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Dermot O'Leary sits in

Wake up and embrace the day with Dermot O'Leary! We hear from you in Long Distance DJs and Dermot chats to Keith Weed, the new president of Royal Horticultural Society.

Wake up and embrace the day with Dermot O'Leary and the team. We hear from listeners Rachel and Emma as they assume the position of Long Distance DJ and play their tunes.

Dermot also chats to the brand new president of the Royal Horticultural Society Keith Weed about how we can make the most of our gardens.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she 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 Matt Woodcock and listeners on the line, as Dermot entertains the nation with fun for the family!

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Mon 3 Aug 2020 06:30
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Music Played

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Dua Lipa

    Hallucinate

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

  • The Beautiful South

    Don't Marry Her

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

  • Tina Turner

    The Best

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Billy Joel

    It's Still Rock and Roll To Me

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

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

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • Â鶹ԼÅÄ.

  • Rita Ora

    Anywhere

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Toto

    Rosanna

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • The Kingdom Choir

    Real Love

    • (CD Single).
    • InterTalent Recordings.

  • Harry Styles

    Watermelon Sugar

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • Taylor Swift

    cardigan

    • folklore.
    • TS/Republic.

  • Regard & RAYE

    Secrets

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • ÷ Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Katy Perry

    Smile

  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Roxy Music

    Love Is the Drug

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

  • Anne-Marie

    To Be Young (feat. Doja Cat)

    • (CD Single).
    • Major Toms.

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Arcade Fire

    Everything Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • The Wonder Stuff

    The Size Of A Cow

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Will Ferrell & My Marianne

    Husavik (My Â鶹ԼÅÄtown)

    • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Arista.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Big Love

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 005.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Matt Woodcock, Church of England Pioneer Minister and Mission Supporter in the Diocese of York:
He’s known in his beloved home city of Bradford - is always a lively experience. He’s loud and outrageously flamboyant. Spent decades trying to make community life more exciting and joyful. There’s not much Robin hasn’t tried to grab and keep people’s attention. He once created a ‘Gospel According to Queen’ event and dressed as Freddie Mercury - complete with vest, black moustache and tight white trousers. One Sunday in church I saw him smoke a cigar and drink from a beer can to illustrate a spiritual point. I’m still not sure what it was - but he had a great time. Robin’s unconventional, swashbuckling style has certainly rubbed off on me over the years. 
As part of my talk once during a packed civic occasion, I tried to climb down the dangerously high pulpit while our organist played the Mission Impossible theme tune. It nearly ended in catastrophe. My clerical robes became snagged and I got stuck. Dangling helplessly over the Lord Mayor below me. I didn’t try that again. 
Yet flamboyant stunts aside, Robin’s enduring impact on me has been as a trusted confidante, careful listener and gentle encourager. In good times and difficult ones. Oprah Winfrey once said that such faithful friends and mentors are people who make sure we are never alone and allow us ‘to see the hope inside ourselves.’ That’s been my experience. Robin offered comfort and reassurance when I lost confidence at work. When my wife and I struggled to have kids. When my precious aunty died. 
I’ve found that the joys, trials and irritations of everyday life are always better shared with a wise friend. Someone to confide in and be accountable to. My Christian faith certainly doesn’t function well in isolation. It’s inherently relational - with God and those around me. I need help to stay on the spiritual straight and narrow. ‘One friend sharpens another,’ the Bible teaches. Sharpened into a kinder, more understanding, generous person, hopefully. Bradford’s ‘Rockin’ Reverend’ has certainly helped smooth away some of my rougher edges. I just need to borrow his Queen costumes now. I think our parish is ready for my ‘Freddie’, Dermot!

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  • Mon 3 Aug 2020 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2