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Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick chats to Zoe about his West End play. Zoe goes behind the scenes at Harrogate Flower Show to meet the team who make the magic happen in Backstage Ball!

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Matthew Broderick aka Ferris Bueller tells Zoe about making his West End debut in the play The Starry Messenger alongside Downton Abbey's Elizabeth McGovern. The two time Tony Award winner plays an astronomy teacher in the midst of a mid life crisis.

It鈥檚 Backstage Ball! Zoe goes behind the scenes at the Harrogate Flower Show to find out how they get their blooms perfect with Show Director Nick Smith. Nick also shares some top tips for us novice gardeners.

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. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, a daily Pause For Thought from Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 23 Apr 2019 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • New Order

    True Faith '94

    • (CD Single).
    • London.

  • Nina Nesbitt

    Love Letter

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Jonas Brothers

    Sucker

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Phil Collins

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Vampire Weekend

    This Life

    • Father Of The Bride.
    • Columbia.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    AKA... What A Life!

  • Little Mix

    Black Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Busted

    MIA

    • Half Way There.
    • Rhino.

  • Duffy

    Mercy

  • Jack Savoretti

    Love Is On The Line

    • Singing To Strangers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Boz Scaggs

    What Can I Say

    • Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees.
    • CBS.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Always On My Mind

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • Parlophone.

  • John Newman

    Feelings

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • David Guetta

    When Love Takes Over (feat. Kelly Rowland)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Marshmello

    Here With Me (feat. CHVRCHES)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • George Ezra

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Patrice Rushen

    Forget Me Nots

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • Texas

    In Our Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • 罢鈥橮补耻

    China In Your Hand

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Chris Rea

    Fool (If You Think It's Over)

    • Hard To Find 45s On CD, Vol. 8: Seventies Pop Classics (Various Artists).
    • Eric Records.

  • 尝脡翱狈

    You And I

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Little Lies

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 007.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:
聽It鈥檚 half-way through Passover, the great festival of liberation. In the middle of all the celebrations, we pause to do something very simple 鈥� count the days. Each day we mention how many days have passed until the early-summer festival of Pentecost 鈥� Shavuot, in seven weeks鈥� time. Today is day three! It鈥檚 a little like the couple I met with last week who are getting married next month. When I asked them how the preparations are going, they said with great excitement 鈥� 43 days to go. But I think our count is more about focusing on the here and now and realising the importance of every second. It鈥檚 easy to forget that the moments in which we live become days, weeks, years.聽
Time is the most precious commodity we have, but we sometimes treat it as though it鈥檚 unlimited. But it鈥檚 not. I recently realised that even if we are blessed to live for a century, that鈥檚 only 36,500 days, which seems so little. The 17th-century Spanish author Baltasar Gracian captured this beautifully. He said: All that really belongs to us is time; even someone who has nothing else has that. An ancient Jewish source 鈥� the Book of Psalms 鈥� tackles this head-on. The psalmist dwells on the reality that our lives are brief, filled with challenges and they pass us by so quickly.聽
But then he asks God to help us to count our days wisely. I think he means that when we remember that the clock is ticking for all of us, we will be more likely to use each day to the full. I think one way to do that is by being more mindful of the passage of time by counting the days.聽
When I was a kid, I loved the Sesame Street character Count von Count. He would say, 鈥楪reetings. I am the Count. They call me the Count, because I LOVE to count... things鈥�. Sometimes, like that friendly Muppet vampire, we should think about counting days. If we鈥檙e having a bad day at work, we鈥檝e had a bust-up with our partner, or the school term seems to be lasting for ever, we might feel tempted to wish today, this week, or even this month away. But l believe we should resist, as every moment is precious, every day is once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, one we will never have again.

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  • Tue 23 Apr 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2