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David Thewlis, the actor and writer who's starred in the Harry Potter movies, Seven Years in Tibet and The Big Lebowski, tells Zoe about his brand new novel.

David Thewlis, the actor and writer, tells Zoe about his brand new novel. Shooting Martha, is a moving story of a dysfunctional marriage, a brilliantly funny description of life on a film set, an exploration of depression and egomania, and a mystery of sorts. David Thewlis rose to fame in 1993 when starring in Mike Leigh's film Naked, for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He's starred in a series of hit movies including Seven Years in Tibet, Kingdom of Heaven, The Big Lebowski, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, War Horse and The Theory of Everything. Plus of course David played the role of Professor Lupin in the hugely successful Harry Potter film franchise.

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!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 28 Jul 2021 06:30
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Music Played

  • Tony Christie

    (Is This the Way to) Amarillo

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Marshmello & Jonas Brothers

    Leave Before You Love Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Girls Aloud

    Call The Shots

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

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    Days

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Listen To The Music

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Becky Hill & David Guetta

    Remember

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Survivor

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Toto

    Africa

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Waiting For A Star To Fall

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Nothing Else Matters (feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo‐Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith)

    • The Metallica Blacklist.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Haven't Met You Yet

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Rag’n’Bone Man

    Alone

    • Life By Misadventure.
    • Columbia.

  • The Beach Boys

    Wouldn't It Be Nice

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis‐Bextor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Steps

    Tragedy

    • Steps - Gold - The Greatest Hits.
    • Zomba.

  • Jessie J

    I Want Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava Music/Republic Records.

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.

  • Yola

    Starlight

    • Stand For Myself.
    • Easy Eye Sound.

  • Sub Sub

    Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) (feat. Melanie Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Rob's.

  • Jessie Ware

    Spotlight

    • What's Your Pleasure?.
    • Virgin.

  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

  • Muse

    Resistance

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 1.

  • The Killers

    All These Things That I've Done

    • (CD Single).
    • Lizard King Records.

  • Maisie Peters

    Psycho

    • You Signed Up For This.
    • Gingerbread Man Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Last December 8th, on a chilly, damp evening in South London, I experienced a sporting epiphany.ΜύIt wasn’t the moment I finally realised I was never destined for Olympic glory.ΜύThat had come many years earlier when, in every sport I attempted it quickly became clear that I would always be commended principally for trying my best. Which does not get you on the plane to Tokyo.

Μύ

But that December night, in the brief moment last year when football had crowds, I went to see Dulwich Hamlet FC defeat Eastbourne Borough. And that night, I was put in charge of the toilet queue. Yes. It was my responsibility to ensure the strict observance of the one-in, one-out rule in order to maintain appropriate social distancing. I realise this makes it sound immodestly like I am something of a big cheese down at the Hamlet.ΜύAfter all it’s not given to everyone to take such a high-profile role in protecting public health. However, shockingly, it turns out that Toilet Queue Supervision is actually one of the lowlier tasks involved in staging a football match.

Μύ

What I actually learned from showing up that night, and through most of the last season of closed doors and empty stadia, is just how many people it takes to make sport happen, people who give time to the supporters trusts and committees of small clubs; who sell t-shirts, mend broken seats and perform tasks of punishing tedium with diligence and commitment, joining in off the pitch just so there can be a game on it.

Μύ

Now, the Bible is full of famous names: your Davids, your Pauls, your Peters. But lurking among them are their mates, their families, their neighbours; for every David, an Abinadab; for every Peter a Silas; for every Paul, a Priscilla.ΜύΜύFor every individual, a community. And at Dulwich, and in a thousand other places, that means a community prepared to send the emails and make the lists and give the briefings that mean somebody knows how to supervise the toilet queue. This is not glory.ΜύΜύIt’s not even an outlying suburb of Glory.


But what I’m learning from the community at Dulwich Hamlet is that joining in – even to supervise the toilet queue – is, weirdly, at least a step in the direction of glory.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Jul 2021 06:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2