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Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball and the team. Kylie Minogue gives us the world exclusive of her new single Say Something, plus Jay's back with his Virtual Radio Quiz.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! The one and only Kylie Minogue calls in to give us the world exclusive of her brand new single Say Something.

Motorway service station aficionado David Lawrence looks into the weird and wonderful world of motorway services.

Plus quiz master Jay is back to test the team's general knowledge with his Virtual Radio Quiz.

Along with Jason K 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 campaigner Laura Marks and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Ella Henderson

    Take Care Of You

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.
  • Phil Collins

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.
  • Destiny’s Child

    Survivor

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

    Summer Holiday

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.
  • Kygo & Whitney Houston

    Higher Love

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA Records.
  • Katy Perry

    Smile

  • Tom Robinson Band

    2-4-6-8 Motorway

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • RAYE

    Natalie Don't

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Glen Campbell

    Galveston

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

    Say So

    • Hot Pink.
    • Kemosabe/Ministry of Sound.
    • 005.
  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Topic

    Breaking Me (feat. A7S)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • Bill Withers

    Lovely Day

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Say Something

    • DISCO.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..
  • Iggy Pop

    Real Wild Child (Wild One)

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1987, Pt.2 (Var).
    • Telstar.
  • Kate Bush

    Cloudbusting

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.
  • Right Said Fred

    Deeply Dippy

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Travis

    A Ghost

    • 10 Songs.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Supergrass

    Grace

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

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

Come into my house and I’m duty bound to ply you with home-made food, drink, my comfiest chair and the biggest sloppy kisses from me and my dog.I generally stumble on the home-made but I’m a master at camouflaging a mince pie to resemble a strudel and my bought, delicious challah bread to look home baked.Whilst I love the adult offspring who have kept us sane in lockdown, having friends over is something special, singular, sacred and obviously stressful.So this week, with some trepidation and a great deal of scrubbing, scrutiny and sanitiser, I invited our friends Nic and Steve into our garden for the highlight of the week, Friday night dinner.

Keeping one eye fixed rigidly on the ominous clouds amassing overhead, I ploughed on. With the cauliflower on to roast (something we never did to it when I was a child) and chicken soup bubbling (which as a vegetarian I don’t eat but do feel obliged to serve) I put my newly polished shabbat candlesticks onto the garden table.Grabbing my cardy I crossed my fingers firmly, ready for the long-awaited arrival of friends.Jewish communities place great value on friendship, based on a shared pursuit of holiness, and traditionally we are not supposed to part from friends without exchanging stories from the bible.One of the most famous biblical stories of friendship is found in the story of Ruth, a Moabite.She left her own people, her home and her friends after her husband died to remain with her mother-in-law Naomi, an Israelite.Their friendship wasbased on shared values, love and a recognition of similarity not difference.“Wherever you go I will go”, said Ruth, “wherever you lodge I will lodge. Your people will be my people and your God, my God…”

Nic and Steve eventually arrived.The shabbat candles wouldn’t light in the wind, the cauliflower was unwittingly wilting, and the soup was the second victim of giant blobs of rain – my hair being the first.We parted, with only a virtual hug, and not a single bible story but I was glowing, satisfied and replete having re-discovered the bottomless joy, even with the constraints of social distancing, of re-connecting with friends.


Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Jul 2020 06:30