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Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Bob Mortimer is on the show to chat about their book Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Bob Mortimer chats to Zoe about their book Gone Fishing: Life, Death and the Thrill of the Catch coming out in paperback.

Zoe speaks to 17 year old Hannah McSorley from the papers, who has become a TikTok tadpole influencer since lockdown!

We hear your stories of when you have bitten off something more than you can chew in lockdown, listener Lorna chats to Zoe about trying to complete a tricky jigsaw puzzle!

With the usual team of Tina Daheley and Richie Anderson, Zoe 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 Jahnavi Harrison and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Jun 2020 06:30

Music Played

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Lennon Stella & Charlie Puth

    Summer Feelings

    • SCOOB! O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.
  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.
  • Santana

    The Game Of Love (feat. Michelle Branch)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
  • Elvis Presley vs Junkie XL

    A Little Less Conversation

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.
  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Michael Gray

    The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Eye Industries.
  • P!nk

    A Million Dreams

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

    Secrets

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.
  • Mary Mary

    Shackles (Praise You)

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • Four Tops

    I Can't Help Myself

    • The Singles Collection.
    • Polygram TV.
  • Paolo Nutini

    New Shoes

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • The Byrds

    Mr Tambourine Man

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.
  • Doja Cat

    Say So

    • Hot Pink.
    • Kemosabe/Ministry of Sound.
    • 005.
  • Boney M.

    Sunny

    • The Magic Of Boney M.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 14.
  • Sonique

    It Feels So Good

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Take That

    Greatest Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Heather Small

    Proud

    • Proud.
    • Arista.
  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.
  • Nell Bryden

    Amy

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records NYC.
  • Meghan Trainor

    Lips Are Movin

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.
  • The Detroit Spinners

    Working My Way Back To You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Writer and Musician, Jahnavi Harrison:
I鈥檓 about to embark on some new music recording this week. I think admitting it on national radio is a good way of keeping myself accountable, cause, the thing is before approaching any creative project, something else happens with ever impeccable timing. Fear looms, like a big grey cloud on the horizon. I can see it arriving. I鈥檒l be feeling fine and then as soon as I commit to some creative goal, it appears.聽
My friends and family know the cycle by now. I鈥檒l tell them excitedly about my inspired idea and then within days, or even hours sometimes, I鈥檓 lost inside the cloud, doubting myself and 鈥榳hy did I ever choose to go down this path anyway?鈥; 鈥業 don鈥檛 think I have anything useful to offer to the world鈥 and 鈥業鈥檝e always wanted to become a florist鈥.聽 Thorough vacuuming of the corners on the stairs becomes top priority, as does reorganising my cupboards and working through my email inbox. The pattern is so familiar to those close to me that they just give me a knowing smile and sometimes a few words. It can be agonising, but the shift always comes for me, when I remember the purpose of my art as an offering to God.聽
I was inspired to read the other day that the classical composer Bach used to write at the head of his compositions 鈥淎.M.D.G.,鈥澛 聽Latin initials meaning 鈥淔or the Greater Glory of God.鈥 I love this concept of art as an offering; art as prayer. There鈥檚 a freedom in reminding myself that what I have to offer never belonged to me. The ability to sing, to use my hands, didn鈥檛 come from any effort of mine. And I can鈥檛 claim ownership to the inspiration. It can be nurtured, fanned, encouraged, but never commanded. Perhaps that鈥檚 part of the fear 鈥 will it happen this time or will I look like a fool? I ask myself 鈥 does it matter? Surely a humble offering from a fool is better than no offering at all? Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that he accepts even a flower or a leaf, if offered with love. I think I can manage the artistic equivalent. So, yes鈥 even though I have lots of laundry to fold, I will be starting this week 鈥 clouds and all.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Jun 2020 06:30