Sara Cox sits in
Sara Cox sits in and celebrates Blue Peter鈥檚 60th birthday with Janet Ellis, plus there鈥檚 top tunes in the Half Wower.
Sara Cox sits in and celebrates Blue Peter鈥檚 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鈥檚 been roasting a chicken since 6am. There鈥檚 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鈥檚 Pause For Thought.
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Janet Ellis looks back at her time on Blue Peter, and THAT jump!
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Mark Ronson
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
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Olly Murs
Moves (feat. Snoop Dogg)
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Tavares
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
- 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
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Queen
A Kind Of Magic
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Bryan Adams
Cloud Number Nine
- Now 43 (Various Artists).
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Dead or Alive
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
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Tom Odell
Half As Good As You (feat. Alice Merton)
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Aretha Franklin
Freeway Of Love
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The Weeknd
I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)
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Cilla Black
Alfie
- Cilla Black- The Best Of The EMI Year.
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Dionne Warwick
Alfie
- Heartbreaker: Best Of Dionne Warwick.
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Macy Gray
Over You
- Ruby.
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Cameo
Word Up
- Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
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Madonna
Holiday
- Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
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WALK THE MOON
Work This Body
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AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls
Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)
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Happy Mondays
Step On
- Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith
Walk This Way
- The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
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Kool & the Gang
Celebration
- Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
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The Shamen
Move Any Mountain
- Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
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Corona
The Rhythm Of The Night
- Now 29 (Various Artists).
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Nile Rodgers & Chic
Sober (feat. Craig David & Stefflon Don)
- It's About Time.
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Jennifer Lopez
Love Don't Cost A Thing
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Meghan Trainor
No Excuses
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Kraftwerk
The Model
- Into The Eighties (Various Artists).
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Paul Weller
Gravity
- True Meanings.
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Kim Wilde
Kids In America
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The Specials
A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)
- Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
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DNA
Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega)
- Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried & True.
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Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
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Karen Ramirez
Looking For Love
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George Benson
Never Give Up On A Good Thing
- George Benson - The Very Best Of.
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Pause For Thought
From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds:
Isn鈥檛 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 鈥業 shop, therefore I am鈥.
But, it鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 鈥淚 can鈥檛 change the world鈥檚 agricultural policies!鈥 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鈥檒l also be changing the world.
Anyway, it鈥檚 food for thought, isn鈥檛 it.
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