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Wake up with Matt Lucas! Ahead of the Premier League returning to 5 Live on Friday Matt is joined by sports presenter Kelly Cates. Plus he has a musical song for Showtunes Day.
Wake up and embrace the day with Matt Lucas! Matt is joined by 麻豆约拍 Radio 5 Live's Kelly Cates to talk about the start of the new Premier League football season kicking off on 5 Live on Friday 13th August. Kelly has been busy this summer presenting '5 Live Olympics' keeping listeners up to date with the action from Tokyo 2020.
It's Showtunes Day so Matt spins a huge musical number for you to revel in. This week it's courtesy of Beauty and The Beast from 1991.
Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, he 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 from Jahnavi Harrison and listeners on the line, as Matt entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Stevie Wonder
I Wish
- Motown Party (Various Artists).
- Motown.
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Mabel
Let Them Know
- About Last Night....
- Polydor.
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Propaganda
Duel
- A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
- ZTT.
- 12.
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LunchMoney Lewis
Bills
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 001.
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Blondie
Denis
- Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
- EMI.
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Simply Red
Money's Too Tight (To Mention)
- Now 1985 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Daft Punk
Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Toploader
Dancing In The Moonlight
- Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
- Sony Soho Square.
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The La鈥檚
There She Goes
- Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
- Polygram Tv.
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Electric Light Orchestra
Sweet Talkin' Woman
- Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
- Epic.
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Gavin James
Sober
- (CD Single).
- Good Soldier Records.
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Destiny鈥檚 Child
Independent Women, Part I
- Destiny's Child #1's.
- Columbia.
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Manic Street Preachers
The Secret He Had Missed (feat. Julia Cumming)
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Cliff Richard
Wired For Sound
- Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
- EMI.
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Justin Timberlake
Mirrors
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
- 1.
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Ed Sheeran
Bad Habits
- (CD Single).
- Asylum Records.
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James
She's a Star
- James - Whiplash.
- Mercury.
- 9.
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Alan Menken
Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
Composer: Howard Ashman. Singer: Angela Lansbury. Singer: Jerry Orbach. Ensemble: Chorus - Beauty And the Beast. Orchestra: [Disney].- Classic Disney Volume II (Various Artists).
- Walt Disney Records.
- 1.
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Queen
You're My Best Friend
- Queen - Greatest Hits.
- Parlophone.
- 4.
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Duran Duran
Planet Earth
- Duran Duran - Greatest.
- EMI.
- 2.
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Will Young
Crying On The Bathroom Floor
- Crying On The Bathroom Floor.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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顿别蝉鈥檙别别
Life
- Big Hits '98 (Various Artists).
- Sony.
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Paloma Faith
Make Your Own Kind Of Music
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
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Amy Winehouse
Tears Dry On Their Own
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Sam Cooke
(What A) Wonderful World
- Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
- RCA.
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Aretha Franklin
I Say A Little Prayer
- Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
- Atlantic.
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Yola
Starlight
- Stand For Myself.
- Easy Eye Sound.
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Traveling Wilburys
End Of The Line
- Traveling Wilburys Vol.1.
- Wilbury.
Pause For Thought
Last week I got on a late-night flight 鈥� I鈥檇 spent five days (yes five days!) attending my dear friend鈥檚 traditional Hindu wedding. One of my hands was decorated with henna. As I settled into my seat, the young woman next to me noticed it and asked if I鈥檇 been at a wedding. Then听she听pulled out her similarly 鈥榟ennaed鈥� hand and said with a smile 鈥榤ine鈥檚 almost faded away from Eid鈥�.
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I was instantly curious. She didn鈥檛 visually fit my expectation of a Muslim woman. I鈥檓 sure I didn鈥檛 fit her expectation of a Hindu either. We got chatting. I learned her name was Al, from Ohio. She鈥檚 a nurse and has been looking after COVID patients throughout the pandemic. Her ancestors come from Armenia and the Romany people of Hungary.听
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After the pretzels and water got passed out, we got to the story of how she came to practise Islam. She said that her school was predominantly white - there was only one Muslim student, a boy called Mustafa. After the 9/11 attacks, he started to get bullied. One day in the cafeteria she noticed the other children harassing him and pouring milk over his head. She told me: 鈥楤y the way, I鈥檓 also a professional boxer, been training since I was young,鈥� then described how she punched the lead bully. The kids still wouldn鈥檛 leave Mustafa alone, mocking him because he was fasting for Ramadan. 鈥淪o I started sitting with him every lunchtime,鈥� she said. 鈥淔rom seventh grade until the end of high school I fasted for Ramadan with him so he wouldn鈥檛 have to be alone.鈥�
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Her explanation took me by surprise. Years later, after some tragic events, Al finally decided to visit a mosque, eventually finding a deep connection to her spirituality through the path of Islam.听
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It鈥檚 human nature to cast someone as 鈥榯he other鈥欌�� but Al鈥檚 story reminded me of something I believe: that divine grace flows like an underground river, filling wells in different villages. Each well may look different, the water might even taste a bit different, but the source is the same. Water is water. Love is love. God is God.
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So thank you Al鈥� I鈥檓 keeping your act of rare love and friendship in my heart.听
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- Tue 10 Aug 2021 06:30麻豆约拍 Radio 2