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Keeley Hawes and The QI Elves

Keeley Hawes chats to Zoe about her brand new ITV drama Finding Alice. Plus it's The Why Workshop with the QI Elves answering your questions.

Keeley Hawes chats to Zoe about her brand new ITV drama Finding Alice which also stars Joanna Lumley and Nigel Havers. It's a six part drama created by Roger Goldby, Keeley Hawes and Simon Nye. It focuses on a very raw, blackly comic journey of grief, love and life after the death of her husband Harry. Keeley has previously had starring roles in the hugely successful ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ series Spooks, Ashes to Ashes, The Bodyguard and Line of Duty.

It’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

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

There's also a daily Pause For Thought with Jim Harris and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 Jan 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

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

    Regardless

    • Euphoric Sad Songs.
    • Polydor.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.
  • Madonna

    Who's That Girl

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.
  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.
  • The Colour Field

    Thinking Of You

    • The Singles.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Gwen Stefani

    Let Me Reintroduce Myself

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.
  • Ernie

    Rubber Duckie

    • Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration.
    • Golden.
    • 1.
  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Madness

    It Must Be Love

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Melanie C

    Into You

    • Melanie C (Deluxe).
    • Red Girl.
    • 1.
  • Take That

    Greatest Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • MAX

    Blueberry Eyes (feat. SUGA)

    • (CD Single).
    • Colour Vision Records.
  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.
  • Jason Derulo & Nuka

    Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.
  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.
  • Oasis

    Roll With It

    • (CD Single).
    • Creation Records.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Afterglow

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • M People

    Moving On Up

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.
  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • Now 17, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Smiths - The Very Best Of.
    • WEA.
    • 2.
  • Kate Bush

    Babooshka

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.
  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

    • Staring At The Sea: The Singles.
    • Fiction.
  • Jennifer Lopez

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • HITCO.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Dr Jim Harris, Art Historian:Β 
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I went out for dinner in Paris. I was in high spirits.Β  Although it was a miserable, chilly, February evening, I was on holiday, I’d found free parking and to top it all, Nelson Mandela had just been released from prison (yes, this really was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away). The restaurant, on the Place Dauphine, was sumptuous but understated: classical French cuisine with a contemporary twist.Β  It was, therefore, with a breezy demeanour that I surveyed the menu and found myself drawn to the lamb. Or, more specifically, to the cervelle d’agneau en papillote, avec un coulis de cassis, which I confidently ordered.Β 
β€œAre you sure?” my dining companion asked. β€œOf course,” I replied, rather patronizingly. The key question, though, was the next one. β€œDo you want to ask what it is?” Of course, I didn’t, because I knew, and I explained that this was a piece of lamb, cooked in something that sounded like paper but was obviously some sort of finely-sliced potato covering.Β  And it came with a blackcurrant sauce. And then I discovered the dangers of a little knowledge. The blackcurrant sauce was rich and sweet, but my lamb did come in a paper bag, by which I was embarrassed but not alarmed. Until I opened the bag. It contained a brain. Now, lots of people enjoy brain. I am not one of them; and now I was embarrassed and alarmed. There’s a wise word in the Bible that says, β€˜Desire without knowledge is not good’, and as I looked at the brain, and the brain looked at me, I knew it to be true. I’m often guilty of grasping at a half-read article, a half-remembered tweet, a half-understood word, and calling it knowledge.Β  I reckon we all are.Β Β 
It’s what makes so many of our arguments so pointless. But the spirit of knowledge, the prophet Isaiah says, is also the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel – that is of sensible advice. So, for once in my life, I took some sensible advice, accepted my humiliation and acknowledged my lack of knowledge. The brain and I came to a tacit agreement that it would not be eaten. I asked for steak and chips.

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  • Wed 13 Jan 2021 06:30