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Fearne Cotton sits in, with Shane Richie

Fearne Cotton sits in and chats to EastEnders actor Shane Richie about starring in the West End musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

Fearne Cotton sits in and chats to EastEnders actor Shane Richie about starring in the West End musical 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Fearne 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 Carol Kirkwood from RHS Garden Wisley, former Olympic boxer and WBA Continental champion Lawrence Okolie previews his upcoming fight, a Pause For Thought from Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski and listeners on the line as Fearne entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 20 Mar 2019 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Jess Glynne

    No One

    • Always In Between.
    • Atlantic.

  • James

    Sit Down

    • True Brit (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sam Smith & Normani

    Dancing With A Stranger

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Keith Urban

    Never Comin' Down

    • Graffiti U.
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Gwen Stefani

    The Sweet Escape (feat. Akon)

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • The Chainsmokers

    This Feeling (feat. Kelsea Ballerini)

    • (CD Single).
    • Disruptor Records.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Gabrielle

    Every Step

    • Under My Skin.
    • BMG.
    • 4.

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • John Newman

    Feelings

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Texas

    Summer Son

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • The Supremes

    Baby Love

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

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Long Train Runnin'

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ava Max

    So Am I

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.

  • ABC

    Poison Arrow

    • Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
    • Mercury.

  • Lizzo

    Juice

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Paul Simon

    Graceland

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Harmony Hall

    • Father Of The Bride.
    • Columbia.

  • Dido

    Maybe It's Time (Radio 2 Session, 08 MARCH 2019)

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

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

  • Maroon 5

    Girls Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

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

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Jocelyn Brown

    Somebody Else's Guy

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • M People

    Itchycoo Park

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • Nell Bryden

    Smoke In My Heart

    • Soundtrack To Little Wing - Part 1.
    • 157 Records.

  • Tears for Fears

    Mad World

    • Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down.
    • Fontana.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:
Tonight and tomorrow will be Purim, the happiest day in the Jewish calendar. It remembers events in the Persian empire long ago, when the rather stupid King Achashverosh and his anti-Semitic prime-minister Haman plotted to exterminate their Jewish subjects. Mordechai, the leader of the Jewish community and Esther, the queen and a clandestine Jew, were able to outwit Haman and save their people. Purim is the anniversary of their victory. Purim centres on replaying this recurring message of hate and survival, which is read from a special scroll.聽
It鈥檚 a serious message, but everything else about Purim is raucous, irreverent and exuberant. Many people come to the synagogue in fancy-dress, including me. Favourite costumes from previous years include a ballerina, a duck, a carrot and a flamingo; this year鈥檚 remains a secret until tonight. As well as the reading 鈥� which I perform as a parody with silly voices 鈥� we give each other food gifts and donate money to the poor. Finally, at the end of the day, we will host 30 guests for a wild feast at which we drink, dance, sing and bless each other with a wonderful year. Beneath all the high spirits lies an important message about how we see the world.聽
The scroll of the Purim story doesn鈥檛 mention the name of God even once. The various stages of the story could be seen a series of coincidences 鈥� a sequence of fortunate accidents of fate that led the Jewish people from an existential threat to ultimate triumph. But there are so many of these little flukes that chance just doesn鈥檛 seem credible. Jewish sources have always encouraged the reader to see God鈥檚 hand running the show from behind the scenes. On Purim, we learn to replace 鈥榗hance鈥� with 鈥榙esign鈥�; 鈥榣uck鈥� with 鈥楪od鈥�.聽
Now Jews don鈥檛 believe in astrology, but I鈥檝e always found it interesting that the zodiac sign for the Jewish month in which Purim falls is Pisces. It鈥檚 two fish swimming in opposite directions. I believe that this hints to our ability to see our lives and the world in two quite different ways. We can imagine ourselves hostage to a capricious world, captives of a series of meaningless coincidences. Or, a la Purim, we might choose to see the loving embrace of the divine guiding our lives. That鈥檚 something really worth celebrating. Even dressed as carrot.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Mar 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2