Nicki Chapman sits in, with Ade Edmondson
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman, who chats to actor and comedian Ade Edmondson. Plus we spin the Wheel of Four Tunes.
Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman and the team.
Nicki chats to actor and comedian Ade Edmondson about appearing in Sandy Wilson鈥檚 musical The Boy Friend in London, reprising his role of Superintendent Cliff Walker for series two of Bancroft and New Year鈥檚 Eve plans with his wife Jennifer Saunders.
Plus we spin the Wheel of Four Tunes, and revisit Tom Walker's cover of Kylie Minogue's Love at First Sight from Zoe鈥檚 Friends Round Friday.
Along with Justine Greene on news, Jules Lang on travel and Katie Smith 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 Rabbi Harvey Belovski and Katie chats to double gold medal-winning Paralympian Hannah Cockroft, as Nicki entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Music Played
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Cher
Believe
- Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
- Polygram Tv.
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Dermot Kennedy
Power Over Me
- Outnumbered.
- UMGRI Interscope.
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Howard Jones
New Song
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Parlophone.
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Train
Drive By
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 12.
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Jennifer Lopez
Love Don't Cost A Thing
- (CD Single).
- Epic.
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Ricky Martin
Livin' La Vida Loca
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Sigala
We Got Love (feat. Ella Henderson)
- (CD Single).
- Ministry Of Sound Recordings.
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Wet Wet Wet
Wishing I Was Lucky
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Gwen Stefani & Akon
The Sweet Escape
- (CD Single).
- Interscope.
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Sydney Youngblood
If Only I Could
- Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Steely Dan
Reelin' In The Years
- A Decade Of Steely Dan.
- MCA.
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James Blunt
The Truth
- Once Upon A Mind.
- Atlantic.
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Tom Walker
Love At First Sight (Radio 2 Session, 03 May 2019)
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Rachel Stevens
Sweet Dreams My LA Ex
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Niall Horan
Put A Little Love On Me
- CD Single.
- Virgin/EMI.
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Shalamar
A Night To Remember
- Friends - Deluxe Edition.
- Big Break Records.
- 5.
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The Jacksons
Can You Feel It
- Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
- Parlophone.
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Kash Doll, Kim Petras, ALMA & Stefflon Don
How It's Done
- Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Silver Cloud.
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Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor
Murder On The Dancefloor
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Roy Orbison
I Drove All Night
- Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
- Now.
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Adventures of Stevie V
Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
- Now 18 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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David Grant & Jaki Graham
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
- Jaki Graham: 35th Anniversary Collection.
- Cherry Pop.
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Prince
When Doves Cry
- 4Ever.
- Warner Bros.
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Harry Styles
Adore You
- Fine Line.
- Columbia.
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Kygo & Whitney Houston
Higher Love
- (CD Single).
- RCA Records.
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Carly Simon
Why
- The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
- Global Television.
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Charlie Puth
Attention
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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The Beatles
Let It Be
- The Beatles - 1.
- Apple.
- 026.
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Katy Perry
Firework
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
- 1.
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Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
This Is Me
- The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- Atlantic.
- 7.
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Jessie J
One More Try
- & Juliet (Original London Cast Recording).
- Atlantic.
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Moony
Dove (I'll Be Loving You)
- Is Harry On The Boat? (Various).
- Virgin.
Pause For Thought
Harvey Belovski, rabbi at Golders Green United Synagogue:
The winter break has been a great time to watch an old film or catch up with a favourite box set.聽 An old trick to keep the audience interested is the cliff-hanger. Just as the story鈥檚 getting exciting, the music starts and we have to wait for the next episode to find out what happens. Streaming has changed things a bit, but anyone of my age will recall watching Dr Who 鈥� as the doctor was about to be mangled by an alien, the music started and it was all over for another week.
The cliff-hanger was invented long before Dr Who. The first is read in every synagogue in the world at this time of year; it鈥檚 in the book of Genesis. Joseph (of Technicolour Dreamcoat fame) has risen to become the ruler of ancient Egypt. His brothers, who had sold him into slavery years before and believe him dead, come to Egypt to buy food as there鈥檚 a famine back at home. Joseph recognises them, but they have no idea who he is. He gives them food to take home but plants a chalice in one of his brother鈥檚 bags. The apparent thief is discovered soon after they leave Egypt and the brothers are dragged back to face the music. But just as the story is reaching its denouement, the reader in the synagogue simply stops 鈥� it鈥檚 a cliff-hanger.
In the next instalment, read this Saturday 鈥� we hear that Joseph could no longer conceal his identity, how he was reconciled with his brothers and what happened next to their family. Apart from encouraging people to come back to synagogue, the cliff-hanger also makes a profound point 鈥� the story of Joseph鈥檚 family, like the story of society, has two distinct phases: fragmentation and dispute, then compromise and harmony.
Today, the last day of the year, is a cliff-hanger moment. 2019 has been an angry and difficult year in the UK; there鈥檚 been harsh public discourse and painful rifts have been exposed. But a new year offers us new hope. We can perpetuate divisions or commit to healing; we can continue to label and accuse each other or take steps towards creating a more forgiving and harmonious society. It鈥檚 up to all of us to write a better, second half of our story as 2020 begins. Happy New Year!
Broadcast
- Tue 31 Dec 2019 06:30大象传媒 Radio 2