Fearne Cotton sits in, with Mark Strong
Fearne Cotton sits in for Zoe and chats to Mark Strong about Shazam! Plus we spin the Wheel of Four-Tunes and play a previous live track from Friends Round Friday.
Fearne Cotton sits in for Zoe and chats to Mark Strong, who's joining the DC comic book Universe as super-villain Dr. Thaddeus Sivana in his latest film Shazam!
Plus we spin the Wheel of Four-Tunes and play a previous live track from Friends Round Friday.
Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Fearne 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, Chelsea Women's manager Emma Hayes discusses their Champions League match against PSG, a Pause For Thought from journalist Remona Aly and listeners on the line as Fearne entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Nina Simone
Ain't Got No, I Got Life
- (CD Single).
- Sony BMG.
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Jack Savoretti
What More Can I Do
- Singing To Strangers.
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
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Kool & the Gang
Celebration
- Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
- Phonogram.
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Sigrid
Don't Feel Like Crying
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Universally Speaking
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
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New Order
True Faith '94
- (CD Single).
- London.
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P!nk
Walk Me Home
- Hurts 2B Human.
- RCA.
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Hanson
MMMBop
- Now 37 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Daft Punk
Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Barry White
Let The Music Play
- Barry White - The Collection.
- Mercury.
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George Ezra
Pretty Shining People
- Staying At Tamara's.
- Columbia.
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Jennifer Lopez
Love Don't Cost A Thing
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
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Bonnie Tyler & Cliff Richard
Taking Control
- Edel / earMUSIC.
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Soft Cell
Tainted Love
- Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
- UMC.
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Del Amitri
Roll To Me
- Twisted.
- A&M.
- 007.
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Zedd & Katy Perry
365
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Jermaine Stewart
We Don't Have To
- Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Calvin Harris & Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man
Giant
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Black Box
Ride On Time
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
- Breach.
- Vertigo.
- 3.
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Rudimental
Doo-Wop (That Thing) (Radio 2 Session, 08 Feb 2019)
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Hozier
Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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Crowded House
Weather With You
- Crowded House - Recurring Dream.
- Capitol.
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LunchMoney Lewis
Bills
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 001.
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Mark Ronson
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)
- (CD Single).
- Sony BMG.
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Elvis Presley
If I Can Dream
- Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Culture Club
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
- Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever.
- Virgin.
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Jonas Brothers
Sucker
- (CD Single).
- Republic Records.
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Thelma Houston
Don't Leave Me This Way
- Any Way You Like It (Expanded Edition).
- SoulMusic Records.
Pause For Thought
I鈥檓 really not much of an early bird - more snooze buttons than worm-catching going on here. And one lazy Sunday, I was enjoying a longer lie in than usual, when my five year old twin nieces charged into my bedroom in a bluster of giggles shouting, 鈥淲ake up Aunty Mona, we鈥檝e drawn these for you!鈥� With one eye shut and the other on their masterpieces, I saw a drawing of a giant brown potato with three eyelashes and a big red mouth, and the other of a princess with yellow hair and heart-shaped lips.
鈥淗ow lovely, my darlings.鈥� I said, 鈥淲ho are they, girls?鈥� 鈥淚t鈥檚 you, Aunty Mona.鈥� 鈥淥h right鈥�, I said. Interesting - I鈥檝e been re-imagined as both a large round potato and a blonde princess. I couldn鈥檛 decide which was my truer alter ego. Their colourful drawings took me back to the first time I was taught to make a scratch drawing 鈥� when you fill the page in multiple colours and cover it all in black crayon. I remember how magical it felt when piercing through the dark surface to reveal the rainbow beneath. When bad things happen, I feel as though the vibrancy of life has had black crayon scribbled all over it. It鈥檚 scarily easy to wallow in murky thoughts, but there is always an antidote.聽
The attack in New Zealand last Friday left so many hearts darkened, but the colours of love seared their way through. I see them in the carpet of flowers including bouquets from newlyweds left in tribute outside the mosque. In the emotive Haka Maori dance performed by schoolkids for their lost friends, and in the heartfelt prayers and wishes of all faiths and none. They are the epitome of the Quranic words, 鈥淩epel evil with good.鈥� And as the medieval Muslim poet Rumi said, as if addressing those showing solidarity directly, 鈥淵our acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.鈥澛�
Whenever I feel myself sinking, I鈥檒l cling to those iridescent wings, and scratch through the surface to find the kaleidoscope of love. My nieces鈥� colourful drawings remind me of that wisdom - even if they do think I鈥檓 a potato with a big mouth.
Broadcast
- Thu 21 Mar 2019 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2