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Sam Smith, Greg James & Chris Smith, Gareth Malone and Captain Tom Moore

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball. Sam Smith, Greg James & Chris Smith, Gareth Malone and veteran Captain Tom Moore call in for another Friends Phone-in Friday.

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball and a whole host of celebrity guests. Greg James & Chris Smith are on the phone to talk about the fourth and final book in their Kid Normal series, Kid Normal And The Final Five. Sam Smith gives us a play of his new single, I'm Ready, featuring Demi Lovato and World War 2 veteran Captain Tom Moore is on the line to discuss his incredible fundraising efforts to raise money for the NHS.

Gareth Malone rounds of a week of home schooling hints and tips with a musical challenge for the weekend.

Plus there are more highlights of the best live music from past Friends Round Friday's.

Along with Adam Porter on news and Richie Anderson on travel, 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 the Rev’d 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 17 Apr 2020 06:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Ava Max

    Kings & Queens

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • Saint Motel

    My Type

    • My Type E.P..
    • Parlophone.
    • 001.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Jet

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 2.

  • Anita Ward

    Ring My Bell

    • Songs Of Love.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 9.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.

  • Taylor Swift

    The Man

    • Lover.
    • TS/Republic.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    I Second That Emotion

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

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • The Great British ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Chorus

    You Are My Sunshine

  • Israel KamakawiwoΚ»ole

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    • Best Of.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • ³’Γ‰°Ώ±·

    Who You Lovin

    • CD Single.

  • Bob Sinclar

    Love Generation (feat. Gary β€œNesta” Pine)

    • Now 63 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Basement Jaxx & Sharlene Hector

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Radio 2 Session, 06 Sep 2019) (feat. Vula Malinga & Sofia Shkidchenko)

  • Bon Jovi

    Limitless

    • Bon Jovi 2020.
    • Island.

  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

  • Rod Stewart

    Baby Jane

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Sam Smith & Demi Lovato

    I'm Ready

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • London Cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

    (Simply) The Best (Radio 2 Session, 10 Jan 2020)

  • The Weeknd

    In Your Eyes

    • After Hours.
    • XO.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Mabel

    Boyfriend

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Michael Ball, Captain Sir Tom Moore & The NHS Voices of Care Choir

    You'll Never Walk Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Feel (Radio 2 Session, 22 Nov 2019)

  • Staxx

    Joy

    • (CD Single).
    • Champion.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From the Reverend Kate Bottley:

Being a mere 5 foot and ΒΎ inch in my stocking-ed feet - that’s shorter than Kylie, by the way - I struggle to reach the very top shelf of our kitchen cupboard. So, I regularly have to employ what’s known as the β€˜wooden spoon’ technique. This involves standing on my absolute tiptoes and using a wooden spoon to hook the desired item from the top shelf, then quickly, in one swift movement, catching whatever it is in both hands. Most of the time it’s fine, but just occasionally I miss my catch or worse still take a tin of beans to the head. It’s happened and more than once. I also have been known to scale supermarket shelves for cheese.Β Β 

But whenever my height is a disadvantage, I try to remember that when I was even smaller than I am now, my dad would tell me that nice things come in little packages, β€˜There’s big lumps of coal, our Katie, and then there’s tiny diamonds.’ 

And it’s true something very small can be worth a great deal. This week alone I’ve found left on my doorstep a card of encouragement from a friend, a bar of my favourite chocolate and a much needed 7 gram sachet of yeast so I could have some baking therapy.

Jesus knew about small not being insignificant when he told a story about the power of a mustard seed. A tiny speck, when planted, nurtured and grown, can provide a tree so big, all the birds of the air can nest in it. And there is a quote attributed to the Dalai Lama that goes β€˜If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito.’

Tiny can be powerful. This week a lovely older gentleman went for a little stroll around his garden and look at the difference he made. So I’m going to look for the little diamonds, the small acts and tiny gestures that make a big difference, not just the ones I receive but also the ones I send out into the world. Having said that though, to save myself from any more lumps on my head I might just invest in a little stepladder to reach those beans. Or wear a crash helmet.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Apr 2020 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2