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Eddie Izzard, Tom Kerridge, Raymond Blanc, Bellowhead

Chris and his Breakfast elves bring that festive feeling with guest Eddie Izzard, top Christmas chef tips from Tom Kerridge and Raymond Blanc, plus seasonal live music from big band Bellowhead.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 16 Dec 201306:30
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Music Played

  • Lily Allen

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Louis Armstrong

    Cool Yule

    • Serendipity O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • The Beach Boys

    Little Saint Nick

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

  • The Beatles

    Christmas Time is Here Again!

    • (CD Single).
    • Apple.

  • The Beatles

    I Want To Hold Your Hand

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 004.

  • Mary J. Blige

    This Christmas

    • A Mary Christmas.
    • Decca.

  • Nell Bryden

    All You Had

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.
    • 1.

  • Michael Bublé

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Warm This Winter

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Dario G

    Sunchyme

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Goons

    I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas

    • The World Of The Goons.
    • Eclipse.

  • John Williams And The London Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Of Arabia

  • Jack Johnson

    You And Your Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Brushfire Records.
    • 1.

  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • Annie Lennox

    Universal Child

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • John Mellencamp

    Jack And Diane

    • John Cougar - American Fool.
    • Mercury.

  • George Michael

    December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Aegean Records.
    • 1.

  • Mott the Hoople

    Roll Away The Stone

    • Mott The Hoople - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.

  • Pilot

    Magic

    • NOW That's What I Call 70s Pop (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Kay Starr

    (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag

    • Capitol.

  • The Waitresses

    Christmas Wrapping

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought: Archbishop John Sentamu

Pause For Thought: Archbishop John Sentamu

Pause For Thought

When you arrive in a new place, some images remain with you for ever. When I arrived in this country in 1974, I saw, in a friend’s home, a poster of a newborn giraffe with its legs all tangled up, and still with a lot of growing left to do. The caption read, “Please be patient with me, God hasn’t finished with me yet”. I was so transfixed by it that my friend gave it to me.

Now, whenever I get myself into a tizz - feeling that I haven’t lived up to my own expectations, let alone God’s – the picture of that baby giraffe imprinted on my memory is a great source of encouragement, telling me that I need to be patient with myself and with other people, because God has not finished with us yet.

For the best is yet to be.

Images. In my recent visit to All Saints’ Cathedral, Cairo, one image there stayed with me: the picture of a toddler, and the caption: “My name is Today: today I need to eat, today I need to play, today I need care, today I need love, give me hope today for a brighter tomorrow.”

Those words are now constantly before me, inviting me to see not only the beauty of that child’s face, but also the challenge of the message itself: My name is Today.

During this time of Advent, we look forward with hope to the coming of a new joyful Today, when love comes down at Christmas, with the birth of Christ.

Sadly, in this beautiful world, there are still many children whose name is ‘Today’ - lacking in love, warmth, care, food, and fun.

In a haunting song by Annie Lennox, Universal Child, she sings:

How many mountains must you face before you learn to climb?...
I see the tracks of ev'ry tear that ran right down your face.
I see the hurt, I see the pain, I see the human race.

I couldn’t put it any better than Annie Lennox – so let us listen to her.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Dec 201306:30
    BBC Radio 2

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