Noel Fitzpatrick, Denise Lewis, Holliday Grainger and The Waterboys
Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick on Animal Rescue Live, Denise Lewis ahead of the World Athletics Championship, Holliday Grainger spills the beans on Strike and The Waterboys play live.
Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick tells Chris about heading to Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter for Animal Rescue Live every night next week on Channel 4, as well as answering questions about pets which are smaller than a mouse! Gold-winning Olympian Denise Lewis OBE gives us a preview of what to watch out for at this year's World Athletics Championships and how darts inspired her career. Actress Holliday Grainger spills the beans on her new 麻豆官网首页入口 One crime drama Strike, based on the novels by J.K Rowling's pseudonym Robert Galbraith. There's live music from The Waterboys as they perform classic tracks The Whole of The Moon, How Long Will I Love You, their new single and a classic Bob Dylan cover! Plus Vassos has the sport and writer Abdul-Rehman Malik has the daily Pause For Thought.
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Denise Lewis on darts: "It's made me what I am today!"
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Noel is on a mission to re-home our nation's homeless pets
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Noel Fitzpatrick on how the late Robert Hardy inspired him
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Basement Jaxx
Rendez-Vu
- (CD Single).
- XL Recordings.
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Blondie
Too Much
- Pollinator.
- BMG Rights Management.
- 010.
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Michael McDonald
Sweet Freedom
- Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
- Warner Bros.
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Meghan Trainor
Lips Are Movin
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
- 001.
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Lenny Kravitz
California
- Lenny Kravitz - Baptism.
- Parlophone.
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Luis Fonsi
Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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The Killers
The Man
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Prince & The Revolution
Purple Rain
- The Love Songs Album (Various).
- Universal.
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Elvis Presley
All Shook Up
- Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Burning Love
- If I Can Dream.
- RCA.
- 001.
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Arcade Fire
Everything Now
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Calvin Harris
Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Wham!
Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)
- Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
- Epic.
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Fleur East
Sax
- Love, Sax & Flashbacks.
- Syco.
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The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
- The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
- Pickwick.
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The Weeknd
Can't Feel My Face
- Beauty Behind The Madness.
- Republic.
- 7.
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Pratt & McClain
Happy Days
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Jamiroquai
Superfresh
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- Virgin.
- 004.
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Modjo
Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
- Now 47 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man
As You Are
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 002.
Pause For Thought
Writer Abdul-Rehman Malik.
Chris, just as I think I have found the secret to making my son listen to me 鈥 usually a mix of bribery and affection 鈥 he finds a way to confound me. My entreaties to him are now met with philosophical answers. The other day he tried to convince me that both our opinions had equal weight because, after all, he said, 鈥渨e鈥檙e both just people, aren鈥檛 we?鈥澛
So I was surprised when my wife called me a few weeks ago while I was away in Indonesia, that our son had been acting withdrawn, less precocious. He was mum about it, but ended up spilling the beans one night while half asleep. He鈥檇 been experimenting with nail polish and his fingers had been a cacophony of dazzling colours. It turns out some of the kids in the neighbourhood didn鈥檛 take too kindly to this. They laughed at him and proffered the usual gender questioning slurs.聽
Sitting in my hotel room, I thought of my son 鈥 whose fearless gumption and can-do attitude I celebrate and love so much 鈥 being caught in a snare of mean words, guilt and confusion. I was filled with anger and sadness.聽
I鈥檝e been working for the last year on a project in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world, whose complex cultures have been shaped by an intermingling of many ancient and beautiful traditions. I鈥檝e been helping a diverse group of young leaders use the power of storytelling to confront a rising wave of intolerance.聽
Through the telling of their stories to each and with each other, I have seen these remarkable women and men 鈥 some who have experienced violence for their beliefs 鈥 find healing and offer forgiveness.聽
鈥淐ome, let us get to know each other鈥, urged the Anatolian mystic Yunus Emre. 鈥淟et us make our work easier. Let us love and be loved. No one inherits this world. No one's here forever.鈥澛
The Waterboys wisely told us in their iconic song, there are some of us whose vision is limited 鈥 by fear or circumstance. We see just the crescent, but those daring ones, they see the whole of the moon.
To confront hate and hurt is to be daring. To be able to tell your story without fear is to be human. Everyone deserves to be understood. It鈥檚 the lesson we all ought to be teaching. As my son would, we鈥檙e all just people aren鈥檛 we?
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