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HRVY, Janette Manrara and The Why Workshop

HRVY and Janette Manrara chat to Zoe about being in the Strictly Come Dancing Final.. Plus The Why Workshop is back with the QI Elves.

HRVY and Janette Manrara, one of the Strictly Come Dancing couples facing the final, phone in to chat to Zoe as they look ahead to the weekend. The biggest show on TV is nearing the Grand Final as the four remaining couples dance live on Saturday night on 麻豆约拍 One to take home the legendary glitterball trophy. Last year professional dancer Oti Mabuse and actor Kelvin Fletcher were crowned champions of the series.

It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions. If you have something you want to ask the Elves you can email zoeball@bbc.co.uk

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, 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 daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Dec 2020 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

    • Caribou.
    • Mercury.

  • Gary Barlow

    Incredible

    • Music Played By Humans.
    • Polydor.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    Can't Fight The Moonlight

    • (CD Single).
    • London/Curb Records.

  • Oasis

    Whatever

    • Smash Hits '95 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    • 100% Christmas (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Leona Lewis

    One More Sleep

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Jess Glynne & The Dap鈥怟ings

    This Christmas (Hang All The Mistletoe)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Spandau Ballet

    Gold

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • The Waitresses

    Christmas Wrapping

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Roxy Music

    Same Old Scene

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

  • Jamie Cullum

    Hang Your Lights

    • The Piano Man At Christmas.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Queen

    Thank God It's Christmas

    • It's Christmas Time (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Paloma Faith & Gregory Porter

    Christmas Prayer

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Maisie Peters

    Maybe Don't (feat. JP Saxe)

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

  • Andy Williams

    It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

    • Christmas Love Songs (Various Artist.
    • Arcade Records.

  • Naughty Boy

    Runnin' (Lose It All) (feat. 叠别测辞苍肠茅 & Arrow Benjamin)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 001.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Callum Beattie

    Don't Walk Alone

    • People Like Us.
    • 3Beat Productions.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Faith (feat. Ariana Grande)

    • Sing O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • The Feeling

    Feels Like Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.

  • Livin鈥� Joy

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • Now 1996: The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 15.

  • Erasure

    Stop!

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • David Guetta

    Titanium (feat. Sia)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Joni Mitchell

    River

  • Bruce Springsteen

    The Power Of Prayer

    • Letter To You.
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rae Duke, Religion and Ethics teacher and broadcaster.

What with it being the last week of term, I鈥檝e been thinking about how different things have been since kids hung up their PE with Joe trainers and headed back to desks and bustling break times in September. Fellow teachers and I, and our students, have adapted to some big changes that鈥檝e now become pretty habitual: desk sanitizing, gaping windows, year group bubbling鈥� but what鈥檚 most stark is the fact we鈥檝e now gone paper free.听

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Consider for a moment perhaps your own nostalgia for a handed down textbook from a girl in the year above, neat underlining or mindless doodling in a favourite subject鈥檚 exercise-book, a teacher鈥檚 red pen ticks - or, for some of us - crosses in maths. All of this has now gone - in it鈥檚 place, laptops and software.听

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Whilst many dream of a paperless office, or house 鈥� others, and I鈥檓 in this camp, cling to the visceral comfort of the turning of pages, folding down of corners and packed bookshelves. Reading a weekend paper on a tablet is a line this Luddite is reluctant to cross!听

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But the appeal of the hard copy is clear; it鈥檚 compact, contactable and, crucially for now, personal 鈥� not being dished around.听

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As we move to a paperless age, I wanted to pay tribute to the stuff. No paper? No love letters landing on the doormat.听听No heart-felt thank you notes鈥� Art too was changed by paper. When it became affordable in the 15th听century, artists, for the first time, could sketch and experiment which really brushed up the quality and realism of their work. A stunning sketch of the resurrection even has Michelangelo鈥檚 shopping-list next to it: anchovies (Nigella听will听be pleased) and fennel soup should you be wondering!听

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Paper encourages the virtue of making mistakes and of exposing such revealing scribbles and foibles.听

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There鈥檚 a biblical proverb that says: 鈥渨hoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and renounces them will find mercy.鈥�

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So whilst I enjoy some of the benefits of a paper-free work life (still not giving up those printed Sunday supplements鈥�) I鈥檇 like to thank paper for the non-uniformed, non-spell-checked, non-polished platform it鈥檚 given us and for the many gifts past and present.

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Dec 2020 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2