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Gyles Brandreth and Backstage Ball

Gyles Brandreth tells us about his Break A Leg tour. Plus Zoe goes behind the scenes of Blue Peter in Backstage Ball to reveal Sir Paul McCartney getting a Gold badge.

Gyles Brandreth pops by to tell us about his Break A Leg tour, and shares his tips for the perfect vocal warm up and his stories about Roger Moore.

It鈥檚 Backstage Ball! Zoe goes behind the scenes of the nation鈥檚 much loved TV shows, movies and tours to meet the people behind the scenes who make the magic happen. Today Zoe speaks to Blue Peter Editor Ewan Vinnicombe, who reveals that Sir Paul McCartney will be the next recipient of the coveted gold Blue Peter badge.

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, news on Mike's appearance on the 麻豆约拍 soap Doctors, EastEnders actress Natalie Cassidy updates us on her London Marathon training, a daily Pause For Thought from Senior Rabbi Julia Neuberger and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Feb 2019 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

    Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

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

  • Andy Burrows & Matt Haig

    Barcelona

    • Reasons To Stay Alive.
    • Fiction.

  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.

  • Ellie Goulding & Diplo

    Close To Me (feat. Swae Lee)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Beverley Knight & Jamie Cullum

    Private Number

    • Soulsville.
    • East West Records.

  • David Bowie

    Golden Years

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    It's A Beautiful World

    • Who Built The Moon?.
    • Sour Mash.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

    • What A Time To Be Alive.
    • Relentless Records.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Snakehips

    Gucci Rock n Rolla (feat. Rivers Cuomo)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Bee Gees

    Stayin' Alive

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Marshmello & Bastille

    Happier

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Mary J. Blige

    No More Drama

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Portugal. The Man

    Feel It Still

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

  • Simple Minds

    Alive & Kicking

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Deacon Blue

    Dignity

    • Our Town- Deacon Blue (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Rudimental

    Scared Of Love (feat. Ray BLK & Stefflon Don)

    • Toast To Our Differences.
    • Atlantic.

  • Lemar

    If There's Any Justice

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music UK.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Julia Neuberger Senior Rabbi at the west London Synagogue:

On Sunday, six of us, all in our late 60s, had lunch together. 50 years ago, we started at the same college at Cambridge University, and this was the fiftieth anniversary of our interviews. I remember being so cold that I slept in my coat, hat, gloves and socks!!!!!!

We reflected on some of the food we had- a carrot soup that didn鈥檛 taste of carrots, and, most eccentric, a dessert at lunchtime which was Cheddar cheese served with black treacle! And though we all learned to cook on a gas ring with variable gas pressure, it was only one of us who admitted to not knowing chickens came with giblets in a plastic bag inside. And she cooked the lot!!

One of many great conversations on Sunday was about those of our year who were no longer with us, and how we should celebrate more. I am a passionate believer in that. So Robert Herrick鈥檚 advice to 鈥楪ather ye rosebuds while ye may鈥� seems about right, as does that Latin expression 鈥楥arpe diem,鈥� 鈥楽eize the day鈥�, from the Roman poet Horace.聽 It鈥檚 about seizing the day and enjoying it, not worrying too much about tomorrow, for who knows what it will bring.聽 But that鈥檚 not quite right either. In the Hebrew writings known as the Ethics of the Fathers, the disciples of a Rabbi named Eliezer asked: 鈥淒oes anyone know on which day they will die?鈥� 鈥淥f course not,鈥� he replied. 鈥淭hat being the case, they should repent today, for maybe tomorrow they will die. That way, every day is spent thinking of repentance.鈥�

But, though we don鈥檛 know the future, we do know when we鈥檝e hurt or insulted other people- and we should make amends while we can. We do know about family fallings out and broken friendships- and that we could resolve them and choose to be on good terms. Not knowing what the future holds is one way of encouraging ourselves to get on with it. But the other part is seizing the day to celebrate family and friends, old acquaintance and new, not forgetting birthdays and anniversaries. Our reunion lunch on Sunday was a shot in the arm for me. Life is short. Let鈥檚 not forget to rejoice in friends and family - and let鈥檚 live life as well as we can.


Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Feb 2019 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2