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Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Saoirse Ronan tells us about her latest film, starring as Jo in the latest film version of Little Women.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Brooklyn, Atonement and Mary Queen of Scots actress Saoirse Ronan tells us about starring as Jo March in the latest adaptation of Little Women.

Plus after 9 there is live music from the joy of joys; The Lancashire Hotpots! The band are in to spread some Christmas cheer and bring the smiles in our live Pick Your Own Playlist.

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 and all your messages, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 17 Dec 2019 06:30
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Ronettes

    Sleigh Ride

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Robbie Williams

    Time For Change

    • The Christmas Present: Christmas Future.
    • Farrell Music.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Maneater

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • The Beautiful South

    Perfect 10

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Forrest

    Rock The Boat

    • Sealed With A Kiss (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Taylor Swift

    Christmas Tree Farm

    • (CD Single).
    • TS/Republic.

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Shut Up And Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Show Me The Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.

  • Little Mix

    One I've Been Missing

  • Dean Martin

    Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

    • Christmas With The Rat Pack (Various).
    • Capitol.
    • 4.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Christmas In The Air (Tonight)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music.

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Shakin鈥� Stevens

    Merry Christmas Everyone

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • James Blunt

    The Truth

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.

  • Rita Ora

    Anywhere

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bob Dylan

    Must Be Santa

    • Christmas In The Heart.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

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

  • Harry Styles

    Adore You

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • Bobby Helms

    Jingle Bell Rock

    • Billboard Greatest Xmas Hits.
    • Rhino.

  • Tom Walker

    Just You And I

    • What A Time To Be Alive.
    • Relentless Records.

  • The Lancashire Hotpots

    Christmas In Lancashire

  • The Lancashire Hotpots

    Carry You 成人快手

  • The Lancashire Hotpots

    Wombling Merry Christmas (aka Hotpotting Merry Christmas)

  • Avicii

    Fades Away (feat. MishCatt)

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Music.
    • 03.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Christmas Song

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:

Late to the party, I finally watched the 鈥榃ar of the Worlds鈥� unleash itself on my telly last week. It wasn鈥檛 the general election, but the 成人快手 dramatisation of the famous science fiction novel by HG Wells. He describes how aliens invade Earth and their mission of chaos and destruction begins on the lovely town of Woking in Surrey. As well as trees, homes and a local church bursting into flames, the aliens indiscriminately destroy a famous mosque of the area.聽

I was geeking out on this literary discovery when I learned of it at an exhibition a few weeks ago celebrating one hundred and thirty years of the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking.

Britain鈥檚 first purpose built mosque has a pretty varied CV. It was used as a set for a Hollywood film in the seventies, and Paul Weller鈥檚 mum was a cleaner there. I鈥檝e visited Shah Jehan mosque several times and been wowed by the elegantly carved arches and emerald dome that tops it like a crown. Speaking of royalty, the mosque was part funded by its namesake - a female Indian princess who ruled the very city of Bhopal that my parents hail from.聽

For many like me who are the children of immigrants, or for anyone who gets that feeling of being an outsider, there can be hurdles in finding a solid identity and a single place to lay down roots. For me, this British mosque in Woking symbolises a space where my two worlds are not at war, but embrace each other in reconciliation. For a while looked for my heritage elsewhere, now I realise that my history is right here in Britain too.

It鈥檚 not always easy to find an anchor, and I reckon that many people can feel lost at one time or another. This is when the words of Hafez, a 14th century Persian Muslim poet, make so much sense to me. Hafez says, 鈥淭his place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.鈥�

Wherever I am in life, I believe it was mapped out for me. And it鈥檚 a circle that keeps growing to cover many worlds, even Woking. No Martian can take that away from me.聽

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Dec 2019 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 2