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Amanda Holden, Alexander Armstrong and Level 42

Zoe has another star-studded Friends Round Friday with Amanda Holden and Alexander Armstrong plus live music from Level 42 in the studio!

Wake up to a star-studded breakfast with Zoe Ball and a whole host of celebrity guests, plus live music in the studio from Level 42! Amanda Holden shares all the gossip from behind the scenes at this year's Britain's Got Talent and chats about series 5 of Plebs returning to ITV in August. Pointless host Alexander Armstrong tells Zoe all about his first ever stand up tour All Mouth and Some Trousers and about starring in Horrible Histories - The Movie which is out this summer. And Level 42 play classic track Lessons In Love, Running In The Family, Something About You, plus a cover of Everything But The Girl's Missing.

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 a weather update with Matt Taylor, a daily Pause For Thought from Paul Kerensa, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 May 2019 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • James Morrison

    Feels Like The First Time

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

  • Original Dodger & Romina Johnson

    Movin' Too Fast

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Mabel

    Don't Call Me Up

    • High Expectations.
    • Polydor.

  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Give It Up

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Maren Morris

    The Bones

    • GIRL.
    • Columbia Nashville.
    • 12.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Mark Ronson

    Late Night Feelings (feat. Lykke Li)

    • Late Night Feelings.
    • Columbia.

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • Elton John & Taron Egerton

    (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again

    • Rocketman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • The Bluetones

    Slight Return

  • Will Young

    My Love

    • Lexicon.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Donna Summer

    Hot Stuff

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

  • Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa

    One Kiss

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Madonna

    Medellin (feat. Maluma)

    • Madame X.
    • Interscope.

  • Keith Urban

    Drop Top (feat. Kassi Ashton)

    • Graffiti U.
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Alice Merton

    No Roots

    • (CD Single).
    • Paper Plane Records International.

  • Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

    I Don't Care

    • No.6 Collaborations Project.
    • Atlantic.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:
Exciting to be here with showbiz royalty, and my favourite of all levels: 42! I hear the band-name comes from Hitch-hiker鈥檚 Guide to the Galaxy. Where 鈥�42鈥� is the answer to life, the universe and everything 鈥� we鈥檙e still working out what the question is. At school, Hitch-hiker鈥檚 Guide was required reading for geeks like me 鈥� and I was a geek. Founding member of Maths Club鈥� We had 100 members, but that鈥檚 binary, so that actually meant 4.聽
To me the idea that a number could answer everything rather appealed. From an early age I pondered life鈥檚 big questions, partly thanks to rough health as a kid. I was told that I wouldn鈥檛 have children 鈥� pretty much before I even knew how to have children. So I embraced geekery, shunning girls and their many advances, thinking my life had been mapped out. Decades on, when our firstborn arrived, we baffled a few doctors. The plan I foresaw for myself, was a little off.聽
And my son鈥檚 birthdate made me ponder a wider plan. His birthdate of 10/10/10 even looked like code to a maths geek like me 鈥� a pattern of zeros and ones, a binary baby! Or it鈥檚 all coincidence 鈥� like being here, with Mark and the band, just when I need to wish my parents a happy wedding anniversary, because they鈥檝e been married for鈥� oh yes, 42 years. If life does have coding, maybe it has an almighty coder.聽
But whether or not there鈥檚 a wider plan, a bigger picture, I鈥檝e taken comfort from my future鈥檚 unpredictability. When it seems I鈥檝e walked through undergrowth, I look back and see the path, seemingly there all along. My road鈥檚 had more twists and turns than I thought, but it鈥檚 also got a few markers, and folks along the way to help give a lift. Perhaps I鈥檓 no nearer the answer to life, the universe and everything. And the question? Well here鈥檚 one: How can we expect to navigate life鈥檚 road without a map, and without asking for help? I think sometimes we need a guide, and sometimes we need to hitch-hike 鈥� at least, on this level.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 May 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2