Nicki Chapman sits in, with Ross Kemp
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman, who chats to actor-turned-journalist Ross Kemp. Plus we spin the Wheel of Four Tunes.
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman and the team.
Nicki chats to former Eastenders actor and BAFTA Award-winning documentary maker Ross Kemp, about his latest ITV programme Welcome to HMP Belmarsh with Ross Kemp.
Plus we spin the Wheel of Four Tunes, and revisit Jamie Cullum's cover of Feel by Robbie Williams from Zoe鈥檚 Friends Round Friday.
Along with Anthony Birchley on news, Jules Lang on travel and Rob Schofield 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 a daily Pause For Thought from writer and broadcaster Sheridan Voysey and Rob chats to football legend Viv Anderson, as Nicki entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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New Order
True Faith '94
- (CD Single).
- London.
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Deacon Blue
City Of Love
- City Of Love.
- earMUSIC.
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Donna Summer
Bad Girls
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CeeLo Green
Cry Baby
- The Lady Killer.
- WEA.
- 1.
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Dolly Parton
9 to 5
- Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
- BMG/RCA.
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M People
Moving On Up
- The Best Of M People.
- BMG.
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Irene Cara
Flashdance... What a Feeling
- Flashdance.
- Casablanca.
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SHAED
Trampoline (feat. ZAYN)
- (CD Single).
- Sony.
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Pet Shop Boys
Go West
- Pet Shop Boys - Very.
- Parlophone.
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Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)
- Greatest Hits.
- Philadelphia International.
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Lukas Graham
7 Years
- (CD Single).
- Warner Bros.
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Diana Ross
Gettin' Ready For Love
- Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.7 (Various).
- Hitsville.
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Bruno Mars
Marry You
- Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
- Elektra.
- 6.
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Coldplay
Everyday Life
- Everyday Life: Sunset.
- Parlophone.
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Jamie Cullum
Feel (Radio 2 Session, 22 Nov 2019)
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KC and the Sunshine Band
Give It Up
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Paul Simon
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
- The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
- Warner Bros.
- 3.
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Alice Merton
No Roots
- (CD Single).
- Paper Plane Records International.
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Blondie
Call Me
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Lucky Daye
Fly
- Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Keep Cool/RCA Records.
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Michael Bubl茅
Haven't Met You Yet
- Crazy Love.
- Reprise.
- 1.
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Level 42
Something About You
- The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
- Cherry Red Records.
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Rihanna
Don't Stop The Music
- (CD Single).
- Mercury.
- 7.
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Foreigner
Cold As Ice
- 40.
- Rhino Atlantic.
- 3.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Born To Run
- Born To Run.
- CBS.
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Avicii
Fades Away (feat. MishCatt)
- (CD Single).
- Universal Music.
- 03.
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Gwen Guthrie
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
- Now 1986 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Westlife
Hello My Love
- (CD Single).
- Virgin EMI.
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Supertramp
The Logical Song
- The Very Best Of Supertramp.
- A&M.
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Wham!
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
You Make My Dreams
- Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
- 5.
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Rupert Holmes
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
- Various Artists - Open Top Cars.
- Temple Records.
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Taylor Swift
Beautiful Ghosts
- Cats O.S.T..
- Polydor.
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Janet Jackson
Whoops Now
- Now 30 (Various Artists).
- Now.
Pause For Thought
聽From Sheridan Voysey, Writer and broadcaster:
I love New Year鈥檚 Day. I love counting down to Big Ben chiming, watching the ball drop in Times Square, and seeing Sydney Harbour erupt in fireworks. I love that sense of a threshold being crossed, of a page turned and a new story beginning, the old making way for the new.
Researchers tell us New Years is a time when we reflect more intentionally on our lives and where they鈥檙e heading. They even have a name for this phenomenon鈥攖he 鈥楩resh Start Effect鈥�. On these transition days we feel free to draw a line on last year鈥檚 failures and start afresh. Gyms and diet programmes know how real this phenomenon is.
If yesterday was the shore, today we push out into new waters. What new lands we might find and discoveries make! New relationships, job opportunities and fulfilled dreams could lie ahead. A New Year offers us the prospect that life may be about to get better.
For all its fresh starts and possibilities, though, I think a new year can be unsettling. None of us know the future or what storms it may bring. Some of our New Year鈥檚 traditions reflect this. Fireworks originated in China to ward off evil spirits and bring prosperity. Kissing at midnight probably came from the idea that how you started the year determined how you鈥檇 succeed in it, even in love. New Year鈥檚 resolutions date from the ancient Babylonians who made vows to earn the favor of the gods. Each tradition aimed to secure a positive future.
When they weren鈥檛 making vows, the Babylonians were conquering people. When they enslaved the Jewish people in the sixth century BC, God sent the Jews a message: Don鈥檛 be afraid. When you go through deep waters, I鈥檒l be with you. Fast forward a few hundred years and Jesus and his friends are sailing the Sea of Galilee when they鈥檙e caught in a violent storm. As the friends panic Jesus says, Why are you so afraid? before commanding the waters to be still.
We鈥檝e pushed out from the shore; I鈥檓 looking forward to 2020鈥檚 adventures. But with a father battling cancer and flood waters near my home, I鈥檓 not sure all the new year will bring. So I鈥檓 holding on to that old promise:
When you go through deep waters, I鈥檒l be with you.
Don鈥檛 be afraid.
Broadcast
- New Year's Day 2020 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2