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Fearne Cotton, Monty Don and Ainsley Harriott

Zoe is joined by Fearne Cotton, Monty Don and Ainsley Harriott on Friends Phone-in Friday as we celebrate 90s day on Radio 2!

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball as she celebrates 主播大秀 Sounds of the 90s Day on Radio 2! Host of Radio 2's new show 主播大秀 Sounds of the 90s, Fearne Cotton, fills us in on what we can expect, Monty Don talks to us ahead of the new series of Gardener's World starting on 主播大秀 Two and Ainsley Harriott discusses his new ITV series and accompanying book, Ainsley's Mediterranean Cookbook.

Plus Zoe joins in with radio stations around the world to play Gerry and the Pacemakers' You'll Never Walk Alone in an act of support and solidarity in the face of adversity and anxiety.

Along with Tina Daheley on news and Richie Anderson on travel, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a Pause For Thought from comedian and writer Paul Kerensa and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 20 Mar 2020 06:30

Music Played

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.
  • Everything but the Girl

    Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

    Remix Artist: Todd Terry.
    • Passion (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • M People

    One Night In Heaven

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.
  • Baby D

    Let Me Be Your Fantasy

    • (CD Single).
    • Production House.
  • Blue Boy

    Remember Me

  • World Party

    Is It Like Today?

    • (CD Single).
    • Ensign.
  • Rozalla

    Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)

    • Rozalla - Everybody's Free.
    • Epic.
  • The La鈥檚

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    You'll Never Walk Alone

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1963.
    • Premier.
  • Hanson

    MMMBop

    • Now 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Finley Quaye

    Your Love Gets Sweeter

    • New Hits 98 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Lisa Stansfield

    The Real Thing

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Supergrass

    Alrigh (Radio 2 Session, 24 Jan 2020)

  • Armand van Helden

    You Don't Know Me (feat. Duane Harden)

    • (CD Single).
    • FFRR.
  • Charles & Eddie

    Would I Lie To You?

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • Rudimental

    Doo-Wop (That Thing) (Radio 2 Session, 08 Feb 2019)

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Basement Jaxx

    Red Alert

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.
  • Emma Bunton

    Don't Call Me Baby (Radio 2 Session, 12 April 2019)

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

I鈥檓 a full-time comedian. My diary may disagree. As of a few days ago, the live events went on hold, just for now. We鈥檝e taken a rather long interval 鈥 and we can鈥檛 wait for that lobby announcement, that it鈥檚 time to take our seats, that the show鈥檚 about to start again.

In a standard show, I鈥檇 walk out onstage, grab the mic, ask how everyone is 鈥 I鈥檒l certainly keep doing that 鈥 then tell a few gags, and stories. I鈥檇 joke that I watch too much TV, so my wife says turn it off, read a book. She鈥檇 say: 鈥淓ducate yourself! Do you know any words of... Churchill?鈥 I鈥檇 look up from the TV. 鈥淐hurchill? (AS CHURCHILL DOG) Ohhhhh yes! Ohhhh no no...鈥 And the audience would laugh, if they knew the advert. Maybe my wife had a point, about watching too much TV.

There might be no more live shows, for now, but it鈥檚 a brief intermission.

The same is true at my church, where this Sunday, for the first time in 700 years, they鈥檒l have no public church service. Well, our vicar, Mark, will be there, holding Holy Communion alone, continuing that chain. Many services will be live-streamed, and many windows, at 7pm this Sunday, will include lit candles, a reminder of light in the darkness, hope persisting.

One of my last gigs recently was in an ancient church building. I said to the vicar: 鈥淲hat a lovely wooden old church you have here.鈥 鈥淎hh,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he church isn鈥檛 the building, it鈥檚 the people.鈥 鈥淵es,鈥 I said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 exactly what I meant.鈥 I joke, but that vicar was right, the church is the people. Just as Britain is the people.聽 Life continues.

This Mothering Sunday, we can make those phone calls, reach out to estranged family, help neighbours, keep connections going.

We鈥檒l come back, to the church buildings, to the restaurants 鈥 Mothering Sunday get-togethers delayed. We鈥檒l come back to the shops, to the gigs. And the music goes on: thank you Zo毛 and team. After this, we鈥檙e going to have one heck of a party. But we don鈥檛 need to wait to laugh, to share jokes and stories, to chat during this interval, before the show goes back on.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Mar 2020 06:30

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