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Steve Backshall's on the show!

Zoe chats to Steve about Â鶹ԼÅÄ One's new series Our Changing Planet.

Steve Backshall's on the show talking about Â鶹ԼÅÄ One's new series 'Our Changing Planet'.

After 7:30, it's The Seven Thirty Three, three songs, chosen by you. To celebrate Steve being on the show, we're playing ANIMAL songs.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, she and the team have the best start to your morning.

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

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 26 Apr 2022 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Pointer Sisters

    I'm So Excited

    • Greatest Hits.
    • BBR.
    • 020.

  • Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys

    Purple Zone

    • Purple Zone.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Spandau Ballet

    Gold

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.

  • Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Supremes

    Baby Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • New Order

    Regret

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Lizzo

    About Damn Time

    • Special.
    • Atlantic.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Help!

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 010.

  • The Boo Radleys

    Wake Up Boo!

    • Various Artists - Untitled.
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Tight Fit

    The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    • Chegger's Choice (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Florence + The Machine

    Dog Days Are Over

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • East West.
    • 9.

  • Heather Small

    Love Me Or Not

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

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

  • Harry Styles

    As It Was

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.

  • Whitney Houston

    I'm Your Baby Tonight

    • Whitney Houston-I'm Your Baby Tonight.
    • Arista.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

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

  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Level 42

    Lessons In Love

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

  • Keith Urban

    Nightfalls

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Say My Name

    • R&B Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Fatback

    I Found Lovin'

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Straight Ahead

    • In The Heart.
    • BBR.
    • 006.

  • The Whispers

    It's A Love Thing

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Jon Batiste

    FREEDOM

    • WE ARE.
    • Verve.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    Walking Down Madison

    • Galore.
    • Virgin.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

I was convinced I was immune, strong, determined, healthy.  My husband succumbed not just once, but twice.  My daughter, sister, son and of course endless friends have been smitten.  In fact an analysis of our extended family revealed that of 29 of us,  66% had gone down at least once,  frequently twice to the dreaded, evolving, ‘much as we prefer to think otherwise’, still here, and so wrongly dated, covid 19. Yes I had been coughing, but the Lateral Flow resolutely showed one, not two lines so with eager anticipation, I continued to plan for seder night, the big family celebration of the start of Passover, and a trip away over the easter weekend.   Preparing for Passover, for Jewish women in particular, is a true labour of love with assiduous cleaning, shopping, inviting, and, inevitably, cooking.  

Whilst domestically somewhat challenged, I had made a determined start.  I’d invited my sister-in-law’s family to join us and my admittedly excessive online food order had arrived.  And then it happened, a positive test, just hours before the start of arguably the central Jewish family event of the year. Disappointment is something I don’t manage well.  I tend to be upbeat and positive but covid, as so many people have learned, is riddled with loss, isolation, frustration and sadness.  It can’t be controlled, it’s frightening, and at that moment,  the festival and trip, after two missed years of lockdown, disappeared in that second tiny red line. 

We held a short zoom early Seder, and my family went away as planned, just without me.  I allowed myself several days to wallow at home,  binge watching TV, starting to categorise 13 years of unsorted photos,  and munching my way through the ingredients for the uncooked Seder meal. Tonight, two weeks on,  I am going out for dinner.  It’s my birthday which I share with my mum – 155 years of life, many documented in those newly sorted photos.  I can’t predict the downs but I’m celebrating every moment of this up. Preparing for festivals is important, but being together with my family, whatever the excuse, is the truest and most meaningful labour. It is, my labour of love. 

Broadcast

  • Tue 26 Apr 2022 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2