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Martin Kemp, the MasterChef 2021 Champion and Jay's Virtual Radio Quiz

Martin Kemp tells Zoe about his new ITV series with his son Roman. Plus she catches up with this year's MasterChef Champion and Jay Flynn returns with his Virtual Radio Quiz.

Martin Kemp, the actor, presenter and member of hit band Spandau Ballet, tells Zoe about his latest TV series with his son Roman. The much-loved father and son duo will present their show, Martin & Roman鈥檚 Weekend Best, across both Saturday and Sunday mornings on ITV.

Zoe speaks to 麻豆约拍 One's MasterChef 2021 Champion, straight after the previous night's epic grand final.

And Jay Flynn returns with another round of his Virtual Radio Quiz where he tests the team on their general knowledge to see who comes out on top.

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 Pause For Thought from Steve Chalke and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Motown Party (Various Artists).
    • Motown.
  • Paul Woolford & Amber Mark

    HEAT

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound Recordings.
  • Take That

    Giants

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Al Jarreau

    Mornin'

    • Best Of Al Jarreau.
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.
  • k.d. lang

    Constant Craving

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Cyndi Lauper

    Girls Just Want To Have Fun

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • Steps & Michelle Visage

    Heartbreak In This City

    • What The Future Holds.
    • BMG Rights Management.
  • Candi Staton

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.
  • Harry Styles

    Golden

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.
  • Love Affair

    Everlasting Love

    • This Hasn't Changed Us.
    • RPM Records.
    • 001.
  • Jimmy Nail

    Ain't No Doubt

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.
  • Tom Jones

    One More Cup Of Coffee

    • Surrounded By Time.
    • EMI.
  • Emeli Sand茅

    Hurts

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.
  • Years & Years

    Starstruck

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • James Newman

    Embers

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Sheryl Crow

    Soak Up The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
  • Jackie Wilson

    I Get the Sweetest Feeling

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.
  • Rod Stewart

    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak

    Leave The Door Open

    • AN EVENING WITH SILK SONIC.
    • Atlantic.
  • Rozalla

    Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)

    • Rozalla - Everybody's Free.
    • Epic.
  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    All You Ever Wanted

    • Life By Misadventure.
    • Best Laid Plans.
  • Riton & Nightcrawlers

    Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit) (feat. Mufasa & Hypeman)

    • (CD Single).
    • Ministry Of Sound.
  • Florence + The Machine

    Dog Days Are Over

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Mumford & Sons

    I Will Wait

    • Gentleman Of The Road / Universal Island.
  • Tom Odell

    Grow Old With Me

    • Long Way Down.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Smith & Burrows

    Buccaneer Rum Jum

    • Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough.
    • PIAS.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I have a friend 鈥 his name is Michael 鈥 who is really annoying. And the reason, to be blunt, is that he鈥檚 just a lot nicer than me. Honestly. Genuinely. He really is. For instance, I bumped into him in the street the other week. I hadn鈥檛 seen him for a whole year - since the start of the pandemic.听 Typically, he spotted me before I spotted him and ran across the road to say 鈥榟i鈥. He asked me how I was doing. Asked what I was up to. Told me how much he鈥檇 missed seeing me around. And introduced me 鈥 in glowing terms 鈥 to another by-passer, whom he also greeted with genuine enthusiasm.

When I was at school I learned 鈥 just like everyone else 鈥 Charles听Darwin鈥檚 theory of evolution; the 鈥楽urvival of the Fittest鈥. It is a听dog eat dog world. The biggest, the strongest, always win. But, in the last few years there鈥檚 been a growing amount of research that has begun to question some of that. Instead it talks about the 鈥楽urvival of the Friendliest鈥.

Take the well-known term 'fight-or-flight'; coined to represent the choices that our ancient ancestors had when faced with danger in their environment. So, how was it that Homo Sapiens managed to survive?听Of course, actual听鈥榝light鈥 was never a literal option for our forefathers,听but the point is that they听couldn鈥檛 even outrun some of their predators. And neither would they have been good in a one-to-one听鈥榝ight鈥. Who would fancy their chances against a Sabretooth Tiger. So why are we still around?

The truth is that we survived as a species because we learned to work together 鈥 we learned to get along with one another and collaborate.

One of my heroes,听Martin Luther King put it like this 鈥渕odern psychology is calling on us now to love. But long before modern psychology came into being, the world鈥檚 greatest psychologist who walked around the hills of Galilee told us to love.鈥 Jesus, he said: "Love your enemies; don鈥檛 hate anybody."鈥ecause hate destroys the hater as well as the hated.鈥

So, what if friendliness;听being able to cooperate and form strong relationships is the real key to our听evolutionary success; an evolutionary process that is an听ongoing process that continues today 鈥 in which my friend Michael is just way ahead of me.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Apr 2021 06:30