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Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball. Dermot O'Leary pops in to chat about his brand new children's book and another listener plays The 5 Star Biz Quiz.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Radio 2’s Saturday breakfast host Dermot O'Leary chats to Zoe about what inspired his latest children's book, 'Toto The Ninja Cat And The Superstar Catastrophe!', and tells us what he can about The X Factor: All Stars 2019.

Plus another listener puts their showbiz knowledge to the test in The 5 Star Biz Quiz, for the prize of coming to Friends Round Friday tomorrow and seeing Liam Gallagher perform live.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Jules Lang on travel, and Hugh Ferris on sport, Zoe 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 Matt Taylor, a daily Pause For Thought with Jim Harris, European golfing captain Catriona Matthews fresh off the team win at Gleneagles, our and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 19 Sep 2019 06:30
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Music Played

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Big Spender

    • Shirley Bassey - The Singles.
    • EMI.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Greatest Mistake

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

  • Cliff Richard

    Wired For Sound

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Al Jarreau

    Moonlighting

    • Best Of Al Jarreau.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Queen

    Killer Queen

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey

    Don't Call Me Angel

    • Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

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

  • James Taylor

    Your Smiling Face

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • Duran Duran

    Rio

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    You Are Not Alone

    • Real Life.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 03.

  • Cheat Codes & Little Mix

    Only You

    • (CD Single).
    • SYCO.

  • John Newman

    Without You (feat. Nina Nesbitt)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Spice Girls

    Spice Up Your Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 11.

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.

  • Craig David

    Do You Miss Me Much

  • Oasis

    Whatever

    • Smash Hits '95 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

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

  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.

  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.

  • Will Young

    Ground Running

    • Lexicon.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Hanson

    MMMBop

    • Now 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Thelma Houston

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    • Any Way You Like It (Expanded Edition).
    • SoulMusic Records.

  • Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

    Islands In The Stream

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Simply Red

    The Right Thing

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • Avril Lavigne

    Complicated

    • Avril Lavigne - Let Go.
    • Arista.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Slide Away

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Dr Jim Harris, Art Historian:Μύ
On Monday, I rebuilt my bike. It’s a twice-yearly ritual and one of my most satisfying. Stripping it down to the bare frame, every part laid out on the kitchen table from the bottom bracket to the brake blocks, everything examined and inspected, cleaned and polished, is a ruminative, meditative exercise. It’s the moment when I check everything, when I find the points of weakness and fix them; when, methodically putting it back together, tight and secure, I make myself safe again.Μύ
When I set out on the dark London streets on Tuesday morning I felt the difference straight away, in the silent, smooth climb up the first hill. But then, on the descent, a bus passed me just a shade too close and I suddenly felt vulnerable, intensely aware of the fragility of the bike alongside a speeding double decker; and, more to the point, the fragility of me. The sense of potential disaster clung to me as I rode on and I started to wonder about the other places in my life I wasn’t performing running repairs - in my friendships, my family, the Museum - and how vulnerable that might make me to getting flattened in other ways.
St Paul was emphatic about the need for running repairs, especially in relationships. He wrote to his friends in Ephesus, β€œDo not let the sun go down on your anger”. In other words – fix things every day. Now, I don’t think that advice is just about anger. I’d say I'm not angry all the time (though those who know me best might disagree) but how often do I set off in the morning with the bike in perfect working order but everything else a little awry? How often do I leave home with a task undone or a promise unfulfilled? How often do I part from the people I love without telling them that I love them? The thing is, it’s not just the bike that needs regular maintenance, because the bike isn’t the only place I’m vulnerable. So perhaps, every so often, I need to strip my life down as well, clean up all the moving parts and mend the broken bits. I may not be able to fix everything right away but at least I’ll know where the danger might be coming from; and that’ll help me to avoid getting flattened by the next passing bus.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Sep 2019 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2