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Katherine Parkinson and The 5 Star Biz Quiz

Katherine Parkinson on starring in the West End play Home I'm Darling. Plus it's your chance to come and watch the show by testing your showbiz knowledge in The 5 Star Biz Quiz.

Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Actress Katherine Parkinson tells us about starring in the West End play Home I'm Darling. Previously Katherine has starred in The IT Crowd, Doc Martin and Hang Ups. Fearne Cotton pops by the studio with some exciting Radio 2 news, and it's your chance to come and watch the Radio 2 Breakfast Show tomorrow by testing your showbiz knowledge in The 5 Star Biz Quiz.

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 than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 7 Feb 2019 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Long Train Runnin'

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Jess Glynne

    Thursday

    • Always In Between.
    • Atlantic.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Dua Lipa

    Swan Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Beatles

    Lady Madonna

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 020.

  • George McCrae

    Rock Your Baby

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • New Order

    True Faith '94

    • (CD Single).
    • London.

  • Andy Burrows & Matt Haig

    Barcelona

    • Reasons To Stay Alive.
    • Fiction.

  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

  • Jax Jones & Years & Years

    Play

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

    (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Westlife

    Hello My Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Waiting For Tonight

    • Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella

    Polaroid

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Dolly Parton

    9 to 5

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Janet Jackson

    Whoops Now

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • James Arthur & Anne-Marie

    Rewrite The Stars

    • The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Soup Dragons

    I'm Free (feat. Junior Reid)

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Sam Smith & Normani

    Dancing With A Stranger

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Get Down On It

    • Classic Kool & The Gang.
    • Mercury.

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

    Shallow

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Busted

    Radio

    • Half Way There.
    • Rhino.

  • Cher

    The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

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

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Dave Tomlinson,听writer and vicar at large:

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We all have our passions: one of mine is making coffee 鈥� which pleases my wife, no end. However, it鈥檚 not just the final product that I love, but the entire process 鈥� the smell when grinding freshly roasted beans, tamping the coffee in the portafilter, watching golden liquid drizzle into the cups, steaming milk to a creamy sweetness then carefully pouring it into the coffee. For me, this is not chore, but ritual. And when for some reason I can鈥檛 do it, the absence feels like a hole.

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It鈥檚 only when routine things are snatched away that we realise their significance 鈥� like when I found myself in hospital some years ago thinking I might die and wishing like heck that I could return to the everyday rituals that modestly (sometimes boringly) fashioned my existence.

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I reckon we mostly associate ritual with religion, but it鈥檚 much broader than that. Indeed, in my experience, some of the best rituals are not explicitly religious. For me, the most meaningful ritual is rooted in everyday life 鈥� enacted with the grateful realisation that I have a dog to walk, a job to go to, friends to email, a child to read stories to 鈥� or whatever it is that sometimes feels like a chore but is really what brings meaning to life.

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It鈥檚 not realistic to feel happy all the time; to be constantly grateful for life鈥檚 little blessings. But I reckon it鈥檚 not a bad thing, occasionally, to pause and acknowledge them. Which is why some people say grace at meals or cross themselves before eating.

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Personally, I really like the practice of our friends Rob and Aimie who always begin a family meal by clashing forks across the table as a conscious and fun act of gratitude for the goodness of food, friends and ordinary life. It鈥檚 like a toast 鈥� not with glasses, but with cutlery!

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For me, to treat routine activities as ritual is a way of seeing the bigger picture behind them: to recognise that life is more than the sum of its parts, and even the most commonplace tasks and occasions add to and enrich the whole.

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To that, I gratefully raise my (lovingly crafted) cup of coffee!

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  • Thu 7 Feb 2019 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2