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Wake up with Matt Lucas! Celia Imrie calls in to talk to Matt about her wonderful new novel, plus he opens the Why Workshop for the QI Elves, so they can answer your questions!
Wake up and embrace the day with Matt Lucas! Celia Imrie chats to Matt about her new novel 'Orphans Of The Storm'. It tells the story of a mother鈥檚 quest to find her children against all odds, set against the epic backdrop of the sinking of the legendary Titanic. Celia Imrie is an Olivier award-winning and Screen Actors Guild-nominated actress, a Variety magazine 'Icon' and Women in Film and Television 'Lifetime Achievement award' winner. As well as her acclaimed film, television and theatre work, she is also a Sunday Times best-selling author.
It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Matt quizzes the QI Elves with more wonders and ponders, including your questions.
Along with Adam Porter on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, he 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 daily Pause For Thought with Alan Sorensen and listeners on the line, as Matt entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling
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Jack Savoretti
Secret Life
- Europiana.
- UMG.
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Miami Sound Machine
Dr. Beat
- NOW 1984 (Various Artists).
- NOW.
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Aswad
Shine
- Now 1994 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
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Tom Jones
It's Not Unusual
- Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
- Global Television.
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Gloria Gaynor
I Am What I Am
- Gloria Gaynor.
- Gold Box.
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ABBA
Lay All Your Love On Me
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
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Justin Wellington
Iko Iko (My Bestie) (feat. Small Jam)
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- RCA.
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Scissor Sisters
Take Your Mama
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- Parlophone.
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Olly Murs
Dance With Me Tonight
- In Case You Didn't Know.
- Epic.
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Sheena Easton
9 To 5 (Morning Train)
- The World Of Sheena Easton.
- EMI.
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Cher
Love & Understanding
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- Geffen.
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The Weeknd
Take My Breath
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- Republic Records.
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Peter Gabriel
Solsbury Hill
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Dick Van Dyke
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang O.S.T..
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James Smith
Got The Love
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- Bad Music.
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The Coral
In The Morning
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- Deltasonic.
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Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Dark
- Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Camila Cabello
Don't Go Yet
- Familia.
- Epic.
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Ultra Nat茅
Free
- Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Soft Cell
Tainted Love
- Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
- UMC.
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Jackie Wilson
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
- Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
- Music Club.
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Belinda Carlisle
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
- A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
- Virgin.
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Maisie Peters
Psycho
- You Signed Up For This.
- Gingerbread Man Records.
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Billy Ocean
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
- Jive.
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Pet Shop Boys
Suburbia
- Now 8 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Carpenters
Top Of The World
- The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
- A&M.
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David Guetta & Sia
Flames
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- Parlophone.
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Bobby Darin
Beyond The Sea (La Mer)
- Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
- Old Gold.
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Big Red Machine
Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift)
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- 37d03d.
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Joe Jackson
Steppin' Out
- Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
Pause For Thought
153. Hold on to that number-153, I鈥檒l come back to it. I鈥檓 still on my honeymoon and I鈥檓 now up in the north of Scotland, and the weather and scenery are still fabulous 鈥� as, indeed, is married life! But that number, 153, is a reminder of the last time I went abroad for a holiday.听听I fell and broke my wrist and while lying on the hospital trolley waiting for surgery - in the backless gown designed to ensure that you'll sign anything to hasten the return to a room and some dignity - various nurses, porter, surgeons鈥lumbers and onion sellers for all I know鈥alked past me. I started counting. 153 times I smiled at everyone who passed. Only 3 times did one of them acknowledge me, and only the actual surgeon lowered his mask, smiled and patted me on the shoulder.
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Was it his innate understanding of the sense of vulnerability of someone on a trolley with their bahooky hanging out and possibly afraid of a general anaesthetic or was it appreciation for his cut of the 5 grand this operation was costing my insurers? Who knows鈥ut illness is a great leveller.听听When you are on a trolley parked in the theatre waiting area it matters not whether you are a nobody or the biggest somebody.听听
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Now, I mentioned that I鈥檓 on my honeymoon 鈥� been married just over a week now 鈥� and one thing about love is that it seems to me to do the exact opposite.听听When I asked my wife to marry me, I was saying to her that she is the most special person in the world.听听When she married me, she made me the happiest man in the entire known universe. Love does that, it affirms who you are, your individuality, and says that you matter and you鈥檙e special 鈥� even if the rest of the world doesn鈥檛 recognise it.
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And so it鈥檚 only a very short leap to believe, as I do, that God鈥檚 love does the same - for us all.听听153 times a day the world can make you feel like nothing 鈥� 153 times a second God wants you to know that you are wonderful, because you are his.
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- Wed 11 Aug 2021 06:30成人快手 Radio 2