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Gary Davies sits in, with Jimmy Carr

Jimmy Carr chats to Gary about his new book, Before & Laughter. Plus It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Gary quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Jimmy Carr chats to Gary about his new book, Before & Laughter: The funniest man in the UK's genuinely useful guide to life. The book is a memoir and self-help manual for anyone who feels stuck in a rut but doesn't have the tools or self-belief to shake things up. Jimmy is a household name in UK television, well-known for hosting Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10 Cats, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Big Fat Quiz Of The Year in addition to presenting Comedy Central's Roast Battle UK and Your Face Or Mine.

Plus it鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Gary quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Gary 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 Reverend Matt Woodcock and listeners on the line as Gary entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Sep 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Sting

    If It's Love

    • The Bridge.
    • Interscope.

  • The Brothers Johnson

    Stomp!

    • 10 Star Collection: Soul 2 (Various).
    • Stardust.
    • 5.

  • America

    A Horse With No Name

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Girls Aloud

    Can't Speak French

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Diana Ross

    If The World Just Danced

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Midnight Sky

    • Plastic Hearts.
    • RCA.

  • Busted

    Year 3000

    • Top Of The Pops Spring 2003 (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Paul Simon

    You Can Call Me Al

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 4.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    On My Way

    • Firebird.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • JLS

    Eternal Love

    • JLS 2.0.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Paloma Faith

    Make Your Own Kind Of Music

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Doja Cat

    Say So

    • Hot Pink.
    • Kemosabe/Ministry of Sound.
    • 005.

  • Wham!

    Freedom

    • Make It Big.
    • Columbia.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Murder On The Dancefloor

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Frank Wilson

    Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Part-Time Lover

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Tom Grennan

    Don't Break The Heart (That's Loving You)

    • Evering Road (Deluxe Edition).
    • Insanity Records.

  • The Supernaturals

    Smile

    • Q The Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Michelle Shocked

    Anchorage

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

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

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 008.

  • Mumford & Sons

    Sigh No More

    • Sigh No More.
    • Cooperative Music.
    • 1.

  • ABBA

    I Still Have Faith In You

  • Andrew Gold

    Never Let Her Slip Away

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I met up with my favourite uncles recently. I鈥檝e missed them. They were my two absolute heroes growing up. Uncle Mike with his T-Rex haircut and blackbelt in karate. Uncle Ally with his hilarious stories that just can鈥檛 be true. I left their company like I always do when we meet: sides aching from laughter. Throat ruined from singing. Determined to live more cheerfully like them. Some people are just brilliant at it.聽

Like a woman I met randomly the other day. She goes to extraordinary lengths to cheer her neighbours up. Walking through her estate on a drizzly day, everything seemed a bit drab and tired. Until I stumbled across her terraced house. It was like a beautiful work of art. The outside of it covered with rows of hanging baskets bursting with glorious flowers. A sea of bright pink, red and white Begonias filled every available space. As I stood there - jaw on the floor - the lady came out. 鈥榃hat inspires you to go to all this amazing effort?鈥� I asked. 鈥楳y flowers seem to make people a bit happier round here,鈥� she said. 鈥業 like doing that.鈥�

Meeting this woman and seeing my uncles were timely encounters for me. I鈥檇 been feeling a bit despondent. Work and faith weary. Even for a 鈥榳alking energy drink鈥� as my friend calls me, I can sometimes struggle to spark inwardly. Find the Christian call to a life of 鈥榝ullness鈥� quite elusive. Even unrealistic at times. It鈥檚 why I find the presence of such passionate, joy-filled people so crucial to my mental and spiritual flourishing. I need help to come out of 鈥榞ray exile鈥� as the Bible describes it - and rediscover life in technicolor. I鈥檝e found few traits more transformative than a cheerful and generous spirit. I think the Begonias lady might agree. I鈥檓 told she recently got home to find some local kids trying to destroy her creations. She didn鈥檛 angrily shoo them away - but explained how enriching her flowers were for people. How - in a small but significant way - they made their community a happier place. Apparently a few days later the kids returned. But this time for a wonderful reason. They鈥檇 come to help her water them. And, Zoe, I hear that鈥檚 what they鈥檝e been doing ever since.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Sep 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2