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Zoë Kravitz and The QI Elves!

Zoe chats to Zoë Kravitz about starring in the film The Batman, plus it’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Zoe Ball chats to actress, singer, and model Zoë Kravitz about starring in the film The Batman. Zoe is best known for playing Angel Salvadore in the superhero film X-Men: First Class and also for her role as Bonnie Carlson in the TV series Big Little Lies. The Batman is the latest superhero film based on the popular DC Comics character, Robert Pattison takes on the lead role as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Zoe Kravitz stars alongside him as Selina Kyle / Catwoman.

Plus it’s The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Hugh Ferris on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning.

There's also a daily Pause For Thought from Krish Kandiah, plus texts, emails and voice notes, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Wed 23 Feb 2022 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • The Shires

    I See Stars

    • 10 Year Plan.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Texas

    Mr Haze

    • Hi.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Bucks Fizz

    Making Your Mind Up

    • Bucks Fizz: The Definitive Edition.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 006.

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.

  • Ed Sheeran

    The Joker & The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift)

    • = (Equals).
    • Atlantic.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Survivor

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lady Gaga

    Bad Romance

    • Now That's What I Call Music 75 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • ABBA

    No Doubt About It

    • Voyage.
    • Polydor.

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

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

  • Jennifer Lopez & Maluma

    Marry Me

    • Marry Me O.S.T..
    • Sony Music Latin.

  • Simple Minds

    Alive & Kicking (Radio 2 Piano Room, 22 Feb 2022)

  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • James Blunt

    Adrenaline

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

  • Rose Royce

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Years & Years

    Desire (feat. Tove Lo)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.

  • Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz & [Disney]

    We Don't Talk About Bruno

    • Encanto O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Craig David

    Fill Me In

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

    Promises (feat. Jessie Reyez)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

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

  • Hazel O’Connor

    Will You?

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

  • Adam and the Ants

    Stand And Deliver

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Chesney Hawkes

    The One and Only

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Stereophonics

    Forever

    • Oochya!.
    • Ignition Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Recently I was given a gift. It was only small. In fact it weighed less than 10grams. But it may have been the most generous gift I have ever been given. It was a small jar of saffron, a luxury spice which, by weight, is more valuable than gold. Apparently, thousands of flowers need to be grown to produce the fragile precious red stems, which are then harvested at dawn by hand before being individually separated and dried. But this wasn’t the only reason the gift was so generous. The family who had presented it to me had only just been evacuated from Kabul. As the Taliban had closed in on them, they had packed quickly. Just one small bag each. I don’t know what else they chose, but they made sure there was at least one gift-wrapped box of prized Afghan saffron, handpicked by the pre-Taliban women’s workforce in Herat, to give to new friends in the UK. 

This premeditated kindness to people that they didn’t know at such a traumatic time in their lives really touched me. My family had enjoyed spending an afternoon with them, talking about cricket, and cars and social media. Their six children and my six children fed the ducks and shared a picnic and ran around together as though there was no such thing as cultural or language barriers.  But while I had begun the day thinking I was going to show my Afghan Muslim neighbours hospitality, they ended up teaching me something much more profound. My new friends reminded me of the sort of hospitality Jesus modelled. He had nothing, but gave everything, frequently using the sharing of food and time as a means to communicate love, compassion and acceptance. He welcomed people from all sorts of backgrounds and circumstances, breaking down barriers and thinking of others, even in his own darkest hour. 

Afghanistan is currently facing what has been called the worst humanitarian crisis the planet has ever seen. 95% of the country’s population do not have enough food, and millions of children are facing starvation. I can’t look at that precious jar of saffron sitting in my kitchen, and not be challenged to do something to help. And when I feel powerless and overwhelmed I look at it again and remember however little we have there is always an opportunity to be generous.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Feb 2022 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2