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Benedict Cumberbatch

Bafta, Emmy and Olivier award-wining actor Benedict Cumberbatch tells Zoe about his new film, The Courier. Plus Zoe keeps the tunes rolling on Maximum Music Monday.

Benedict Cumberbatch, BAFTA, Emmy and Olivier award-wining actor, tells Zoe about his new film, The Courier. The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK's MI-6 and a CIA operative, he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Christina Harrison, Director of Children鈥檚 Services at Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, gives Zoe an update from the site of the winning garden for Radio 2's Big Bee Challenge.

And Zoe plays three disco classics from her personal collection in the Disco Ball at 8.30!

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Hugh Ferris 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 that 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

Last on

Mon 16 Aug 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Camila Cabello

    Don't Go Yet

    • Familia.
    • Epic.

  • Bill Withers

    Lovely Day

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • Dua Lipa

    Levitating

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Do You Know the Way to San Jose

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Kajagoogoo

    Too Shy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Jamiroquai

    Cosmic Girl

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Four Tops

    I Can't Help Myself

    • The Singles Collection.
    • Polygram TV.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Do I Do

    • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
    • Universal.

  • Anne-Marie & Little Mix

    Kiss My (Uh-Oh)

    • Therapy.
    • Atlantic.

  • Womack & Womack

    Love Wars

    • Soul Years: 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    I Get A Kick Out Of You

    • CD Single.
    • Columbia.

  • Bob Sinclar

    Love Generation (feat. Gary 鈥淣esta鈥� Pine)

    • Now 63 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Justin Wellington

    Iko Iko (My Bestie) (feat. Small Jam)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Sia

    Chandelier

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 88 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • A Taste of Honey

    Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • Disco Fever 2 (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Peaches & Herb

    Shake Your Groove Thing

    • Night Moves (Various Artists).
    • Double Gold.

  • Odyssey

    Going Back To My Roots

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    The Secret He Had Missed (feat. Julia Cumming)

  • Harry Styles

    Treat People With Kindness

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • Meat Loaf

    Dead Ringer for Love

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

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • Oasis

    Don't Look Back In Anger

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • Big Red Machine

    Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift)

    • (CD Single).
    • 37d03d.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

You know that saying 鈥楽he鈥檚 an angel鈥�? Well, I鈥檇 like to tell you about an occasion when, for me, it was literally true.听Ten years ago this month, we lived through听the most severe riots the country had seen in a generation, starting in London 鈥� spreading to Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester, Liverpool and far beyond. I was on holiday. Out of the country when my phone rang. I could see the number. I knew it was important.

听

The police had received听a 鈥榯ip-off鈥� that a brand-new school building, run by the听charity I lead, would be burned down, that night, by a group of rioters who had done exactly the same toanother big local building, 24 hours before.听I asked what I could do. 鈥淣othing鈥�, came the reply. Police leave had been cancelled, but widespread rioting meant that officers could only respond to 鈥榣ive鈥� situations. 鈥淪o听I鈥檓 ringing to advise you to ensure that your school is locked down. If it is attacked, the emergence services will attend. But, we just don鈥檛 have the capacity to guard every public building.鈥�

听

The call over, what could I do? I prayed, then made a call to Kat, a youth worker who had lived and worked in the local community for years. She answered! I got straight to the point. I didn鈥檛 need to explain the devastating impact that the destruction of the building would have, not only for our students, but for the whole community. Kat asked me what she should do. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 a clue鈥�, I said. 鈥淏ut, I know that you鈥檒l think of something.鈥�

听

That night our school didn鈥檛 burn. Why? Well, Kat and her team 鈥� mostly volunteers 鈥� decided to bake cakes, countless cakes, and then to spend the whole night, sitting outside the building, chatting with the young people on the streets 鈥� many of whom they鈥檇 known for years 鈥� and providing food. That鈥檚 what made the difference 鈥� cakes, relationship and love.

听

My point is this. From childhood stories, we tend to imagine angels as heavenly beings, bright and glowing, dressed in white robes, with giant wings, carrying听harps. But, in the Bible, the term听simply refers to a 鈥榖ringer or agent of good news鈥�.听That鈥檚 why I can reliably inform you, on that memorable night back in 2011, Kat was 鈥� literally 鈥� an angel, a beautiful agent of peace!

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Aug 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2