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Dermot O'Leary sits in

Wake up and embrace the day with Dermot O'Leary. He's got more of your Superhero shout outs and Leigh-Anne and Jesy from Little Mix phone in for a chat about their new music.

Wake up and embrace the day with Dermot O'Leary. He's got more of your Superhero shout outs and Leigh-Anne and Jesy from Little Mix phone in for a chat about their new single Break Up Song.

Dermot and Richie go 'Shower' Head to Head, with listener Fiona deciding whose song choice is victorious.

Plus Richie has your own domestic travel bulletins!

There's also a Pause For Thought with Laura Marks, News and headlines with Tina and listeners on the line as Dermot entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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Tue 31 Mar 2020 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Another Star

    • (Single).
    • Motown.

  • Jonas Blue

    Mistakes (feat. Paloma Faith)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • The Beautiful South

    Don't Marry Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

  • µþ±ð²â´Ç²Ô³¦Ã©

    Halo

    • I Am...Sasha Fierce.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

  • Doja Cat

    Say So

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • The Kinks

    Tired Of Waiting For You

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 6.

  • Duran Duran

    Wild Boys

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.

  • Robbie Williams

    Rock DJ

  • Mabel

    Boyfriend

  • Aretha Franklin

    Freeway Of Love

    • Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits.
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Dua Lipa

    Break My Heart

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

  • INXS

    New Sensation

    • INXS - Kick.
    • Mercury.

  • The Four Seasons

    The Night

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 9.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • SZA & Justin Timberlake

    The Other Side

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

  • Estelle

    American Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

  • Roachford

    Higher Love

  • Little Mix

    Break Up Song

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Tina Turner

    We Don't Need Another Hero

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Adventures of Stevie V

    Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

    • Now 18 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Stan Ridgway

    Camouflage

    • IRS Records 1979-1994 (Various).
    • IRS.

  • Alphaville

    Big In Japan

    • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
    • Time Life.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    River

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Moloko

    Sing It Back

    • Club MTV (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music On Demand.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Laura Marks, a campaigner for social action and interfaith relationships.

My hectic Jewish life revolves around, is obsessed with and reveres, gatherings.  Whether I’m cramming my extended family full of chicken soup on Friday night, catching up with the community gossip after services, dancing at a family wedding or this week, preparing for the start of the festival of Passover, it’s all about coming together. 

Now at home, step count at a record low and biscuit consumption at a record high, I’ve had to reassess.  Getting used to life at a distance…

My baby niece Leia, now knows me as the crazy woman, shaking a tambourine and gesticulating wildly onto her mum’s phone screen. My daily walk with the dog has been re-routed to pass my parents flat – allowing Basel to wag hello with his tail – albeit from three floors down.  And standing outside our house joining the clamour of freshly washed hands clapping for the NHS staff made me realise that we used not to have a street messaging system. Now we do. 

With the synagogue closed, I logged in on video conferencing on Friday night to see over 200 screens of people following the service. I saw right into people’s homes (I tidied mine up first) catching a glimpse of people lighting their shabbat candles, the warm glow shining straight from their house to ours.

Wisely the rabbi, standing on his own, had all of us on mute but down the side, people were posting messages of love, friendship, and support.  Hello, Shabbat shalom – We’re here for you

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks described our situation as a form of revelation.  He spoke about a bond of human solidarity, the thing that makes each of us not only an ‘I’, but part of the greater collective, ‘we’. 

So, this year, rather than spending hours sweating over the stove, I’ve been planning an on-line version of the traditional Passover seder where everyone, even my nephew in Melbourne, can take a seat.

Whilst it is tragic to be reduced to a 3cm picture flickering on a screen, we will all be welcomed with our traditional matzah, boiled egg and always rather disappointing Passover pudding, from our hopefully tidied up living rooms. 

This year, apart does not mean we can’t be together.

Broadcast

  • Tue 31 Mar 2020 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2