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Comedian Katy Brand wakes up and embraces the day with Zoe Ball! Your chance to visit the show and It Takes Two tomorrow by testing your showbiz knowledge in The 5 Star Biz Quiz.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Comedian Katy Brand joins us to talk about her new book I Carried A Watermelon, which describes her relationship with the classic eighties film Dirty Dancing.

Zoe has a megamix for World Mental Health Day, with songs that have helped her through some of the trickier times, whether that's the need for a good laugh or a good cry, and there's a special Pick Your Own Playlist by Radio 2 listeners with their own messages and dedications for the day.

Plus your chance to come and watch the Radio 2 Breakfast Show tomorrow by testing your showbiz knowledge in The 5 Star Biz Quiz, where the winner will also have a Strictly bonus and watch Friday's It Takes Two!

Along with Tina Daheley 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 world number one Nick Matthew looks ahead to World Squash Day, a Pause For Thought from writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 10 Oct 2019 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Lizzo

    Good As Hell

    • Coconut Oil.
    • Nice Life.
    • 5.

  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Wake Up Everybody

    • Harold Melvin - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Bruno Mars

    Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • David Grant & Jaki Graham

    Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

    • Jaki Graham: 35th Anniversary Collection.
    • Cherry Pop.

  • Diana Ross

    Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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

  • Frank Wilson

    Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • Perry Como

    Catch A Falling Star

    • Housewives Choice (Various Artists).
    • Music & Memories.

  • The Rascals

    Groovin'

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    I Don't Know What Love Is

    • A Star Is Born: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Interscope Records.
    • 23.

  • Charles Wright & Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

    Express Yourself

    • Platinum Soul Legends (Various).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Roxy Music

    Same Old Scene

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

  • Keith Urban

    Parallel Line

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red.

  • Jess Glynne

    Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • Eddie Rabbitt

    I Love A Rainy Night

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Primitives

    Crash

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.

  • Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out

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

  • Craig David

    Do You Miss Me Much

  • Atomic Kitten

    Whole Again

    • (CD Single).
    • Innocent.

  • T. Rex

    Metal Guru

    • Can The Glam! (Various Artists).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Elbow

    One Day Like This

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

  • The Police

    De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • The Contours

    Do You Love Me

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Camila Cabello

    Liar

  • All Saints

    Rocksteady

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • U2

    Beautiful Day

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Carole King

    You've Got a Friend

    • Carole King - Tapestry.
    • Epic.

  • Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey

    Don't Call Me Angel

    • Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Gabrielle

    Dreams

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Sarah Joseph, Editor of a Muslim lifestyle magazine:

听Today is World Mental Health Day,听set up to create awareness and advocate against social stigma.听听听Growing up 鈥渕ental health鈥� weren鈥檛 really words you heard, but there is no doubt in my mind that people were suffering:

An elderly Great Uncle would be described as 鈥渟truggling since the war鈥� or 鈥渟hell shocked鈥� 鈥� he probably had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

People were described as having 鈥楾he Blues鈥�, or 鈥楾he Baby Blues鈥�.听 What they probably had was depression, or Post-Natal Depression.听听 鈥淎 bit manic鈥� 鈥� or even 鈥渉aving a turn鈥︹�� to describe psychotic episodes or bipolar.

Singer, Karen Carpenter, was said in the media to have 鈥淭he Slimmer鈥檚 Disease鈥� 鈥� she died of the most deadly of all they mental health disorders, Anorexia Nervosa.
So, the illnesses were, to my mind, definitely taking place, what was lacking was the vocabulary to accurately talk about them, laced with a large dose of stigma.

I can鈥檛 understand the stigma if I am honest.

So many people that I love deeply, have suffered from eating disorders, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm, psychosis, and more.听 People I care about have been sectioned by the Mental Health Act 鈥� some of them multiple times.

But it has never occurred to me to think less of these people. It has never occurred to me that they should be ashamed of their illness, or even embarrassed.

On the contrary, these are some of the bravest people I know. The very thing that will possibly help them through their struggles: their mind, is the very organ of their body which is under attack. I feel like they should be so proud of themselves and the strength they demonstrate fighting the battle for wellness every single day.

And maybe this is why I get annoyed by some people from faith communities when I hear them say that "people with depression are ungrateful to God", or 鈥渢heir struggles are a punishment for sin鈥�, or even 鈥渢hey are possessed by evil spirits鈥�.

To my mind these are comments that fail to understand the complexity of mental health illness, let alone the Mercy of God.

Mental illness is as real as cancer, or heart disease, and whilst solace may be found in faith, I believe听there should be no stigma, nor any embarrassment in seeking out professional help.

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Oct 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2