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Gary Davies sits in, joined by Anna Maxwell Martin and Sharon Horgan

Gary chats to Anna Maxwell Martin and Sharon Horgan about the new series of Motherland, plus we celebrate National Curry Week with Anjula Devi who brings us an Indian Breakfast.

Wake up and embrace the day with Gary Davies! Line of Duty actress Anna Maxwell Martin and Catastrophe star Sharon Horgan join Gary in the studio to share stories from the new series of Motherland.

Anjula Devi, the first consultant chef on Indian cuisine at Manchester United football club, brings us a traditional Indian breakfast at the start of National Curry Week.

We also celebrate World Space Week with The British Interplanetary Society's Victoria Southgate who wows with her starry Show and Tell fact.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Gary 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, Rugby League correspondent Dave Woods previews grand final week and a Pause For Thought with Rabbi Harvey Belovski as Gary entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.
  • James Blunt

    Cold

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.
  • Sheryl Crow

    All I Wanna Do

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Tanita Tikaram

    Good Tradition

    • The Best Of Tanita Tikaram.
    • East West Records.
  • The Killers

    Human

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Emeli Sandé

    You Are Not Alone

    • Real Life.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 03.
  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Blondie

    Heart Of Glass

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1979 (Various).
    • Rhino.
    • 13.
  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 001.
  • MIKA

    Sanremo

    • My Name Is Michael Holbrook.
    • Virgin EMI.
  • Jodie Whittaker

    Yellow

    • Got It Covered - ´óÏó´«Ã½ Children In Need (Various Artists).
    • Silva Screen Records.
  • Beverley Knight

    Now Or Never

    • BK25: Beverley Knight With The Leo Green Orchestra At The Royal Festival Hall.
    • BMG.
  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

    I Love Rock 'n' Roll

    • Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n' Roll.
    • Blackheart.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Oh Diane

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 004.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)

    • (CD Single).
    • x2 Recordings.
  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.
  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    AKA... What A Life!

  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

    ³§±ðñ´Ç°ù¾±³Ù²¹

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana Island Records.
  • Sister Sledge

    Thinking Of You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.
  • Post Malone

    Circles

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.
  • Meghan Trainor & Mike Sabath

    Wave

    • CD Single.
    • Epic.
  • James Morrison

    So Beautiful

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

    Let's Hear It For The Boy

    • History Of Dance Music Vol.2 (Variou.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • Bonnie Tyler

    Total Eclipse Of The Heart

    • Moments In Love (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.
  • Roxette

    It Must Have Been Love

    • The Best Love Songs...Ever! (Various).
    • Virgin.
  • Ingrid Andress

    Lady Like

    • Lady Like.
    • Warner Music Nashville.
  • Gerry Rafferty

    Get It Right Next Time

    • The Very Best Of Gerry Rafferty.
    • Polygram Tv.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:

Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the Jewish year – starts tomorrow evening.  The entire Jewish world comes to a standstill.  We don’t eat or drink for 25 hours, dress in white and come together to pray, sing and imagine ourselves as better people. We contemplate our personal and spiritual ambitions and work on repairing our fragmented relationships with loved ones, God, and, ultimately, ourselves.  And, the Bible assures us, this day brings with it the majesty of divine love, atonement and the chance to wipe our slate clean.

Yet despite the long fast, some pretty serious themes and many hours of prayers, Yom Kippur is the also the most joyful day of my year.  I can’t fully explain the mood as the sky darkens at the end of the day – it’s a delicious combination of jubilation, relief, confidence and personal freedom.  For me, optimism for the future combines with the sense that I am no longer confined by my past errors to create an ecstatic moment that defies description. 

 But you may be wondering what happens after that moment when the fast ends and whether it’s possible to maintain the high.  Once we are home from the synagogue, usually about 20 minutes after dark, I am usually so elated that I find it easier to sing and dance with whoever’s there – or on my own if no-one wants to play – than eat!  The euphoria continues through the post-fast meal, which is also a birthday party for my youngest daughter, who was born on Yom Kippur 17 years ago.  Eventually, I do eat, speak to my parents to see how they are after Yom Kippur and share a whisky or two with my guests.

But as I start to come down from the ceiling, I worry that the moment may be lost.  So, in accordance with ancient rabbinic teaching, I work for a few minutes on constructing the temporary home in which we will celebrate next week’s festival of Sukkot.  It may be just a nail in the wall or a screw in the floor, but it has a remarkable impact, as it allows me to channel a moment of joy into something concrete before it ebbs away.  Sometimes, the smallest act can help to preserve the profoundest experience.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Oct 2019 06:30