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Zoe Ball launches Sport Relief 2018

Zoe Ball chats about her involvement in Sport Relief 2018. We also speak to Tom Raffield, who built his house by bending wood which went on to appear on Channel 4's Grand Designs.

Zoe Ball teases us with details about her upcoming involvement in Sport Relief 2018 alongside Greg James and Alex Jones. We speak to Tom Raffield, a man who built his home by bending wood which went on to appear on Channel 4's Grand Designs. We also hear from little Thomas from Buckinghamshire who sent us the hubcap he found on a litter pick, which has so far accumulated the signatures of celebrities such as Cuba Gooding Jr., Simple Minds and Torvill & Dean. Plus, Vassos is joined by former Welsh Rugby player Scott Quinnell and we Pause For Thought with Father Brian D'Arcy.

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Toto

    Spanish Sea

    • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
    • Sony Legacy.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Rich Girl

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Never Going Back Again

    • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.
  • The Human League

    Don't You Want Me

    • Dare!.
    • Virgin.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Janet Jackson

    When I Think Of You

    • Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade.
    • A&M.
    • 7.
  • Rita Ora

    Your Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Jamming

    • Jammin' (Various Artists).
    • Mango.
  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.
  • Roxy Music

    Same Old Scene

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Perry Como

    Papa Loves Mambo

    • The Best Of Cult Fiction (Various).
    • Virgin.
  • Bruno Mars

    Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Queen

    Bicycle Race

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 4.
  • CNCO & Little Mix

    Reggaet贸n Lento (Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.
  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Soul City Walk

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet 成人快手 Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.
  • Wilson Pickett

    Mustang Sally

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

    Knock On Wood

    • Rediscover The 60's & 70's (Various).
    • Old Gold.
  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.
  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Tom Walker

    Leave A Light On

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

Pause for Thought

From Father聽Brian D'Arcy, a Catholic Passionist priest:

Back in the 80s I was working for a time in South Africa. I had a column in a Sunday newspaper and the only way I could get my 鈥榗opy鈥 to Dublin was to phone it, laboriously, to a copytaker in the office. Ten years later I was studying in Chicago and, miracle of miracles, I could send it home by fax. Today, both are laughable. I now email it from anywhere in the world directly to the newspaper page. The world is changing at an incredible pace.

Dr Tom Friedman published a book recently to help us cope with what he calls 鈥渢his age of acceleration.鈥 He reckons 2007 was a critical year when software 鈥渂egan to eat the world.鈥

Moore鈥檚 law claims that the power of the microchip doubles every two years.

But it鈥檚 not all good. Climate change is causing havoc. For example, in the developing world, the advance of medical science means people will live longer; the population of some African countries will quadruple by 2050.聽 But climate change will rob them of food to live on.

That鈥檚 why it鈥檚 impossible for most of us to get a handle on life. There鈥檚 too much information to process. It takes us a decade to catch up with technological advances but what good is that when technology changes every few years? How depressing!

However, I don鈥檛 believe it has to be that way.

The most destructive condition of our time is not fame or greed or technology. It鈥檚 self-rejection. Self-rejection tells me 鈥淚鈥檓 nobody; I don鈥檛 deserve any better.鈥 Or worse still 鈥淚鈥檝e no right to be here.鈥

That kind of loneliness suffocates our spirits.

I believe we must begin by learning to be at home in our own skin.

Before you find a soulmate, you must first discover your soul.聽

So hold the line. We have not lost control. We always have the power to insist the future comes one day at a time.

Decide to live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece.

鈥淭he Lord is my helper; I need not fear.鈥 (Hebrews 13:6)

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