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Gary Barlow, Dawn O'Porter and the QI Elves

Gary Barlow is chatting to Zoe about his brand new single and Zoe has the World Exclusive first play. Plus, Dawn O'Porter, writer and broadcaster, tells Zoe about her latest book.

Gary Barlow, the hugely successful singer songwriter best known for being part of the global sensation Take That, is on the phone chatting Zoe about his brand new music. Plus Zoe has the World Exclusive first play of his new single 'Elita', which he's recorded with Michael Buble and Sebastian Yatra. As well as being part of one of the biggest bands in popular music, he's also one of the most successful songwriters in the UK, having won six Ivor Novello Awards and sold over 50 million records.

Dawn O'Porter, writer and broadcaster, talks to Zoe about her new book 'Life In Pieces', which follows her daily diaries and experiences in grief, identity, bad hair and parenting. Dawn lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chris O'Dowd, her two boys Art and Valentine, and her cat Lilu and dog Potato. Dawn started out in TV production but quickly landed in front of the camera, making numerous documentaries for the 麻豆约拍 and Channel 4, the most famous being her immersive investigations of polygamy, size zero, childbirth, free love, breast cancer and the movie Dirty Dancing.

It鈥檚 the 'Why Workshop', and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

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 headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought with Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 Sep 2020 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Steps

    What The Future Holds

    • What The Future Holds.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lady Gaga

    Alejandro

    • (CD Single).
    • Streamline Records.
    • 1.

  • Del Amitri

    Roll To Me

    • Twisted.
    • A&M.
    • 007.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

  • Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

    Say Say Say

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • David Guetta & Sia

    Let's Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Move

    Flowers In The Rain

    • Move.
    • Esoteric Recordings.

  • Robert Palmer

    Every Kinda People

    • The Very Best Of Robert Palmer.
    • EMI.

  • S Club

    Reach

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

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • The Vamps

    Married In Vegas

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Magic

    • DISCO.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • John Newman

    Love Me Again

    • Tribute.
    • Island.
    • 2.

  • Madonna

    Like A Virgin

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 7.

  • Ava Max

    Who's Laughing Now

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • Doja Cat

    Say So

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

  • The White Stripes

    Seven Nation Army

    • (CD Single).
    • Xls.

  • Santana

    Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Marshmello & Demi Lovato

    OK Not To Be OK

    • (CD Single).
    • Island Records.

  • Gary Barlow

    Elita (feat. Michael Bubl茅 & Sebasti谩n Yatra)

    • Music Played By Humans.
    • Polydor.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Giants

    • (CD Single).
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Helen Reddy

    I Am Woman

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Capitol.
    • 8.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Pencil Full Of Lead

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • Ward Thomas

    Someday

    • Invitation.
    • WTW Music.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.

Pause for Thought: 'Forgiveness has real power.'

Pause for Thought: 'Forgiveness has real power.'
From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds: 聽
I had a chat with a mate recently when he was facing a hard choice. In the end I said: 鈥淲ell, it鈥檚 in your hands, isn鈥檛 it?鈥� I doubt if this statement of the obvious was very helpful. 聽But, when I rang off what stuck in my mind was the phrase about hands. Don鈥檛 ask me why - it just did. 聽Now, I鈥檓 rubbish at remembering poetry or quotes from Shakespeare; but, I鈥檒l never forget doing Macbeth at school and being shocked by Lady Macbeth murdering the King of Scotland and then going mad trying to wash her hands of the guilt. 鈥淥ut, damned spot!鈥� she cries as her life disintegrates and she finds that all the hand washing in the world won鈥檛 rid her of her guilt. 聽And that takes me to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate who also tried to wash his hands of responsibility for chickening out of setting Jesus free when the crowd wanted blood. 聽
In other words, hand washing hasn鈥檛 had a great press, has it? 聽Well, as things seem to be closing down again in pandemic Britain, hands are making a big new appearance. Our hands hold a key to learning to live with a virus that isn鈥檛 going to go away - how we behave is literally in our hands; I am responsible for how I decide to love my neighbour by being responsible for their safety. Secondly, washing my hands might seem insignificant, but it isn鈥檛. It鈥檚 the small steps that make the biggest difference. 聽As a Christian, of course, hands make another appearance in my memory. And, for me, this is the answer to both Lady Macbeth and Pontius Pilate. When the friends of Jesus meet him after the resurrection, he shows them his hands and, shockingly, they still have the wound marks of crucifixion.聽
He is not ashamed to show the world the marks of loss and hurt and pain. And healing does not simply wipe away the wounds - the scars remain. 聽So, today I want to put my hands up. No need to hide the pain or the failures. How I love my neighbour actually lies in my hands. 聽 聽

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  • Wed 30 Sep 2020 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2