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Bob Geldof, Al Murray and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

Zoe is joined by Bob Geldof, Al Murray and Kevin Clifton on Friends Round Friday. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott play live in the studio.

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball! Singer-songwriter and Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof chats about the band's new album and tour plus Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott play live music in the studio, including their new single You And Me (Were Meant To Be Together). Al Murray is in to talk about his upcoming tour! Kevin Clifton is coming into the studio to exclusively tell us what he is up to next after leaving Strictly Come Dancing.

Plus Zoe catches up with the Dare2Tri triathlon team of Jo Whiley Rev Kate Bottley and Richie Anderson before they start their third and final triathlon in Salford for their Sport Relief Challenge.

The challenge will see the trio take on freezing cold open water swims, punishing cycle routes and energy sapping runs in three different UK cities, across three nations, in just three days and the money raised will help tackle issues such as homelessness, domestic abuse, mental health stigma and child poverty.

Along with Jason K on news, Jules Lang on travel and Mike Williams 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 daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 13 Mar 2020 06:30
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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Alicia Keys

    Underdog

    • ALICIA.
    • RCA.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Killers

    Caution

    • Imploding The Mirage.
    • Island Records.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Miss You

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    React

    • (CD Single).
    • Access Records.

  • James Arthur & Anne-Marie

    Rewrite The Stars

    • The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • A Taste of Honey

    Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • Disco Fever 2 (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Alesha Dixon

    The Boy Does Nothing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.

  • Luke Combs

    Refrigerator Door

    • What You See Is What You Get.
    • River House Artists.
    • 2.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Someone You Loved

    • Breach.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

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

  • The Boomtown Rats

    Trash Glam, Baby

  • SZA & Justin Timberlake

    The Other Side

    • Trolls World Tour O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • RCA.

  • Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott

    Rotterdam (Radio 2 Session, 13 Mar 2020)

  • Dua Lipa

    Physical

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

  • Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott

    You And Me (Were Meant To Be Together) (Radio 2 Session, 13 Mar 2020)

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

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

  • Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott

    Happy Hour (Radio 2 Session, 13 Mar 2020)

  • Biffy Clyro

    Instant History

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Records.

  • Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott

    Some Might Say (Radio 2 Session, 13 Mar 2020)

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dr Jim Harris, Art Historian:

Β So, last week water started dripping through a light fitting in my kitchen ceiling.

Now let me be clear: this was not flooding. Flooding is a whole other universe of properly terrible. This was just an annoyance.

But it was very, very annoying indeed. Naturally, therefore, I behaved as any rational person would, faced with a minor, domestic inconvenience. I shouted and swore and demanded precise details about the timing of the leak and the name of the last person to take a shower.

What I did, in short, was lose my sense of proportion; the leak was tiny. Now, the lack of a sense of proportion is not my exclusive property. With the utmost respect to our friends here today, the worlds of popular music, television dancing and comedy are hardly strangers to a somewhat topsy-turvy sense of what really matters.

After all, should it really be front-page news when a dancer dances a good dance on the telly?Β  Does it really constitute β€˜history’ when a song becomes extremely popular? In the Bible, the very first line provides a little perspective. Β β€œIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Now there’s a statement to help us recalibrate our view of the scale of our achievements. To be fair, though, not all our achievements are small and not all our problems are leaky pipes.Β  And sometimes, by some miracle of the collective will, we find sufficient clarity to breathe slowly and know that.

Sports Relief provides one of those moments of clarity.Β  Today, we are asked to see the world as it truly, painfully is: full of want, full of inequity, full of struggle. Real problems.

But then, in this same moment, people are inspired and liberated to do things that make a difference.Β  Real achievements. Pop stars shine their oversized spotlight on the darkest places; DJs, priests and sports journalists complete triathlons to focus attention on maternal healthcare; TV presenters and comedians cross deserts to support people suffering from mental illness. And the rest of us? What can be our achievement?

Well we, I hope, are moved (as a wise man once said) to give them our... money.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Mar 2020 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2