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Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Sandi Toksvig and Basement Jaxx

Wake up to a star-studded Friends Round Friday with Zoe. She's joined by QI's Sandi Toksvig, Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery. Plus Basement Jaxx peform live.

Wake up to a star-studded Friends Round Friday with Zoe Ball and a whole host of celebrity guests, plus live music in the studio!

QI host Sandi Toksvig chats about the return of the fact filled quiz show, about adapting ‘Mamma Mia! The Party’ and she shares her love of yodelling. Paddington's Hugh Bonneville gives us the backstage scoop on the Downton Abbey film with Lady Mary, Michelle Dockery. Plus Basement Jaxx perform live in the studio.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning.

There's also a weather update from Matt Taylor and a daily Pause For Thought from Reverend Kate Bottley as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Sep 2019 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Keane

    Love Too Much

    • Cause & Effect.
    • Island.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • ÷ Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Shapeshifters

    Lola's Theme

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Cher

    Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    This Is The Place

    • This Is The Place.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Michael Jackson

    Off The Wall

    • Michael Jackson - Off The Wall.
    • Epic.

  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Another Star

    • (Single).
    • Motown.

  • Simply Red

    Thinking Of You

    • Blue Eyed Soul.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Ingrid Andress

    Lady Like

    • Lady Like.
    • Warner Music Nashville.

  • The Police

    So Lonely

    • The Police - Message In A Box (Cd 1).
    • A&M.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    September

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
    • Premier.
    • 3.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Ariana Grande & Social House

    boyfriend

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.

  • Sam Fender

    Will We Talk?

    • Hypersonic Missiles.
    • Polydor.

  • Modern Romance

    Best Years Of Our Lives

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Only Human

    • Happiness Begins.
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From the Reverend Kate Bottley:
Like for some of the country it’s been back to school at Bottley towers this week but we can’t complain because we’ve had an absolute belter of a summer. A holiday in gorgeous Croatia, a weekend in Glorious Glastonbury and a day in Norwich city centre. Specifically the cathedral. Which this summer decided to erect a 17 metre high, helter skelter right slap bang in the middle of their gothic nave. It made quite an unexpected sight. They weren’t the only cathedral to put on a surprising event this summer, Rochester had a crazy golf course with an estimated 29,000 people having a go. 
Not everyone was happy, some said that the house of God wasn’t the place for such frivolity, but I couldn’t disagree more, for me the house of God is exactly the place for helter skelters and crazy golf, exactly the place for some unbridled joy. Because while there’s always a place for silent reflection, taking things a bit too far and holy exuberance when the moment takes you has a biblical precedent. 
In the Old Testament the prophet Miriam sang and danced her way into the promised land, King David is said to have boogied with ‘all his might’ one particular wild night of worship - in just his pants, and St Paul, when locked up in prison was told to pipe down by the guards because his partying , was just too darn loud. All these holy folks making the most of an opportunity to let themselves go for God, they’d have made brilliant friends round Friday guests. 
It’s not a crime to have a good time and so I was only too happy to seize the moment in Norwich and gleefully threw myself down the helter skelter 3 times, squeeling ‘weeeeeeeee’ all the way down and gaining but a happy heart for my efforts – and a friction burn... But I also snuck off to a quiet corner and lit a candle to give a silent thanks for fun and for the folk of all ages who were finding some joy in the house of the God of the Good time, remembering that while there’s plenty to be serious about in the world, that when there’s an opportunity for fun, it’s a godly obligation to always make the absolute most of it.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Sep 2019 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2