • 3.

  • Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Burning Love

    • If I Can Dream.
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Courteeners

    Winter Wonderland

    • (CD Single).
    • PIAS.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York:

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My Pilgrimage of Prayer, Witness and Blessing brought me last Friday to St Cuthbert鈥檚 Church in Wilton to Redcar and The Gare - tracing the footsteps of Paulinus and Cuthbert. Walking in woodlands, marshlands and farmlands that were wet, soggy and tricky to traverse.

We made it because we had a wonderful guide, David Gray. Without him it would have been mission impossible.

We are all on a journey and a good guide is crucial. Which reminds me of a fascinating Acceptance Speech that I heard from John Wilson of the RSPB last month, after I presented him with an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Cumbria.听 He told the audience the story of the navigational skills of a tiny bird he has studied, the Reed Warbler. When only 2-3 months old it knows instinctively that it must migrate to Africa to survive. Its parents have already left, so no guidance there. Yet it knows to find food for the journey by feeding avidly and storing fuel in the form of fat. Then one evening at dusk in August or early September it sets off for Africa on the first leg of its almost 3000 miles journey to West Africa in nightly hops, via the south coast and SW France - feeding up and re-fuelling as it makes its journey. It鈥檚 major obstacle is the Sahara desert. It takes 4-6 weeks to travel to its winter quarters. Then, amazingly early next Spring it makes the return journey not just to any reedbed in Europe but to the exact place where it was born, navigating with pin point accuracy; and remember it鈥檚 still not a year old.

How do they do it? The most plausible theory is navigating by the stars or using the earth鈥檚 magnetic field. But that doesn鈥檛 explain how a three month old bird knows which route to take鈥�.

And you know what, Jesus said I am the Way, I am the Truth, I am the Life. He doesn鈥檛 mean 鈥淚 am the map - read me, I am the truth 鈥� speculate about me, I am the life, study me鈥�. He is saying to us, 鈥淚 am the Way - walk me, I am the Truth - know me, I am the Life - live me鈥�. He is my best guide on my journey of life.

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