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Beverley Knight and a Casualty & Holby City Backstage Ball

Beverley Knight chats to Zoe about taking the songs of Stevie Wonder on tour. In Backstage Ball Zoe goes behind the scenes of the historic link up between Casualty and Holby City.

Beverley Knight chats to Zoe about taking the songs of Stevie Wonder on tour with the Leo Green Orchestra for 10 nights.

It鈥檚 Backstage Ball where Zoe goes behind the scenes of the nation鈥檚 much loved TV shows, movies and tours to meet the people behind the scenes who make the magic happen. Today we hear from executive producer Simon Harper who's behind the historic link up between Casualty and Holby City on the 成人快手.

Plus, there's pancake recipes from 成人快手 Good Food editor Barney Desmazery and last year's 500 Words Gold winner Evan Boxall shares his top tips for anyone writing their stories this year.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Hugh Ferris 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 than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Matt Taylor, Olympic gold medallist Elinor Barker looks back on her fourth world track cycling title in Poland, a daily Pause For Thought from Remona Aly and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Mar 2019 06:30

Music Played

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Let's Groove

    • 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.
  • James Morrison

    My Love Goes On (feat. Joss Stone)

    • You're Stronger Than You Know.
    • Stanley Park Records.
  • Kim Wilde

    Four Letter Word

    • Kim Wilde - Singles Collection 81-93.
    • MCA.
  • Mark Ronson

    Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Bad Girls (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Steve Miller Band

    Abracadabra

    • The Very Best Of The Steve Miller Ban.
    • Arcade Records.
  • Zedd & Katy Perry

    365

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Whitney Houston

    I'm Your Baby Tonight

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

    Juice

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Philadelphia International.
  • Jess Glynne

    No One

    • Always In Between.
    • Atlantic.
  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Now That I Found You

    • CD Single.
    • Polydor.
  • The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • The Trammps

    Disco Inferno

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Bob Sinclar

    Electrico Romantico (feat. Robbie Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • TIME Records.
  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.
  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.
  • Lewis Capaldi

    Someone You Loved

    • Breach.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.
  • Cameo

    Word Up

    • Platinum - The Definitive R&B Collection (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music TV.
  • Sam Smith & Normani

    Dancing With A Stranger

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • The Bluetones

    Slight Return

  • Shania Twain

    Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.
  • Basement Jaxx

    Do Your Thing

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 12.
  • Hozier

    Almost (Sweet Music)

    • Wasteland, Baby!.
    • Island.
    • 2.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Better The Devil You Know

    • Kylie Minogue - Rhythm Of Love.
    • Pwl Records.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:
This Friday, people all over the world will be making some noise for International Women鈥檚 Day. I鈥檝e already started with a kerching when I splashed some cash for a book about Sophia Duleep Singh - the British Asian suffragette who was a leading figure in the women's voting rights 110 years ago, in 1909. Like me, Sophia had Indian heritage, like me she believed in justice, and like me, she had royal blood.聽
Okay, I take back the last one. But when I was born, my dad did announce it to the world like a royal proclamation. At a time when celebrating the birth of a daughter wasn鈥檛 the done thing with many South Asians, my dad gave out twice as many laddoos - the traditional Indian sweets normally only distributed when it鈥檚 a boy. Fast forward 18 years, and dad was driving me to the polling station so I could cast my first ever vote.聽
I felt goosebumps as I paid tribute to women like Sophia Duleep Singh, whose sacrifices literally put that ballot paper in my hands. I鈥檓 one of the lucky ones. I think of my parents when I read the words of Prophet Muhammad - that whoever raises daughters and gives them the best will be guaranteed Paradise. He said this at a time that daughters were regarded as a burden. Some attitudes die hard, but I won鈥檛 let them filter down. I once asked a little girl if she played football at school.聽
鈥楴o鈥 she giggled, 鈥楪irls can't play football鈥! I promptly showed her clips of the England women鈥檚 football team. 鈥楪irls鈥 I said, 鈥榗an do anything鈥. It's tough when the world tells you no, but that鈥檚 when I fling back a mighty yes. Whether it鈥檚 1909, or 2019, for me the struggle goes on - from the highest echelons, to everyday sexism. The Sufi Muslim educator, Camille Adams Helminski put it perfectly when she wrote: 鈥淲omen and men need to stand together in the Light. As we look to see the Divine in each other, encouraging each other to rise to fullness, we push against our own limitations until those limits dissolve and a gift unfolds.鈥 I think of all those laddoos dad dished out, and tell myself, we can only get equality, if we do it together.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Mar 2019 06:30