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Jeremy Clarkson, Anne-Marie, Niall Horan and James Blunt

Jeremy Clarkson chats to Zoe about his new book. Anne-Marie and Niall Horan share the official single for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children In Need and James Blunt performs live from Maida Vale.

It's another Friends Phone In Friday with Zoe Ball.

Following on from his hugely successful Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm, Jeremy Clarkson chats to Zoe about his new book Diddly Squat: A Year on the Farm, which brings together a collection of his Sunday Times farming columns since buying his farm in the Cotswolds in 2019. With a brand-new introduction and epilogue, Jeremy tells us about the last year on the farm and what he’s learnt so far about being a farmer. Jeremy is a broadcaster, writer, farmer and the host of the ITV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-host of The Grand Tour.

Anne-Marie and Niall Horan share the official single for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children In Need 2021 in a special simulcast with Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 1. This year they have covered Fleetwood Mac’s 'Everywhere', with the stamp of approval from Fleetwood Mac’s own Christine McVie. The song features a backing band made up of Ed Sheeran on guitar, Griff on synths, Yungblud on bass, and additional help from Lewis Capaldi and Sam Smith. A portion of each UK download or purchase of 'Everywhere' will be put towards Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children in Need. The charity organization funds over 2,500 local charities and projects that directly support children and young people affected by disadvantages ranging from poverty and disability to illness, distress, and trauma.

James Blunt is live from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Maida Vale studios. He'll be performing one of the new tracks from his greatest hits album The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021), as well as a cover and a track from his back-catalogue. James’ new album features four new songs, tracks from across his 17-year career, as well as four exclusive live performances from around the world, including one from the Glastonbury Festival.

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.

There's also a Pause For Thought from Reverend Richard Coles and your calls, texts, emails and voice notes as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 19 Nov 2021 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

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

  • Kylie Minogue & Years & Years

    A Second To Midnight

  • The Cardigans

    My Favourite Game

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

  • Idina Menzel

    Let It Go

    • Frozen O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 005.

  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Bad Habits

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Oasis

    Don't Look Back In Anger

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

  • Israel KamakawiwoÊ»ole

    Somewhere Over The Rainbow

    • Best Of.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Katy Perry

    Firework

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

    • Now 27 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Billy Joel

    The River Of Dreams

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume III.
    • Columbia.

  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Niall Horan & Anne-Marie

    Everywhere (Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children In Need)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 81 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

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

  • James Blunt

    Unstoppable (Radio 2 Session, 19 Nov 2021)

  • James Blunt

    Blinding Lights (Radio 2 Session, 19 Nov 2021)

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

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

  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.

  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • James Blunt

    1973 (Radio 2 Session, 19 Nov 2021)

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

We’ve had some unusual visitors to the churchyard in my time — steam punk ghost hunters, a Gurkha playing the bagpipes, Mr Bean — but the most unusual came the other day. A tornado. Well, a squall, according to meteorology, but it was terrifying. We were in church, about to receive communion, when out of nowhere came a howl like a low flying jet, and then bangs and crashes as bits and pieces fell on the roof, and the windows rattled in their frames and a terrible creaking wrenching sound. And then it was gone, just as suddenly.ÌýWe stepped outside and saw devastation. Trees had been uprooted, the path to the lych gate was blocked, a row of gravestones smashed. If it had arrived fifteen minutes later when people were making their way home, they might not have made it.

Ìý

There wasÌýoneÌýserious casualty. A yew tree, which the storm had split down the middle, and now lay in pieces on the ground, its red berries scattered like beads from a broken necklace.ÌýWhat do we do with a ton of yew? Maybe get the school round to do something creative for Children in Need? Then the sexton reminded me that every part of the tree, from bark to berry, is poisonous; and I don’t think even I would be so rash as to entrust a chainsaw to our Year 5s. That yew had stood in the churchyard for more than a thousand years. Stood through the Norman conquest, the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses, the execution of Charles I, the Industrial Revolution, the First and Second world wars, COVID, and Aljaz and Sara being booted off Strictly… and then a gust of wind, and it’s Game Over.

Ìý

Lots of people see churches, I think, as symbols of permanence. Often the oldest and most venerable building in a community, they’ve seen generations in and generations out, and there’s something to be said for symbolising an enduring presence in turbulent times. But it’s also misleading. Just as the yew tree unexpectedly copped it, so might we, so might anything, even the things we most cherish, if we just take them for granted, imagine they’ll always be there, dodge the time consuming but necessary responsibility to play our part in keeping things going. And I have found there are great and unexpected rewards when we do.Ìý

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Nov 2021 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2