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Fearne Cotton sits in

Wake up and embrace the day with Fearne Cotton! Comedian Harry Hill chats about his panel show Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule where celebrities have to save the world from aliens.

Wake up and embrace the day with Fearne Cotton! Harry Hill joins Fearne to chat about the new series of his panel show Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule where celebrities have to save the world from aliens. Judy Murray also phones in to talk about the French Open, Sir Andy Murray's Wimbledon prospects and being a grandmother.

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

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, a daily Pause For Thought with Sarah Joseph, a family climbing Mount Snowdon and a Show and Tell with Darcy who stole the show with her French rendition of Old MacDonald as Fearne entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 May 2019 06:30

Music Played

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Bastille

    Joy

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.
  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Silk City & Dua Lipa

    Electricity

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
  • Saint Motel

    My Type

    • My Type E.P..
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.
  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Will Young

    My Love

    • Lexicon.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • Lighthouse Family

    Ocean Drive

    • Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive.
    • Polydor.
  • Sam Smith & Normani

    Dancing With A Stranger

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • The Beach Boys

    I Get Around

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
  • Boz Scaggs

    Lido Shuffle

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Black Star Dancing

    • Black Star Dancing EP.
    • Sour Mash Records.
    • 1.
  • DNCE

    Cake By The Ocean

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.
    • 1.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    There Goes My Miracle

    • Western Stars.
    • Columbia.
  • Roxy Music

    Dance Away

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.
  • Morrissey

    Wedding Bell Blues

    • California Son.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Europa

    All Day And Night (feat. Madison Beer)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Destiny鈥檚 Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Destiny's Child #1's.
    • Columbia.
  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.
  • Samm Henshaw

    Church (feat. EarthGang)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
  • John Newman

    Make You Feel My Love (Radio 2 Session, 29 Mar 2019)

  • Mabel

    Don't Call Me Up

    • High Expectations.
    • Polydor.
  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Coral

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.
  • Crosby, Stills & Nash

    Marrakesh Express

    • Over The Years....
    • Rhino.
    • 001.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet 麻豆约拍 Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Call Me Maybe

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
  • Emma Bunton

    You're All I Need To Get By (feat. Jade Jones)

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
    • 1.
  • Simple Minds

    Promised You A Miracle

    • The Best Of Simple Minds.
    • Virgin.
  • Terence Trent D鈥橝rby

    If You Let Me Stay

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

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:聽
One of my happy places is my garden. I try and garden organically鈥 and am trying to attract pollinators鈥 especially bees. Us humans desperately need bees. They are essential for the food chain, and a world without them could see a loss of our food supplies, but we are losing bees at an alarming rate. So we鈥檝e been growing plants in our garden that bees love. Now, I often chat to my neighbours over the garden fence. And both sets of my neighbours have been working in their gardens. One neighbour had a problem with his plants and I had given him some organic solutions. However the other day I was horrified when he showed me that he had sprayed his garden with a pesticide that has been linked to the dramatic collapse in bee numbers. I don鈥檛 blame my neighbour. It doesn鈥檛 say on the bottle 鈥 鈥渉ey - this could wipe out the bee population鈥.聽
The whole incident just made me realise, that me doing my bit 鈥 alone in my garden, isn鈥檛 enough. There is a traditional story of a farmer who grew award winning corn. And every year, he would share his seeds with neighbouring farms. People would question him, 鈥淲hy do you give your prize-winning corn seed away? Aren鈥檛 you afraid your neighbours will overtake you?鈥 The farmer would smile, and patiently explain, 鈥淕rowing corn is about many things.聽
My corn is pollinated from the plants around it. If my neighbour鈥檚 corn is weak, my own corn will become weak. So, I have to help my neighbours grow the best corn, so that I can grow the best corn.鈥 The Qur鈥檃n demands that we care for our 鈥渘eighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, and the companion by your side鈥, and reminds constantly of humanity鈥檚 common origins and interconnectedness. For me, life is a connected enterprise. What I do affects you. What you do affects me. Whether it鈥檚 the farmer sharing his best corn, or my neighbour spraying his plants with a bee-killing pesticide鈥攚e are all connected. Our welfare is interlinked. So, I鈥檒l keep chatting to my neighbour and try and explain why we have to work together so both our gardens thrive. Which is rather like life in general, I think.

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  • Tue 28 May 2019 06:30