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Managing Anxiety With Maria Friedman

Dr Rangan Chatterjee is joined by actress and director Maria Friedman for a conversation about how musical theatre helped her to overcome anxiety.

Health and wellbeing has never been more important to audiences across the UK.

Dr Rangan Chatterjee fuses inspirational conversations alongside a relaxed musical soundtrack, to help you feel better.

In this episode, Dr Rangan is joined by actress and director Maria Friedman, as part of 'Radio 2 Celebrates The Musicals' weekend.

They talk about Friedman's life and career, magical doorstep performances, and how being onstage has helped her to overcome anxiety.

Also on the show, Dr Rangan will be playing a Positivity Playlist picked by a listener. Please send your three favourite feel-good tracks, and your reasons for picking them, to rangan@bbc.co.uk

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 31 Jan 2021 22:00

Music Played

  • Snow Patrol

    Chasing Cars

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
  • Justin Bieber

    Anyone

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
  • Madonna

    Crazy For You

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 7.
  • America

    Tin Man

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Damien Rice

    Cannonball

    • Acoustic Love (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    • FKM Filmkunst-Musikverlag β€Ž.
  • Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler

    this is how you fall in love

    • brent ii.
    • Island.
  • Adele

    Someone Like You

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.
  • Kodaline

    Everyone Changes (feat. Gabrielle Aplin)

    • One Day At A Time (Deluxe Edition).
    • B-Unique Records.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.
  • Omar

    There's Nothing Like This

    • The New Soul Album (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Randy Crawford

    You Might Need Somebody

    • Ken Bruce At Your Request (Various).
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
  • Barry Gibb

    Words (feat. Dolly Parton)

    • Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook Vol. 1.
    • Capitol Records.
  • Ray LaMontagne

    Trouble

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.
  • Vampire Weekend

    Harmony Hall

    • Father Of The Bride.
    • Columbia.
  • Ray Charles

    Georgia On My Mind

    • Ray Charles - The Collection.
    • Castle Communications.
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.
  • Garth Brooks

    Friends in Low Places

    • Garth Brooks - The Hits.
    • Liberty.
  • ΆΩ±π²υ’r±π±π

    You Gotta Be

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.
  • Bear’s Den

    Elysium

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline International.
    • 001.
  • Maroon 5

    She Will Be Loved

    • (CD Single).
    • J.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Sara Smile

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.
  • The Chicks

    There's Your Trouble

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Jan 2021 22:00