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Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks plus The Why Workshop

Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks fill us in on The Lego Movie 2. Plus it's The Why Workshop, where Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with your questions on gherkins, hairs and cacao beans.

Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks fill us in on all the mischief and music in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Elizabeth's back as Wyldstyle and this time Chris is voicing two characters, Emmet Brickowski and Rex Dangervest!

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions on gherkins, hair length and cacoa beans.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, Scotland's assistant coach Mike Blair previews the Six Nations, a daily Pause For Thought with Dave Tomlinson and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 Jan 2019 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Into The Groove

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.

  • Andy Burrows & Matt Haig

    Barcelona

    • Reasons To Stay Alive.
    • Fiction.

  • Hanson

    MMMBop

    • Now 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Jax Jones & Years & Years

    Play

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Jermaine Stewart

    We Don't Have To

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.

  • Dua Lipa

    Swan Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • James Ingram & Michael McDonald

    Yah Mo B There

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

  • Nina Nesbitt

    Colder

    • The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Robbie Williams

    Rock DJ

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella

    Polaroid

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Mirrors

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Calvin Harris & Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Giant

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Dillon Francis

    Catchy Song (feat. 罢鈥怭补颈苍 & That Girl Lay Lay)

  • Alesha Dixon

    The Boy Does Nothing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Candlelight

    • Singing To Strangers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Bryan Adams

    Shine A Light

    • Shine A Light.
    • Polydor.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • Primal Scream

    Movin' On Up

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

  • Bee Gees

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Westlife

    Hello My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Wax

    Bridge To Your Heart

    • American English.
    • Lemon Recordings.
    • 5.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson,听writer and vicar at large:

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Driving through north London at dusk, I glanced over a bridge to spot a heron at the side of the river. Most days, I鈥檇 drive on, but this time I parked up to take a closer look.

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It was the best 10 minutes that day 鈥� gazing at a wondrous creature which looked so out of place alongside a factory and a scrap metal yard, yet appeared so content. I remembered what first attracted me to birds when, as a ten-year-old, I saw a small flock of lapwings in Woolton Woods in Liverpool and became an instant convert.

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Actually, birds frequently convert me 鈥� I mean change my mental and spiritual state. And it鈥檚 not just me: I reckon everyone has a need to connect with nature in some way, and when we do, it changes us for the better.

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In his book about the importance of wildness, Simon Barnes speaks of two ways to enjoy nature. One is to go out looking for it: nature as a special treat. The other is to become mindful of what鈥檚 all around: nature as part of ordinary life.

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As a writer, I love to sit in the garden with my laptop. Sounds crazy, but when I鈥檓 desperate to finish a chapter or compose a PfT I even sometimes sit out in the freezing cold 鈥� wrapped in a sweater and scarf!

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Soon, the birds disregard my presence as they fly to and from the feeders. It鈥檚 impossible to say what a delight and honour I feel when woodpeckers, chaffinches, long-tailed tits 鈥� or a humble robin perches there right in front of me.

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This may not seem to have much to do with writing. But for me, it鈥檚 how I find inspiration to write. I鈥檇 even call it prayer, which I long ago decided had little to do with words. Gazing at birds: that is prayer for me鈥eeling wind in my hair, lying in grass, walking in the woods or picking blackberries: these are some of my favourite kinds of prayer.

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I think we humans are wild at heart, that no matter how sophisticated we become we still need to sense a deep connectedness to nature which can help us to become more content and compassionate, more at ease with ourselves and others.

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Broadcast

  • Wed 30 Jan 2019 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2