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Javier Bardem and Clare Balding

Javier Bardem chats about his film 'Being The Ricardos' and Clare Balding looks ahead to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Zoe Ball chats to Academy Award winning actor Javier Bardem about his film 'Being The Ricardos' which is a biographical drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin about the relationship between I Love Lucy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem star as Ball and Arnaz and it follows their journey as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Plus Clare Balding looks ahead to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

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 Alan Sorensen and listeners calls, texts, emails and voice notes, as Zoe entertains the nation!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 1 Feb 2022 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Richard Ashcroft

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

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

  • Vanessa Carlton

    A Thousand Miles

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Wings

    Listen To What The Man Said

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Erasure

    Sometimes

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • ELO - Out Of The Blue.
    • Jet.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    I'll Never Not Love You

    • Higher.
    • Reprise.

  • Bronski Beat

    Smalltown Boy

    • Pop & Wave Vol. 1 - The Hits Of The 80's (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • David Gray

    This Year's Love (R2 Piano Room Month, 31 Jan 2022)

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Ella Henderson

    Brave

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Niall Horan

    Black And White

    • Heartbreak Weather.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Brighter Days

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Room 5

    Make Luv (feat. Oliver Cheatham)

    • New Woman 2003 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • James Blunt

    Adrenaline

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

  • David Guetta

    Titanium (feat. Sia)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Rod Stewart

    Baby Jane

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tears for Fears

    Break The Man

    • The Tipping Point.
    • Concord.

  • U2

    Mysterious Ways

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • U2

    Where The Streets Have No Name

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Simple Minds

    Waterfront

    • Glittering Prize - Best Of Simple Min.
    • Virgin.

  • George Michael

    A Different Corner

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Adele

    Oh My God

    • 30.
    • Columbia.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I don鈥檛 know what you鈥檒l be doing at 2:50 this afternoon, but I shall be bowing before a king!听听I鈥檒l be walking my 5 year old grandson home from school and on a building near it there is a carving of what I think is King Neptune which he has re-named, Mr. Crownie, and every time we walk to or from the school we stop, and bow, and say, 鈥淕ood morning Mr. Crownie!鈥澨齌hen we both laugh鈥nd some passers by, emm鈥ass by鈥n a hurry鈥n the other side of the road!

听

It's just one of the wee bits of nonsense we鈥檝e developed between us.听听There鈥檚 a garden gate with two silhouettes of penguins on it.听听They鈥檙e now called Whirlie & Swirlie (no, I have no idea why鈥�) and we walk like penguins and say good morning to them when we pass.听听Likewise, they re-surfaced a wee side road last year and we pressed a penny into the soft tar at the edge of it and that is now firmly welded into the road.听听This is where we tell each other 鈥淏uried treasure! I鈥檓 rich!鈥� I鈥檓 telling you, childhood is far too good to be wasted on children!听听But one of the wonderful things that so many of us discover through having young people around us is that we have permission to play.听听Yes, you鈥檝e kinda figured out that behind all that nonsense with him are some suggestions or observations from me.听听He鈥檚 my co-conspirator in having a laugh.

听

I know it鈥檚 what parents and grandparents and other adults do 鈥� have a laugh with kids 鈥� but as well as it being good child-raising, I believe it鈥檚 also profoundly important for our well-being.听听I read a book once called Homo Ludens, where the guy suggested that we aren鈥檛 just Homo Sapiens, the beings that think, deep down we鈥檙e Homo Ludens 鈥� the beings that play. I know there are worries, we鈥檝e got them in our family; I know the world鈥檚 falling apart - it鈥檚 always been like that; but I鈥檓 pretty sure that one of the things God has given us to help us survive is the ability to find fun 鈥� if we look for it.听听And that鈥檚 just what I鈥檓 going to do today - look for some fun鈥ave a laugh.听 And if I find it difficult, well, I鈥檝e got a 5-year old to help me!

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Feb 2022 06:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2