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20/07/2025

Manchester author Marcia Hutchinson on her first solo book, The Mercy Step. Emma Worrall from Open Doors UK & Ireland about the impact and legacy of the charity.

Simone Riley chats to Author Marcia Hutchinson, Her first solo book 鈥� the Mercy Step is a coming-of-age novel based on her own experiences of growing up born to Windrush generation Jamaican parents in the UK in 1962.

70 years ago, 鈥楤rother Andrew鈥� first crossed behind the Iron Curtain in his blue beetle to smuggle bibles to persecuted Christians there. Simone hears from EMMA WORRALL from Open Doors UK & Ireland about the impact and legacy of the charity he founded.

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    Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

    • Stranger Things - Soundtrack from the Netflix Series.
    • Legacy Recordings.
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  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 02.

  • Commodores

    Nightshift

    • Motown Anthems.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 01.

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

    • New Woman 2001.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    • The Essential Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Big Mountain

    Baby I Love Your Way

    • Reggae, Reggae, Reggae.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 01.

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    Manchild

    • Island Records.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • Working My Way Back To You - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Eddy Grant

    I Don't Wanna Dance

    • Best Reggae Album In The World... Ever.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 20.

  • Yvonne Elliman

    If I Can't Have You

    • Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Soundtrack).
    • Bee Gees Catalog.
    • 04.

  • Michael Jackson

    The Way You Make Me Feel

    • The Essential Michael Jackson.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • Now Yearbook 1973.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Tina Turner

    We Don't Need Another Hero

    • Tina Turner: All The Best The Hits.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 09.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sapphire

    • Atlantic.

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.
    • 01.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • Alicia Keys - The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 01.

  • Dr. Hook

    When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

    • Timeless: Dr Hook.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 01.

  • Madonna

    La Isla Bonita

    • True Blue.
    • Warner Records.
    • 01.

  • Otis Redding

    (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

    • Simply The Best Classic Soul.
    • WARNER E.S.P..
    • 22.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Survive

    • Vertigo.

  • Chicago

    If You Leave Me Now

    • The Best Of Chicago 40th Anniversary Edition.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • ABBA

    One Of Us

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polar Music International.
    • 01.

  • Four Tops

    I Can't Help Myself

    • Motown Greatest.
    • Motown Records.
    • 02.

  • Philip Bailey & Phil Collins

    Easy Lover

    • Phil Collins - The Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 04.

  • Goo Goo Dolls

    Iris

    • Now That's What I Call Music 80.
    • EMI.
    • 01.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.

  • Madness

    My Girl

    • Now Yearbook 1980.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • Now That's What I Call A Massive 70s Party.
    • Now! Music.
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  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 13.
    • NOW.
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