Dame Julie Andrews and The Why Workshop
Dame Julie Andrews wakes up and embraces the day with Zoe. It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of your wonders and ponders.
Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Sound of Music and Mary Poppins' Dame Julie Andrews chats to Zoe about her memoir of her Hollywood years called Homework, which she has written with her daughter.
It鈥檚 The Why Workshop, and Zoe quizzes the QI Elves with more of your wonders and ponders. This week, Anne and Alice Elf answer: when does a 鈥楽ea鈥� become an 鈥極cean鈥�, and does all the Earth鈥檚 water - whatever they are called - meet up somewhere, why is glass transparent, and who is faster, Usain Bolt or a fly?
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 that you can shake a glitterball at!
There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood and a daily Pause For Thought from broadcaster Rae Duke. Following his first Formula E Championship victory, Mike chats to driver Alexander Sims and in celebration of Lancashire Day, we speak to The Lancashire Hotpots lead singer Bernard Thresher, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Mark Ronson
Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 001.
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Niall Horan
Nice To Meet Ya
- (CD Single).
- Capitol Records.
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DeBarge
Rhythm Of The Night
- Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
- Universal Music Tv.
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Girls Aloud
Can't Speak French
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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The Lancashire Hotpots
Chippy Tea
- Ninja Tune Limited.
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New Order
Regret
- Glorious (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Stereophonics
Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day
- Kind.
- Parlophone.
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The Weeknd
I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)
- (CD Single).
- Universal Republic Records.
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Five
Keep On Movin'
- Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
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The Pointer Sisters
I'm So Excited
- Greatest Hits.
- BBR.
- 020.
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James Blunt
The Truth
- Once Upon A Mind.
- Atlantic.
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Lancashire Hotpots
Technical Support Song
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Sia
Chandelier
- Now That's What I Call Music! 88 (Various Artists).
- Now.
- 1.
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ABBA
One Of Us
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 016.
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Bryan Ferry
Let's Stick Together
- Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
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Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now
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- Warner Records.
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Kirsty MacColl
Days
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Clean Bandit
Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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OutKast
Hey Ya!
- Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
- Arista.
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Sigma
You And Me As One (feat. Jack Savoretti)
- (CD Single).
- 3Beat.
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Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
- Jazz.
- Island.
- 12.
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Buggles
Video Killed The Radio Star
- Our Friends Electric (Various Artist.
- Telstar.
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Annie I'm Not Your Daddy
- Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
- Columbia.
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B*Witched
C'est La Vie
- Bad Girls (Various Artists).
- Sony Music TV.
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Keane
Stupid Things
- Cause & Effect.
- Island.
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Mariah Carey
All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
- Columbia.
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The Beach Boys
Fun Fun Fun
- The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
- EMI.
Pause For Thought
From Rae Duke, Religion and Ethics teacher and broadcaster.
We鈥檙e just days away from it being completely legitimate to belt some of that Mariah Carey Christmas classic, enjoy your fifty sixth viewing of Home Alone, mull a tipple or two and yes 鈥� even put up the tree. Because this Sunday, is Advent Sunday and so the countdown to that most special day is well and truly on.
For many of us it鈥檚 a time of much present planning and purchasing for our family and friends, but its also a moment when the country sees a real boost in giving to those outside of that circle; to charities close to our hearts and causes we feel attuned to.
The Methodist Church has a theme each Advent, and for 2019 its homelessness and hospitality. The aim is to 鈥渓ift the veil of stigma surrounding homeless people to reveal the real human heart beating underneath鈥�, and there are projects that provide support for some of the 320,000 people in the UK currently without a home.
As soon as I heard about this focus I thought immediately of one of the most genuinely inspirational social media influencers out there, Joshua Coombes. (I guess you could call him a travelling hairdresser, community hero and movement maker all-in-one!)
Using the #DoSomethingForNothing, he takes to streets worldwide and gives free haircuts to the homeless, documenting the connections and transformations he makes as he goes. 鈥淥n the face of it, it doesn鈥檛 seem like much鈥� he says, but actually 鈥測ou never know when you鈥檙e going to give somebody that love they need.鈥�
I reckon small acts of love can make a big impact and these haircuts make people feel, as one patron put it after being handed the mirror, 鈥渓ike a new man.鈥�
I so admire Joshua鈥檚 courage to get out there and, like the shepherd who in the carol 鈥業n the Bleak Midwinter鈥� gave a lamb, just does what he can do, gives what he can give; haircuts!
It鈥檚 rather like the adorable story I read of 6-year-old Pearly who, inspired by Mary Poppins, of course made famous by today鈥檚 legendary guest 鈥� spent her Christmas Eve last year making goodie bags for those without a home in her area, and her Christmas morning handing them out. 聽What a taste of 鈥榩ractically perfect in every way鈥�!
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- Wed 27 Nov 2019 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2