Richard Allinson chats to funnyman and actor Hugh Dennis. 
Music Played
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Boney M. Mary's Boy Child
That's Christmas (Various Artists), EMI
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Paul Carrack Thinking About You (This Christmas)
(CD Single), Carrack UK, 1
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Louis Armstrong Cool Yule
Serendipity O.S.T. (Various Artists), Columbia
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Madonna Don't Tell Me
(CD Single), Maverick, 16
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Girls Aloud Sound Of The Underground
(CD Single), Polydor
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The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar
The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks, Abkco
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The Rolling Stones Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones - Remastered, Abkco
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The Military Wives & Gareth Malone Wherever You Are
(CD Single), Decca
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Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA, CBS
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Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas
The Polar Express O.S.T. (Various Artists), Reprise
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Cee Lo Green Anyway
Ladykiller: Platinum Edition, Warner Bros, 1
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Gabriella Cilmi Warm This Winter
(CD Single), Universal, 1
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Münchener Freiheit Keeping The Dream Alive
The Best Christmas... Ever! (Various), Virgin
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U2 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
(CD Single), Island
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Matt Cardle Starlight
Letters, Syco, 1
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Doris Day Christmas Present
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The Kinks Apeman
The Kinks - The Definitive Collection, Polygram Tv
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Choir of King's College, Cambridge Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Carols From King's College, Cambridge, EMI
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Four Tops Loco In Acapulco
The Ultimate Party (Various Artists), Hit Label
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The Real Thing You To Me Are Everything
In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part, Old Gold
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Odyssey Native New Yorker
Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie, Disky
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The Brilliant Things Dance
(CD Single), Spokes Records, 1
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The Jam Beat Surrender
Now 1983 - The Millennium Series, EMI
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Pause for Thought
With Father Brian D'Arcy, a Catholic Passionist priest.
"Today, the winter Solstice, is the shortest day of the year. For thousands of years people held festivals of light to help them get through the dark days of winter. Christians chose the 25th December as the date for Christmas, in part, because of the already established rituals of light. So, Christmas goodwill, the lights, candles and fancy decorations, are meant to fill our lives with light and hope. Whether we know it or not, we need a celebration at the turn of winter.
"Not far from where I live here in Ireland, Newgrange was an ancient burial ground for Kings; it’s over 3000 years old. Those Celtic people ingeniously designed their burial chamber so that the box-like lintel on the roof, would catch the rays of the sun as it rose almost horizontally, on this, winter solstice, day. It was that precise.
"This morning there are people in the Newgrange chamber waiting for the dazzling morning sun to rush from the lintel’s opening and shoot down through the maze of narrow corridors, dispelling the darkness and flooding the burial-place in light. Long before Christ was born, the Celts knew that even in depths of winter, light shatters the dark and brings hope.
"The feast of Christmas is fast approaching. God came to us as a helpless baby, born in a dark cave, so that the lives of all people, the good, the bad and indifferent, could be enlightened with peace and good cheer.
"So enjoy your Christmas; eat, drink and be merry; may you laugh, love and be loved; may you be smothered in goodness; may you know that the more truly human you are, the more like God you become; bless your family with your own goodness; and may this be your most joyful and most memorable Christmas ever." -
Chris and the girls from Ebony Steelband!
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BBC Radio 2Wed 21 Dec 2011 06:30 BBC Radio 2
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