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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alison Hammond

Lin-Manuel tells us all about the new Disney film 'Encanto', Alison chats to Zoe about her upcoming book 'You鈥檝e Got To Laugh', plus Jay Flynn is back with his Virtual Quiz.

Lin-Manuel Miranda chats to Zoe about the new Disney film 'Encanto', which he wrote original music for. Lin-Manuel is an award-winning songwriter, actor and director, known for his multi-award winning musical 'Hamilton', which tells the story of America's founding father Alexander Hamilton, his musical 'In The Heights', which has been performed on Broadway, on the West End, and earlier this year was released as a film. Plus, he wrote the music for the Disney film 'Moana'. He's making his directorial debut later this year, with the Netflix film 'tick, tick鈥OOM!', which tells the story of Jonathan Larson, who wrote the musical 'RENT'.

Alison Hammond has a new book out 'You鈥檝e Got To Laugh: Stories from a Life Lived to the Full', and in it she shares never-before-seen insight into her life: her loves, her losses - with a side order of gossip. Alison joined This Morning in 2002, and in 2021, became one of their main hosts, alongside Dermot O'Leary. This year she's also appeared on a new 麻豆约拍 entertainment show, 'I Can See Your Voice', alongside Amanda Holden, Jimmy Carr, and host Paddy McGuinness. She's also featured on Channel 4's Big Brother , I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Great British Bake Off.

Plus Jay Flynn returns with another round of his Virtual Radio Quiz where he tests the team on their general knowledge to see who comes out on top.

Along with Clare Runacres 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 Muneera Pilgrim and your calls, texts, emails and voice notes as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Nov 2021 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Overpass Graffiti

    • = Equals.
    • Asylum.

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Camila Cabello

    Don't Go Yet

    • Familia.
    • Epic.

  • Sam & Dave

    Soul Man

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Cyndi Lauper

    Girls Just Want To Have Fun

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Junior

    Mama Used To Say

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Olly Murs

    Wrapped Up (feat. Travie McCoy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Years & Years & Galantis

    Sweet Talker

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Tears for Fears

    The Tipping Point

    • The Tipping Point.
    • Concord Records.

  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • The Beach Boys

    I Get Around

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

  • Michael Jackson

    Billie Jean

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

  • Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz & Cast of Encanto

    The Family Madrigal

  • James Blunt

    Unstoppable

    • The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021).
    • Atlantic.

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Rudimental

    Feel The Love (feat. John Newman)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 82 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Automatic

    Monster

    • BRITs Hits - The Album Of The Year (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Shanks & Bigfoot

    Sweet Like Chocolate

    • (CD Single).
    • Chocolate Boy.

  • Benson Boone

    Ghost Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music.

  • Marshmello & Jonas Brothers

    Leave Before You Love Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Recently I asked some of my friends to partake in a magazine quiz all about how well you know听each other, and two of the phrases that came up repeatedly about me were 鈥榮entimental鈥� and 鈥榥ostalgic鈥�. I can鈥檛 deny, I鈥檓 a sucker for reminiscing back to the good old days and holding onto pebbles, bus passes, and even ill-fitted items of clothing, because they enable me to travel back in time to a point where I felt a deep emotion. Maybe a kiss, or a time where I felt free. And although I fear becoming a hoarder, letting go of things and people has never been my strong point.

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For example, when I meet people I like for the first time, I automatically ask myself what if we build a relationship and then for whatever reason it ends, how can I hold on to this moment?听Which I know is a bit intense when someone has introduced me less than 10 minutes ago! Knowing this about me, I don鈥檛 understand why my mum asked me to help her a few months back. My Gran is no longer able to live by herself and requires someone to be on call 24 hours a day, so my mum needed help packing up and cleaning out my gran's things. She should have known it would have been easier without me. I spent most of the time looking at photo albums and pulling old clothes out of bags allocated to charity, as some of the things were too sentimental for me to even fathom letting go.听

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There was so much history it looked like a museum, I even found her certificate of naturalisation as a British Citizen from the 1980s, but the best thing听I found was a photograph of my Gran carrying 2 grip suitcases.听听That is all she brought with her from Jamaica.听The 14th century Poet Imam Julaudine Rumi once said: 鈥渂e like a sheet of paper with nothing on it, a spot of ground where nothing is growing, where something might be planted, a seed, possibly, from the divine.鈥� The picture of my gran and her suitcases听reminded me that it is possible to start with nothing and have a garden of memories, and if I am brave enough to let go, one day I may have a garden of my own.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Nov 2021 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2