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Matt Lucas is behind the desk this morning. Movie director and star Noel Clarke is down the line chatting about his new film, and we hear from Fame star Valerie Landsburg.

Matt Lucas AKA Zoe Bald is holding the Breakfast Show fort this morning. Movie director and star Noel Clarke talks to Matt about his new film 'Corrupted', and we hear from Fame star Valerie Landsburg.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel, and Hugh Ferris on sport; Matt and the team bring you fun conversation and the Wheel of Four-Tunes. Much to his delight, the winning track was Leo Sayer's cover of the New Radicals song You Get What You Give.

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, and a Pause for Thought from Remona Aly.

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Mon 6 May 2019 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • Vampire Weekend

    This Life

    • Father Of The Bride.
    • Columbia.

  • Girls Aloud

    Can't Speak French

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Philadelphia International.

  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.

  • Europa

    All Day And Night (feat. Madison Beer)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • They Might Be Giants

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

    • Snap It Up! (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Mark Ronson

    Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (feat. Miley Cyrus)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Texas

    Summer Son

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • James Morrison

    Feels Like The First Time

    • You're Stronger Than You Know.
    • Stanley Park Records.

  • Katy Perry

    Firework

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Leo Sayer

    You Only Get What You Give (Radio 2 Session, 26 April 2019)

  • Clean Bandit

    Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

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

  • Madonna

    Medellin (feat. Maluma)

    • Madame X.
    • Interscope.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • Donna Summer

    She Works Hard For The Money

    • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Avicii

    SOS (feat. Aloe Blacc)

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Music.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Kids From Fame

    Hi-Fidelity

    • (Single).
    • RCA.

  • dodie

    Monster

    • Human.
    • doddleoddle.
    • 2.

  • Stevie Wonder

    As

    • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
    • Universal.

  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Geno

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
    • 5.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • The Awards 1992 (Various).
    • PolyGram TV.

  • Lauren Daigle

    You Say

    • Look Up Child.
    • Centricity Music.

  • Blancmange

    Living on the Ceiling

    • Saturday Superstore Replay Selection (Various Artists).
    • 大象传媒 Records.

  • Mabel

    Don't Call Me Up

    • High Expectations.
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Remona Aly, Freelance journalist and editor:聽
And so it begins again: thirty mornings of having cornflakes at 4am, thirty nights of trying to make it to the mosque, and the only thirty days in a year that I don鈥檛 eat like a gannet. Yes, Ramadan has landed, and every time, I wonder how I鈥檓 going to get through it. Those awkward stomach rumbles in the middle of work meetings, the cranky caffeine twitches, and incredulous faces saying, 鈥淲hat, not even water?鈥� 鈥� they all tell me Ramadan is without doubt a struggle, but it鈥檚 also spectacularly special. People often ask the question that I ask myself: Why do I do it?聽
Why give up the food, the drink (and the gossip) - for an entire month from dawn to sundown? I鈥檝e come up with quite a few answers ranging from self-discipline to prayer goals, but I realised not so long ago that there was one reason binding all of them together. Once, on the night before Eid, as I broke my final fast on a sweet ripe date like I do every day, I felt my eyes sting with salty tears. Even though I鈥檇 eagerly counted down the days to when I could stuff my face on Eid, now the moment had come, I didn鈥檛 want Ramadan to leave me.聽
The reason why I cling to it like a long-lost lover, is for that taste of being in love. And this is the month I am giddy with it. When you鈥檙e truly, madly, deeply, you鈥檙e prepared do anything. And for me, Ramadan is a time when I hand over my heart, soul and stomach to the Divine. Over twelve centuries ago, Islam鈥檚 first female Sufi saint, Rabia al Basri did the same 鈥� and even more than that, she fasted outside of Ramadan too. But she didn鈥檛 focus on what she gave up, instead she focused on what she was given. In her poem, Rabia says, 鈥淵ou have poured out so much grace for me.聽
Done me so many favours, given me so many gifts. I look for your love in all directions, then suddenly I am filled with it.鈥� This is how Ramadan makes me feel. So here I go again with a month of 鈥楧on鈥檛 Eat, Pray, Love鈥�. Wish me luck, Zoe - I鈥檝e got thirty dates lined up.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 May 2019 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2