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Wake up to breakfast with Zoe Ball and actor Brian Cox! Plus one lucky listener has the chance play The 5 Star Biz Quiz to meet Harry Styles, Steve Coogan & Stephen Fry on Friday!

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Actor Brian Cox is the studio to feed our 'Succession' obsession and give us the details on his new theatre production Sinners which he's directing.

Eddie Izzard calls in mid-marathon from Bratislava in Slovakia to tell us why he's running 28 marathons in 28 days!

Plus listener Grace tests her showbiz knowledge in The 5 Star Biz Quiz for a chance to come and watch the Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Friday and meet Harry Styles, Steve Coogan & Stephen Fry on Friends Round Friday!

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson 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 than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a Pause For Thought from writer and vicar Dave Tomlinson and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Tue 11 Feb 2020 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

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

  • Gregory Porter

    Revival

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • CeeLo Green

    Cry Baby

    • The Lady Killer.
    • WEA.
    • 1.

  • Pretenders

    Don't Get Me Wrong

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • X鈥怭ress 2

    Lazy (feat. David Byrne)

    • (CD Single).
    • Skint.

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Becky Hill & Shift K3Y

    Better Off Without You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

    1-2-3

    • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.

  • Olly Murs

    Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Ariana Grande

    no tears left to cry

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Madonna

    True Blue

    • 32 Ones On One Radio 1's 25th Birthday (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Jonas Brothers

    What A Man Gotta Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Glen Campbell

    Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

    • Meet Glen Campbell.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • David Guetta, MORTEN & RAYE

    Make It To Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Irene Cara

    Flashdance... What a Feeling

    • Flashdance.
    • Casablanca.

  • Nancy Sinatra

    These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

    • The Greatest Hits Of Nancy Sinatra.
    • Boulevard.

  • Harry Styles

    Adore You

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • One Direction

    History

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
    • 13.

  • Sister Sledge

    Frankie

    • Back To The 80s (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Celeste

    Stop This Flame

    • (CD Single).
    • Both Sides Records.

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Soul City Walk

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

  • The Ronettes

    Be My Baby

    • The Best Of The Ronettes.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Alicia Keys

    Underdog

    • ALICIA.
    • RCA.

  • Underworld

    Born Slippy

  • Paul Weller

    You Do Something To Me

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Thinking Out Loud

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Liam Gallagher

    Once

    • Why Me? Why Not.
    • Warner Records.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Oh Diane

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 004.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson,聽writer and vicar at large:

Walking along a bustling London street I happened to look down and noticed something chalked on the pavement: 鈥楩eeling knackered? Hit the reset button.鈥� Setting aside the mystery of who takes the time to scribble such wisdom, I smiled at the fact that it could have been written just for me.

聽鈥楽witch it off and back on again鈥� is a mantra of the digital age when computers and other devices freeze or become very slow: maybe infected by some bug picked up along the cyber highway. But as the pavement tutor suggests, it鈥檚 very similar with people: our system, too, may become 鈥榠nfected鈥� with anxieties, distractions, fears and the expectations of other people (not to mention the expectations we place on ourselves), causing us to 鈥榝reeze鈥� on the inside or suffer energy-drain.

My wife is much better than me at knowing when it鈥檚 time to stop, to reboot the system. 鈥楩or goodness sake, Dave, give it rest鈥�, she鈥檒l say. 鈥楾ake a break. Watch some telly. Go for a walk. Get an early night for once, you鈥檒l be much clearer about things in the morning.鈥� And of course, she is 谤颈驳丑迟鈥驳补颈苍!

One of my favourite sayings of Jesus is where (frankly) he sounds a bit like my wife; 鈥楽top worrying about what you can鈥檛 change鈥�, he says. It鈥檚 impossible by worrying to add even a single hour to your life. Focus, instead, on being grateful for what you have and let the anxieties look after themselves.鈥�

If I鈥檓 honest, I鈥檓 a sucker for having too many apps running 鈥� both digitally and mentally. I like to think I鈥檓 a great multi-tasker and that this is a good thing. However, I was shocked recently to discover that multi-tasking causes the IQ to drop by a whole 10 points 鈥� the equivalent of losing a night鈥檚 sleep!

Yet I know that this isn鈥檛 simply a matter of mental and emotional efficiency; it鈥檚 also about quality of life. I can鈥檛 possibly find proper satisfaction in something when my mind is also on a dozen other things; I can鈥檛 fully connect with another person when my mind is switching here and there.聽

So, I鈥檇 better be off to close a few more windows.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Feb 2020 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2