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Taron Egerton chats to Zoe about staring as Elton John in the new film, Rocketman. Zoe invites a guest to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe with the hottest music right now.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Kingsmen actor Taron Egerton chats to Zoe about playing Elton John in the biopic Rocketman. Plus we invite a guest to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe with the hottest music right now.

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, a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 May 2019 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Philip Bailey & Phil Collins

    Easy Lover

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • James Morrison

    Feels Like The First Time

    • You're Stronger Than You Know.
    • Stanley Park Records.

  • Art of Noise

    Kiss (feat. Tom Jones)

    • Tom Jones - Greatest Hits.
    • Universal.
    • 15.

  • Jax Jones & Years & Years

    Play

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Kinks

    All Day And All Of The Night

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 23.

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Michael Rice

    Bigger Than Us

    • Eurovision Song Contest Tel Aviv 2019 鈥� (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Group.

  • Duncan Laurence

    Arcade

    • Eurovision Song Contest Tel Aviv 2019.
    • 32.

  • Kylie Minogue

    In Your Eyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Frankie Valli

    Grease

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 18.

  • Keith Urban

    Drop Top (feat. Kassi Ashton)

    • Graffiti U.
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Black Eyed Peas

    Where Is The Love?

    • Now 56 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ava Max

    So Am I

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Isley Brothers

    This Old Heart Of Mine

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Taron Egerton

    Rocket Man

    • Rocketman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Elton John & Taron Egerton

    (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again

    • Rocketman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Samm Henshaw

    Church (feat. EarthGang)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Martin Garrix

    Summer Days (feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump)

    • ColumbiaUK.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Hungry Heart

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Oasis

    Little By Little

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Brother Records.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Lauren Daigle

    You Say

    • Look Up Child.
    • Centricity Music.

  • Ryan Paris

    Dolce Vita

    • The Holiday CD - Various Artists.
    • CBS.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:听
Today is the 15th of Ramadan 鈥� we鈥檙e hallway through the month of fasting. I find the halfway mark - the middle ten days - the hardest to be honest. The first ten days I still have energy and the month is still new. Boundless enthusiasm gets me through. The last ten days, I realise that the month is slipping away, and I am want to make sure I make the most of it. There鈥檚 the intense focus of a pending deadline. But the middle bit 鈥� I find it tough. I鈥檝e had people say 鈥� 鈥渕iss out the middle bit鈥�. Which is rather amusing, but kind of misses the point. Ramadan is a month of fasting for a reason.听
Committing to it builds rigour, determination, and resilience. I guess my experience is like the wall that marathon runners sometimes face鈥� It鈥檚 the bit in the middle where you feel 鈥� I just can鈥檛 do this. It鈥檚 so hard! It鈥檚 TOO HARD! Which is how I have felt about a fair few trials in my life. There is a dark place that feels impossible to escape from. A moment of time when there feels like there is no light at the end of the tunnel, and you don鈥檛 have the energy to conquer the trial. Those are dark days. Hard days. I experienced a lot of them during my daughter鈥檚 illness. But my history of Ramadans has actually helped me on some very difficult days in my life.听
The Qur鈥檃n reminds in one verse, 鈥渨ith hardship there is ease鈥�, and in another verse, 鈥渘o soul will be tested more than they can bear.鈥� In the midst of a trial, it is hard to believe these things. Ramadan provides some proof 鈥� some muscle memory, if you like, to know 鈥淚 can get through this鈥︹�� With its thirty days providing a clear beginning, middle and end, we can see the boundary of the test. It鈥檚 hard enough to be meaningful. Not so hard that it鈥檚 impossible. Now in life we often don鈥檛 know where the end of a test will be, but 鈥� as Christopher Robin tells Winnie the Pooh, 鈥淵ou are Braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem.鈥� Ramadan 鈥� in some small way 鈥� has helped me learn that about myself over the years.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 May 2019 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2