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Live music from Harry Styles, Stephen Fry and Steve Coogan!

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball, Stephen Fry and Steve Coogan! Plus there's live music in the studio from the wonderful Harry Styles!

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball and a whole host of celebrity guests, plus live music in the studio! The wonderful Stephen Fry is in to talk us through his new album 'The Mythos Suite' which features storytelling from the star as well as original compositions by Debbie Wiseman OBE. Steve Coogan is also in the studio to explain his transformation into a super-rich retail mogul in the movie 'Greed'. Harry Styles is in the studio to play live and he'll be running us through his new album 'Fine Line'.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson 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 a daily Pause For Thought from the brilliant Reverend Richard Coles and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Feb 2020 06:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • The Weeknd

    Blinding Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.
    • 1.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Marvin Gaye

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • James Blunt

    Halfway (feat. Ward Thomas)

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.

  • Mark Ronson

    Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Dead or Alive

    You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Rod Stewart

    You Wear It Well

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All My Love

    • From Out Of Nowhere.
    • Columbia.

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Sam Smith

    To Die For

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • 10cc

    The Dean and I

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 001.

  • Primal Scream

    Rocks

    • Dirty Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Liam Payne & Cheat Codes

    Live Forever

    • LP1.
    • Capitol.

  • Harry Styles

    Adore You (Radio 2 Session, 14 Feb 2020)

  • Billie Eilish

    No Time To Die

    • (CD Single).
    • Darkroom/Interscope Records.

  • Harry Styles

    Two Ghosts (Radio 2 Session, 14 Feb 2020)

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Harry Styles

    Watermelon Sugar (Radio 2 Session, 14 Feb 2020)

  • Billy Ocean

    One World

    • One World.
    • Sony CG.

  • Harry Styles

    Big Yellow Taxi (Radio 2 Session, 14 Feb 2020)

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From the Reverend Richard Coles:

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Valentine’s Day, roses and chocolates, dinner for two, a carefully chosen card, with a carefully worded message, awaiting. Did you get one? I did, from my beloved, which came as rather a surprise, not because he is unromantic or forgetful, but because he died in December. With remarkable foresight he arranged for me a Valentine’s card before he departed, and I’m very touched and grateful. And a bit surprised, because in widowhood you think your days of wine and roses are done.

Not so. I’ve just been on a cruise, winter sun in dark days, and - aged a coltish fifty-seven - was one of the younger passengers on board. The demographic naturally includes lots of widows and widowers - and, let me tell you, husbands and wives and civil partners may pass away, but romance is eternal. Eternal, and in some cases persistent. One passenger, a widower of long experience, ripe in years but sprightly in his affections, was known as Romeo Ron.

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He took up a position at the back of the Calabash Lounge in time for the classic afternoon film, and from there would attempt in age what I imagine were the romantic escapades of his youth. So ardent was he in β€˜Sunset Boulevard’ that I heard a woman’s voice exclaim indignantly from the back seats, β€œRon, do I look like a flippin’ teenager?” Her language was actually a bit saltier than that and when I turned round and she saw my dog collar, she said, unnecessarily, β€œsorry, Vicar - I’m from London”.

But I was glad to see the spirit of romance still lively on deck 7, glad that the on board florist did a roaring trade, and glad that intimate tables for two were filling the restaurants, lit by the artificial flicker of a Health and Safety compliant fake candle rather than the screens of smart phones. How many of those will tonight lie glowing on the table next to the butter knife in restaurants from Southampton to Wick?

The light may flicker and dim, but it never goes out: for as the Bible reminds us, love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Feb 2020 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2