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Stephen Mangan chats about starring in the world premiere stage production of The Man in the White Suit. Plus we celebrate stories with the feel good factor in Good News Tuesday.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Episodes and Green Wing actor Stephen Mangan chats about starring in Sean Foley's hotly anticipated stage adaptation of classic Ealing Studios comedy The Man in the White Suit. Plus we celebrate stories with the feel good factor in Good News Tuesday! Zoe chatted to John Dell who volunteers his time giving out free cakes to children that need them across the UK.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Jules Lang on travel and Hugh Ferris 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, Southampton football legend Franny Benali chats ahead of the big South Coast derby, a daily Pause For Thought from writer and vicar Jim Harris and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 24 Sep 2019 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • SEKAI NO OWARI

    Lost (feat. Clean Bandit)

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Cher

    The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Coldplay

    A Sky Full Of Stars

    • 麻豆约拍 Music Awards (Various Artists).
    • UMOD.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)

    • (CD Single).
    • x2 Recordings.

  • The Beatles

    Come Together

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 025.

  • New York City

    I'm Doing Fine Now

  • Lisa Stansfield

    The Real Thing

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Post Malone

    Circles

    • Hollywood's Bleeding.
    • Republic Records.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Galway Girl

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • C茅line Dion

    Lying Down

    • Courage.
    • Sony.

  • Derek and the Dominos

    Layla

    • American Dreams II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Lizzo

    Good As Hell

    • Coconut Oil.
    • Nice Life.
    • 5.

  • McFly

    All About You

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Bruno Mars

    Treasure

    • Unorthodox Jukebox.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Alexander O鈥橬eal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • East West.
    • 9.

  • Ingrid Andress

    Lady Like

    • Lady Like.
    • Warner Music Nashville.

  • Wild Cherry

    Play That Funky Music

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. vs Jason Nevins

    It's Like That

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    You Are Not Alone

    • Real Life.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 03.

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson,听writer and vicar at large:

听One of the things I (kind of) learned along the way is that life is messy 鈥� the best laid plans and all that 鈥� things often work out differently to how we expect or maybe want them to.

听This time last year we were about to move house. We鈥檇 already shifted a lot of the furniture and eagerly anticipated the big day when we discovered a water heater had sprung a leak upstairs and drenched the house. Newly decorated rooms were flooded, Ceilings had collapsed. Plasterwork was hanging from the walls.

听Obviously, the move was off. It took three months for the house to dry, during which time we were 鈥榗amped out鈥� in our old house with a few bits of furniture, feeling sorry for ourselves.

听Life for most of us seems to incorporate all kinds of chaotic inconveniences, many of which are completely beyond our control. Yet to some extent, I believe happiness in life depends on being able to embrace these inconveniences.

听For some people, of course, the scale of messiness life brings is completely different. Six years ago, this week, Victoria, a beautiful woman with multiple profound disabilities passed away after prolonged illness, aged 43, and I had the honour of conducting her farewell service.

听When she was born, Victoria鈥檚 parents were plunged into a world of messiness which changed the course of their life entirely. But it was a messiness Jean and Norman learned to embrace, and which through the gift of Victoria also filled their world with a warmth and love that enabled them to make the lives of other people in a similar situation very much better.

听The Stoics in ancient Greece had a philosophy which said that contentment lies in being reconciled with whatever life brings. They called it 鈥榯he art of acquiescence鈥�, which isn鈥檛 the same as giving up, but means to stop fighting the things we cannot change.

听Perhaps the greatest obstacle to joy and contentment in this world is the myth of an ideal life 鈥� the burdensome notion that we can somehow escape the messiness involved in being human.

听Life is haphazard, untidy, unpredictable, messy.听 I love it (mostly!)

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Sep 2019 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2