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Zoe Ball chats to Jay about his 麻豆约拍 documentary 'Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51'.

Jay Blades, the presenter of the hit 麻豆约拍 TV show The Repair Shop, tells Zoe about his brand new documentary 'Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51'. Until he was in his 30s, Jay concealed a big secret: he has the reading ability of a child. Throughout his life he has found ways of avoiding the written word and in this documentary he will explore how this has shaped him, and Jay will learn to read with a charity that organises volunteer coaches to work one to one with readers, using a system which was started in prisons. Blades will join forces with other people also learning to read and together they will support, cajole and encourage one another to get over their fear of the printed word.

Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she 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 Reverend Alan Sorensen and listeners calls, texts, voicenotes and emails, as Zoe entertains the nation!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Jan 2022 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.

  • GAYLE

    abc (nicer)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan

    Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

    • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.

  • Bill Withers

    Lovely Day

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

  • Johnny Mathis

    Wonderful! Wonderful!

    • Johnny's Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    C'mon People (We're Making It Now) (feat. Liam Gallagher)

    • Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Sia

    Chandelier

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

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
    • Sony Soho Square.

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Adele

    Oh My God

    • 30.
    • Columbia.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Behind A Painted Smile

    • Isley Brothers - Greatest Motown Hits.
    • Motown.

  • The La鈥檚

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • John Newman

    Waiting For A Lifetime

    • CD Single.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Wet Wet Wet

    Sweet Little Mystery

    • Wet Wet Wet - Greatest Hits & More.
    • Precious Organisation.

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • Yola

    Dancing Away In Tears

    • Stand For Myself.
    • Easy Eye Sound.
    • 2.

  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Was (Not Was)

    Walk The Dinosaur

    • (Single).
    • Fontana.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    Someone You Loved

    • Breach.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.

  • Neiked & Mae Muller

    Better Days (feat. Polo G)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Stardust

    Music Sounds Better With You

    • Now 41 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.

  • Madness

    Night Boat To Cairo

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.
    • 3.

  • Bad Manners

    Special Brew

  • The Specials

    Gangsters

  • Morgan Wade

    Wilder Days

    • Reckless.
    • Ladylike Records.

  • Forrest

    Rock The Boat

    • Sealed With A Kiss (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I guess since today is Burns鈥� Day it鈥檚 a good thing to have a Scotsman on. Tonight, a reasonable chunk of folk all round the world will be celebrating Scotland鈥檚 national bard, Rabbie Burns.听听There will be haggis 鈥� and they do say that there are 2 things you should never see being made: haggis and government policy! And there will be whisky and speeches and poems that most can鈥檛 make out, like: 鈥淥h wad some power the giftie gie us tae see irsels鈥� as ithers see us鈥︹�澨齓es, this Pause for Thought will shortly be available with subtitles鈥�

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If you didn鈥檛 catch it, that little snippet translates as, 鈥渙h, would some power give us the gift to see ourselves as others see us鈥� and in my book, that is a profound idea.听听At Christmas I wrote in a note to my wife, 鈥榠f I could give you any gift in the world this Christmas, I鈥檇 give you my eyes 鈥� so you could see how beautiful, how wonderful, you are.鈥櫶齇f course, being a Scots male I certainly didn鈥檛 send it to her!听听(but she鈥檚 heard it now). I鈥檝e never been entirely sure quite how to take Burns鈥檚 thought.听听Seeing ourselves as others see us is possibly an invitation to see how big an eejit I look, or how annoying I am!听听But I think that for most of us, the greatest surprise would be to see how loved we are.

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I feed birds.听听I have feeders in my garden and the first time a goldfinch arrived for his breakfast I remember wanting to open the door and shout out, 鈥榟ave you any idea how beautiful you are! Do you know you鈥檙e a goldfinch?!!听听You鈥檙e, like, wow!!!鈥� And there are so many people I know, who have just no idea how beautiful they are; in their hearts, in their spirits, in their kindness.听听Coming from my Christian tradition, I believe that God wants us to know how God sees us鈥�.and guess what, God thinks we鈥檙e wonderful, after all, God made us.听听Frankly, I think he must often feel like me shouting at the goldfinches鈥� and maybe that鈥檚 just one reason he gave us Rabbie Burns, to encourage us all to let others know how wonderful we think they are.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Jan 2022 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2