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Nicki Chapman sits in, joined by Renee Zellweger

Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman in for Zoe! Hollywood star Renee Zellweger talks about playing Judy Garland her new film Judy.

Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman who sits in for Zoe. Hollywood star Ren茅e Zellweger talks about playing Judy Garland in the new biopic film of her life called Judy.

It's National Poetry Day and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales shares his favourite poem with us, On Quoting Shakespeare by Bernard Levin.

Plus The Who guitarist Pete Townshend joins Nicki on the phone from LA to share the band's brand new single and details of their new album, Who.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Nicki 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, Jessica Ennis-Hill looks back at Dina Asher-Smith's historic gold medal at the World Athletics Championships and a Pause For Thought from Dr Jim Harris as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 3 Oct 2019 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Jack Savoretti

    Greatest Mistake

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

  • 10cc

    Life Is a Minestrone

    • The Singles.
    • Mercury.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Another Cup Of Coffee

    • Mike & The Mechanics Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)

    • (CD Single).
    • x2 Recordings.

  • The Who

    All This Music Must Fade

    • WHO.
    • Polydor.

  • Will Smith

    Gettin' Jiggy Wit It

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Steve Miller Band

    Abracadabra

    • The Very Best Of The Steve Miller Ban.
    • Arcade Records.

  • James Blunt

    Cold

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Sugababes

    Round Round

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

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

  • Will Young

    Ground Running

    • Lexicon.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Love Affair

    Everlasting Love

    • This Hasn't Changed Us.
    • RPM Records.
    • 001.

  • Rick Astley

    Golden Slumbers / Carry The Weight / The End (Radio 2 Session, 27 Sep 2019)

  • Michael Gray

    The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Eye Industries.

  • Everything but the Girl

    Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

    Remix Artist: Todd Terry.
    • Passion (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Sam Smith & Ren茅e Zellweger

    Get Happy

    • Judy O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Decca.

  • MIKA

    Sanremo

    • My Name Is Michael Holbrook.
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Vampire Weekend

    This Life

    • Father Of The Bride.
    • Columbia.

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    The Day We Caught The Train

    • Fresh Hits 96 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Traveling Wilburys

    End Of The Line

    • Traveling Wilburys Vol.1.
    • Wilbury.

  • The Beautiful South

    A Little Time

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Keith Urban

    Parallel Line

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red.

  • Sabrina Johnston

    Peace

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.

  • Detroit Emeralds

    Feel The Need In Me

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dr Jim Harris, Art Historian:

听When I was a little boy, my parents threw a party.

听This being the early 70s, and my parents being sophisticated, modern people, this involved many small bowls of salted peanuts. Because in the 70s, along with cheese and pineapple on sticks, the salted peanut gave any social gathering a certain je-ne-sais-quoi, an indefinable air of worldliness that said, boldly and confidently, 鈥榃elcome to the jet-set鈥�.

听Now, neither my brother Bill nor I could contain our excitement at the sudden appearance of such urbane and cosmopolitan snack foods so, unable to wait even a moment, we decided to sample them immediately.听 And what we discovered in our impatience was that neither of us cared much for actual peanuts.

听On the other hand, we loved their greasy saltiness, their immediate 鈥榤outhfeel鈥�, if you will.听 So, instead, we just sucked them: a quick salty fix without the need for any pesky chewing.听 We sucked the salt off every one.听 And then we put them back in the bowls.听 Instant gratification for us: a truly disgusting party experience for everyone else.

听

I reckon that the demand for instant gratification is pretty much universal.听 I also reckon it tends to turn out badly for anyone not being gratified.

听

Perhaps we love a quick fix so much that sometimes even chewing our food seems like too much effort.听 We want it in our politics. We want it in our swipeable relationships, whether or not we know what we鈥檙e looking for.听 To quote the late, great Viv Stanshall,听 鈥業 don鈥檛 know what I want but I want it now!鈥�

听There鈥檚 a recurrent and excellent piece of advice in the Bible.听 It says, 鈥榃ait鈥�.听 Wait patiently on the Lord.听 Don鈥檛 fret.听 Wait, and he will hear you. Wait, and he will save you.

听Of course, that could just be a promise of pie in the sky.听 But I think it鈥檚 more than that.听 It鈥檚 an invitation to behave differently. When we wait, we think.听 When we wait, we can plan and be constructive.听 When we wait, we discover where compromise is possible; build bridges, remake relationships.听 Waiting opens the door to all sorts of healing.

听So, this weekend I鈥檒l take my time.听 I鈥檒l eat the blinking peanuts, not just suck the salt off.And, to the people who came to my parents鈥� party: I鈥檓 really sorry.

听You鈥檝e waited a long time to hear that.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Oct 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2