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Lulu, Lee Mack and Richard E Grant

Wake up to live music from Lulu, Star Wars chat with Richard E Grant and laughs with Lee Mack all with Zoe Ball!

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! Comedian Lee Mack tells us what festive surprises are in store for the Christmas special of Not Going Out. Oscar nominee Richard E Grant reveals what it is like to join the Star Wars gang as a villain for The Rise of Skywalker. Lulu is live in the studio with all the hits! She'll be performing at the London Palladium in March and you can find your tickets on the Radio 2 website.

And the most important guests of all join us in the studio, our Christmas Day Superheroes! We've been talking about them all week and finally this morning we got to meet Sarah, Tim, George and Sam.

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

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 20 Dec 2019 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Ronettes

    Frosty The Snowman

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Stereophonics

    Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day

    • Kind.
    • Parlophone.

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Soul City Walk

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    The Life Of Riley

    • Sense - The Lightning Seeds.
    • Virgin.

  • Madonna

    Santa Baby

    • A Very Special Christmas (Various).
    • A&M.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Chris Rea

    Driving Â鶹ԼÅÄ For Christmas

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • NOW.
    • 1.

  • Mabel

    Loneliest Time Of Year

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans

    Here Comes Santa Claus

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.

  • The Beach Boys

    Little Saint Nick

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Four Seasons

    Who Loves You

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Winter Wonderland

    • The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.
    • 1.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 7.

  • Sigala

    We Got Love (feat. Ella Henderson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound Recordings.

  • Ellie Goulding

    River

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Tom Petty

    I Won't Back Down

    • Tom Petty - Anthology.
    • MCA.

  • Dean Martin

    Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

    • Christmas With The Rat Pack (Various).
    • Capitol.
    • 4.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Wandering Star

    • Blue Moon Rising E.P..
    • Sour Mash Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From the Reverend Kate Bottley:

When I was little I thought a lot about what I wanted to be when I grew up. A singer? I can’t hit a note. An air hostess? Nope, travel sick. A vicar? Don’t be silly. I got my answer one Saturday afternoon watching the telly just before Christmas. That’s when I saw her, that’s when I knew what I wanted to be.

I wanted to be Wonder Woman. Back then Wonder Woman was played by Lynda Carter and she had a sword! A shield! A lasso of truth, indestructible bracelets and a tiara she could chuck at people and do lasting damage. She wore big pants. I was sold.  So as a Christmas present my Mum made me my very own Wonder Woman outfit with tin foil and toilet roll bracelets and big pants to be worn on the outside of my trousers. I ran straight outside to face down my nemesis, AKA next door’s cat, and I felt invincible.

In the Bible, we are told lots of details about what happened in the stable on the very first Christmas, including what the baby wore. No designer gear or superhero outfits here, but home-made Swaddling bands, bits of cloth wrapped snugly around the infant Jesus; a mum making do. The poor little thing didn’t even have a cape, but he did have a mother’s love and a mission to do good, to help and to save.

On Christmas day, there will be some extraordinary people who, while the rest of us are putting on party hats, will get all togged up in their superhero gear - the fire fighters and police officers in their uniforms, the nurses and paramedics in theirs. While what you wear might make you identifiable and afford you some protection, it’s not what makes you super, though. Because like all the best things at Christmas it’s not the wrapping, but what’s inside it that counts. It’s not the uniform but it’s wearer, and their desire to do good that makes the difference, motivated by love to try and make the world a better place. 

So, thank you to the heroes, the ones in the studio today and the ones whose names we don’t know. You’re all utterly marvellous but in the middle of your miracle-working missions please do us a favour and try to remember to wear your pants on the inside of your trousers.

Merry Christmas!

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Dec 2019 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2