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John Simm and Elizabeth Day

John Simm tells Zoe about his new ITV detective drama, Grace. Plus author and broadcaster Elizabeth Day tells us what's coming up on her 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 show, Open Book.

John Simm tells Zoe about his new ITV detective drama Grace. It's a brand new two-part drama based on the first two books of the international bestselling and award-winning 鈥楻oy Grace鈥� novels by Peter James. Adapted by Russell Lewis (creator of ITV detective drama series 鈥楨ndeavor鈥�) and released in two parts, each episode lasts 2 hours. John plays the lead role 鈥� Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who has dedicated his whole life to work. It was set in a non-Covid world which originally concerned John, however he warmed to the idea as it allowed for a sense of normality when filming. John is best known for starring as Detective Inspector Sam Tyler in the 2007 BAFTA TV award-winning Life On Mars and playing The Master originally under the alias of Mr Saxon in Doctor Who.

Elizabeth Day, the award winning author, journalist and broadcaster, tells Zoe about the latest episode of 麻豆约拍 Radio 4's Open Book. Her latest book, Failosophy: A Handbook for When Things Go Wrong, has been described by Alain de Botton as 鈥榖eautiful, timely and humane. Her debut novel Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award. Her follow-up, 麻豆约拍 Fires was an Observer Book of the Year. Her third, Paradise City was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Observer and the Evening Standard, and was People magazine's Book of the Week.

Plus it's ShowTunes Day and Zoe has another song from the musicals and some wise words from Elaine Paige.

Along with Clare Runacres 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 and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Mar 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan

    Let's Go 麻豆约拍 Together

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Torn

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artist.
    • Elektra.

  • Boz Scaggs

    What Can I Say

    • Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees.
    • CBS.

  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Dua Lipa

    We're Good

    • Future Nostalgia (The Moonlight Edition).
    • Warner Records.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    Can't Fight The Moonlight

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

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

  • The Foundations

    Baby Now That I've Found You

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Statues

    • The Human Demands.
    • Infectious Music.

  • Eternal

    Power of a Woman

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Steps & Michelle Visage

    Heartbreak In This City

    • What The Future Holds.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads

    Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Madonna

    Vogue

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

  • Jessie Ware

    Remember Where You Are

    • What's Your Pleasure?.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Billy Ocean

    Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.

  • Les Miserables: The Original 1985 London Cast

    One Day More

    • Les Miserables: The Original 1985 London Cast Recording.
    • Exallshow Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

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

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

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

  • Tom Jones

    No Hole In My Head

    • Surrounded By Time.
    • EMI.

  • R.E.M.

    Shiny Happy People

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1991 (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • Harry Styles

    Treat People With Kindness

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • The Beautiful South

    Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Duke Dumont

    I Got U (feat. Jax Jones)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 87 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande

    Rain On Me (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

    Remix Artist: Purple Disco Machine.
    • Chromatica.
    • Interscope Records.

  • Paul Carrack

    You're Not Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Carrack-UK.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Once upon a time, I went to watch my son Silas play lacrosse.

Afterwards, as I stopped by the car to put on a jumper, I took off my glasses and put them on the roof.聽Now driving is pretty much the only thing I can do without glasses.聽So I drove.


I remembered, of course, just as I arrived home.聽In the ensuing panic (and panic did ensue), I drove back, cursing with all the rich force of my ancient forebears.聽聽But my specs were gone.聽Thing is, I need my glasses. But more to the point I liked those frames, and so when I lost them, I lost it.聽I was, to put it mildly, invested in the object.


Working in a museum, I am surrounded by objects in which there has been a weirdly huge investment, no matter whether they鈥檙e a broken pot or a huge gold cup.

Sometimes they鈥檙e important because of what they鈥檙e made of - the huge gold cup really is a lot of gold.聽聽But more often, they鈥檙e important because of the people they speak of, the humanity they embody.聽聽We cling to the precious belongings of forgotten families, the gifts of forgotten lovers, the pictures of forgotten friends.

One of the strange things about Jesus is that he left nothing behind.聽聽Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is just a tale.聽聽There is no Grail, no record of things Jesus owned, or even of him owning things at all.


Instead, the record of his life is entirely human.聽He loved, he wept, he got angry, he told stories.聽聽He gave time to his friends, he fed people he鈥檇 never met.聽聽He made them feel worthwhile.聽聽He made them feel more important than things.

This last year, we鈥檝e not been short of things. The worldwide cardboard shortage tells us how many things we鈥檝e been buying.


But somehow we all know that those things are less than what we鈥檝e been denied; the smiles, the clasped hands, the hugs, the kisses, the shared meals and cups of tea.

I reckon it鈥檚 good to have been reminded that these are the things we need, to remember that聽we聽are such stuff as dreams are made on: us, our lives and loves, our joys and sorrows.聽聽Everything else is just a Museum.聽And it鈥檚 not really glasses I need to see that that is really important.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Mar 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2