Lee Mack and Ian Waite
Lee Mack chats to Zoe about the return of his ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ sitcom Not Going Out and Zoe invites Strictly's Ian Waite to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe with the hottest music right now.
Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Lee Mack tells Zoe about the return of his ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ sitcom Not Going Out. Zoe invites Strictly's Ian Waite to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe with the hottest music right now. He reviews new tracks from Claire Richards, James Morrison and Vampire Weekend as well as telling us about The Ballroom Boys tour with Vincent Simone.
Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, 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 weather with Carol Kirkwood, former golfer Andrew Murray reflects on Tiger Woods' dramatic Masters win, a Pause For Thought from Reverend Matt Woodcock and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Music Played
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Let's Groove
- 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
- Rhino.
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John Newman
Feelings
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
- Single Mixes.
- RCA.
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Jax Jones & Years & Years
Play
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Jessie J
Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)
- (CD Single).
- Lava Records.
- 1.
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Daft Punk
Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Busted
MIA
- Half Way There.
- Rhino.
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Boy Meets Girl
Waiting For A Star To Fall
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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The Beach Boys
Darlin'
- The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 2).
- EMI.
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Blur
Girls & Boys
- Now 28 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Olly Murs
Feel The Same
- You Know I Know.
- RCA.
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Womack & Womack
Love Wars
- Soul Years: 1984 (Various Artists).
- Knight Records.
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The Isley Brothers
Harvest For The World
- The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
- Premier.
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Bananarama
Stuff Like That
- In Stereo.
- In Sync.
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Calvin Harris
This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 6.
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Sam Smith & Normani
Dancing With A Stranger
- (CD Single).
- Capitol.
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The Doobie Brothers
Listen To The Music
- The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
- Warner Bros.
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Marshmello
Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)
- (CD Single).
- Virgin EMI.
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Vampire Weekend
This Life
- Father Of The Bride.
- Columbia.
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Los Lobos
La Bamba
- Hits Of '87 & '88 Vol.12 (Various).
- Polydor.
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Tom Jones
She's A Lady
- Take A Break (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
- Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
- Columbia/Mca.
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The Rolling Stones
Sympathy For The Devil
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
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Bryan Adams
All Or Nothing
- Shine A Light.
- Polydor.
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Emma Bunton
Don't Call Me Baby (Radio 2 Session, 12 April 2019)
Pause For Thought
I’m relieved to say, Zoe, that I’ve got my mojo back. It has been a month to forget. I’ve been tired, irritable and self-pitying. We can’t find a house to move into. I’ve said the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong people. Just last week I made a right howler calling a funeral directors. ‘Hello, can I help?’ someone answered. ‘Hi - is that Colin?’ I asked. ‘No. It’s Brenda.’Â
Oops. And I must look like the worst vicar dad ever. Of all the World Book Day characters my daughter could have gone to school as - she chose that cat from Cinderella. Lucifer. Thank heavens, then, for Jackie. A legend in our parish. Popping round to her terrace house blew my black clouds away. I turned up to find the front room a sacred scene of beautiful chaos. Kids, parents, friends, neighbours and all their pet dogs, crammed shoulder to shoulder - and paw to paw - round a huge improvised meal table. The air filled with talking, laughing, barking - and the frenzied demolition of a steaming Shepherd’s Pie.Â
Jackie has made it her mission to share their table whenever possible. To welcome and befriend. To create a gathering place where mobiles are outlawed and good food and honest conversation is king. I left Jackie’s lounge feeling restored and revived. She’s inspired me to take more opportunities to get my invites out, oven on, and table laid. It didn’t surprise me to read recently of the psychological and emotional benefits of eating together. It makes us feel better. A proven reliever of conditions like anxiety and depression. And the social disease I see all too often - loneliness.Â
For me, communal feasting also has spiritual benefits. The Bible talks of it bringing gladness and strength to the human heart. Little wonder, then, that Jesus was forever gathering people round the meal table. In times of joy and celebration - but also in his most anguished moments. So I’m trying to create a few table gathering opportunities this Easter week. A poignant Last Supper reenactment at church. An Easter barbecue EGGstravaganza at the local. I’ll be hoping, Zoe, - as an Ancient Greek physician once wrote - that ‘food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.’ Failing that, it’s all back to Jackie’s house.
Broadcast
- Mon 15 Apr 2019 06:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2