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Top Gear and Thomas Rhett

Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff tell Zoe all about the new series of Top Gear. Plus there's live music from Thomas Rhett and he chats to Zoe live from Nashville.

Paddy McGuiness and Freddie Flintoff are on the show telling Zoe about the brand new series of Top Gear on 麻豆约拍 One. Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness hit the road again in a series of challenges designed to push them and their cars to the limit. Series highlights see the trio tackling the thorny issue of 鈥榤id-life crisis鈥� cars, heading to the Scottish Highlands on a punishing off-road adventure, celebrating and driving some of the most iconic cars from the James Bond films, and taking a nostalgic trip down memory lane as they drive their dads鈥� old cars. Plus reviews of the new Toyota GR Yaris, Lamborghini Sian, Ferrari Roma and more.

Thomas Rhett is on the line chatting to Zoe live from Nashville, the home of country music, as part of Radio 2 Celebrates Country. Thomas Rhett Akins Jr. professionally known as Thomas Rhett is an American country music singer-songwriter and the son of singer Rhett Akins. Thomas has released four studio albums for Big Machine Records' Valory Music imprint: It Goes Like This (2013), Tangled Up (2015), Life Changes (2017), and Center Point Road (2019). He will release his brand new album, Country Again: Side A, in April. His four albums have produced nineteen singles, with fifteen reaching the No. 1 position. One of his biggest hits was "Die a Happy Man" and was written about his wife Lauren Akins who is a NY Times best-selling author with "Live In Love". Thomas and Lauren co-hosted the CMA Christmas Special in 2020.

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

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Fri 12 Mar 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Silk City

    NEW LOVE (feat. Ellie Goulding)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
    • Polydor.

  • Helen Reddy

    Angie Baby

    • 25 Years Of #1 Hits (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    All You Ever Wanted

    • Life By Misadventure.
    • Best Laid Plans.

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene (Glastonbury, 29th June 2014)

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

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

  • C+C Music Factory

    Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (feat. Freedom Williams)

  • The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

    • The Singles.
    • Epic.

  • McFly

    You're Not Special

    • Young Dumb Thrills.
    • BMG.

  • James Newman

    Embers

    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited.

  • Diana Ross

    Gettin' Ready For Love

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.7 (Various).
    • Hitsville.

  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

    • Smash Hits Chart Summer 2003.
    • EMI/Virgin/Universal Music.

  • P!nk

    Get The Party Started

    • The Very Best Of All Woman 2003 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Marisha Wallace

    Faith

    • Tomorrow.
    • Decca.

  • Rihanna

    We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Rod Stewart

    Baby Jane

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Thomas Rhett

    What's Your Country Song (Radio 2 Session, 12 Mar 2021)

  • Thomas Rhett

    Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboy (Radio 2 Session, 12 Mar 2021)

  • Griff

    Black Hole

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Records.
    • 01.

  • The Company Of The Rocky Horror Show

    The Time Warp

    • The Rocky Horror Show.
    • Essential.
    • 3.

  • The Tweets

    Birdie Song

    • Novelty No.1's (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • James Smith

    My Oh My

    • (CD Single).
    • Bad Music.

  • Kym Sims

    Too Blind To See It

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

This week I saw a marvellous thing at my local recreation ground. Something I鈥檝e not truly appreciated before. On the grass, freshly-painted white lines.

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Fresh, I tell you! Grass mown, ground prepared, ready for play. What an exciting prospect. The field鈥檚 been there, waiting: great for dog-walkers, runners, or the odd family kickabout... but not fulfilling its proper purpose. But the lines are now in place! Forget 鈥淚t鈥檚 coming home鈥� 鈥� It鈥檚 coming back.

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I鈥檝e never been sporty 鈥� the only actual school team I made听was the football 4th听Eleven, consisting of the only 11 players not in any other team. Unbeaten 1989 season: nil-nil, nil-nil, one all... with an own goal scored by me. I鈥檓 not a natural.

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I鈥檝e not done team sports for years, but my body is a temple, so I have done 鈥榗ouch to 5k鈥� 鈥� though there wasn鈥檛 as much 鈥榗ouch鈥� as I was hoping. But I finished the course, ran the full 5k, and I鈥檓 now looking for a new app called 鈥�5k back to couch again鈥�.

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For many of us lately, exercise has become an important solo activity: walking, running, cycling, PE with Joe, PE without Joe. But teamwork is perhaps something many of us have craved.

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I wonder if our lives lift a little when we鈥檙e working together as a team, each doing our bit. In the Bible, Paul talks of many parts forming one body. He says 鈥淕od has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wants them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be then?鈥� Not on the football pitch, that鈥檚 for sure.

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We all have听our strengths, whether on or off the pitch. I know mine were definitely elsewhere. I hope my two kids have inherited听my wife鈥檚 sporting prowess, not mine.听

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My children have started back to actual proper school this week. I鈥檝e found it quite emotional hearing the activity on the games field over the school wall: the passing, scoring, missing, sharing victories, sharing defeats. The privilege of play, I now appreciate anew.

听

Perhaps near you there are white听painted lines, about to be trampled on soon.听How marvellous. And it reminds me of a quote from American football coach Michael Singletary: 鈥淢y favourite part of the game?鈥� he said. 鈥淭he opportunity to play.鈥�

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Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Mar 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2