Sara Cox Sits in with Strictly's Gemma Atkinson and Aljaz Skorjanec
Gemma Atkinson and Aljaz Skorjanec pop in to the studio ahead of this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing final. Sara Cox sits in for Chris so we hear your early morning achievements!
Gemma Atkinson and Aljaz Skorjanec pop in to the studio ahead of this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing final, with tales of their Strictly journey so far. Sara Cox sits in for Chris, so we hear about your early morning achievements from making soup to cycling, your love for electric blankets, plus lots of top tunes to chase the winter blues away in the Half Wower. Vassos chats to Paul Nicholson who's commentating at the World Darts Championships and Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski provides the daily Pause For Thought on the first day of Chanukah.
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Elton John
Step Into Christmas
- Caribou.
- Mercury.
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Naughty Boy & Joe Jonas
One Chance To Dance
- (CD Single).
- Virgin Records.
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The Police
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Stevie Wonder
What Christmas Means To Me
- 20 Motown Christmas Classics (Variou.
- Hitsville.
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Donna Summer
Winter Melody
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Jona Lewie
Stop The Cavalry
- The Ivor Novello Winners.
- EMI.
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Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
Lay Down For Free
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- EastWest.
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Kelly Clarkson
Underneath The Tree
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Jools Holland & Jos茅 Feliciano
Light My Fire (Radio 2 Piano Room, 12 December 2017)
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Nat King Cole
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
- Cole, Christmas & Kids.
- Capitol.
- 5.
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Ed Sheeran & 叠别测辞苍肠茅
Perfect Duet
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Mariah Carey
All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
- Columbia.
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Jamie Cullum
Show Me The Magic
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 1.
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Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
- Rock Of America (Various Artists).
- Trax Label.
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P!nk
Beautiful Trauma
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
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Coldplay
Viva La Vida
- Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
- Parlophone.
- 1.
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Visage
Fade To Grey
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Snap!
The Power
- Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
- Virgin.
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Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up
- Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Someb.
- RCA.
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Little Mix
Black Magic
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- Syco Music.
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Oasis
She's Electric
- What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
- Creation Records.
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New Edition
Candy Girl
- Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
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The Gap Band
Oops Up Side Your Head
- Soul Years 1980 (Various Artists).
- Knight Records.
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Leading Ladies
I'm Every Woman
- Songs From The Stage.
- EastWest.
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The Boo Radleys
Wake Up Boo!
- Various Artists - Untitled.
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Lionel Richie
Running With the Night
- Body & Soul: Heart & Soul II (Variou.
- Polygram Tv.
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Shania Twain
Who's Gonna Be Your Girl
- Now.
- Mercury.
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Olly Murs
Dance With Me Tonight
- In Case You Didn't Know.
- Epic.
- 24.
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Lucy Spraggan
Drink Til We Go Home
Pause for Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue
It鈥檚 the first day of Chanukah.聽 If you get a chance, take a walk just after dark around any Jewish area.聽 You鈥檒l see people at their windows lighting candles in a special lamp called a menorah 鈥� one candle on the first night, two tonight, up to eight on the final night.聽 At our house, each of us lights a menorah and a quick calculation reveals that there will be over 70 candles burning on the final night.聽 This produces a spectacular display and an amazing wall of heat that can melt a chocolate coin 鈥� a much-loved Chanukah treat 鈥� at 10 paces.
Over 2000 years ago, Jewish life and practice in Israel were seriously threatened by Hellenists, a mostly-Jewish group influenced by Greek culture.聽 They challenged core Jewish ideas about spirituality, religion and particularly whether Mankind can partner with God to create a better world.聽 Tradition teaches that the Hellenist rulers attempted to ban Sabbath observance and outlawed circumcision, both acts of partnership between Man and God.聽 They closed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and treated the Bible as a work of intellectual, rather than religious, value, on a par with Aristotle.
Eventually, war broke out between the factions.聽 Despite being greatly outnumbered, the traditionalists triumphed and were able to reopen the Temple.聽 They found the place derelict, with insufficient oil to light the menorah-lamp for more than a day.聽 Yet a miracle occurred and the oil lasted for eight days until new supplies could be found.聽 Chanukah 鈥� which means rededication 鈥� celebrates that victory and the miracle.
They tried to kill us, we won, let鈥檚 eat 鈥� that鈥檚 the Jewish way.聽 What foods, then, do we eat on Chanukah?聽聽 I鈥檝e never quite understood the link, but because the original menorah-lamp was lit with oil, we eat oily foods, which are bad news for the waistline.聽 When I was a kid, people ate latkes 鈥� fried potato rissoles 鈥� on Chanukah.聽 But, apparently, they aren鈥檛 fattening enough, so latkes have mostly been replaced with doughnuts filled with jam, cream, chocolate or even custard.聽 The chocolate ones come in at an astonishing 450 calories each!聽 Doughnuts are delicious but often so oily there鈥檚 a good chance you could light it and it would burn for eight nights 鈥� perhaps a new way to celebrate the miracle of Chanukah?聽 Chanukah Sameach 鈥� happy Chanukah.
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