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Paul Hollywood and Ball & Boe

Paul Hollywood tells Zoe what we can expect from the Great British Bake Off Final. Plus Michael Ball and Alfie Boe have news on their new festive album together.

Paul Hollywood is on the show to tell Zoe what we can expect from the Grand Final of the Great British Bake Off on Channel 4. The last three bakers, Laura, Peter and Dave, face three tests of a range of baking skills - a deceptively simple Signature round combining set custard and puff pastry, a Technical celebrating the classic combination of chocolate and nuts, and a magnificent dessert tower for their final Showstopper. Paul Hollywood is one of the UK鈥檚 leading artisan bakers. The son of a baker, Paul originally trained as a sculptor until his father persuaded him to change careers. By combining his love of sculpting and baking, Paul established himself as an innovator. During his time as head baker, Paul worked in some of the most prestigious hotels in the world, including the Dorchester in London.

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, also known as 'Ball & Boe', are on the phone to tell Zoe about their new festive album, Together at Christmas. The album features a host of traditional festive favourites and a guest appearance from Gregory Porter. Their first album Together went to No.1 in the UK album charts in 2016, eventually going double platinum. Their follow-up came just a year later with Together Again also going to No.1 in the UK. As a duo, they have now sold over 1.3 million albums in the UK, received two Classic Brit Awards, sold out two headline arena tours and presented three ITV Specials.

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.

There's also a daily Pause For Thought and listeners on the line, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 Nov 2020 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.

  • Paloma Faith

    Gold

    • Infinite Things.
    • RCA.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Rock Your Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.

  • Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

    Get On Your Feet

    • Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways.
    • Epic.

  • The Supremes

    Nathan Jones

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Billy Joel

    Tell Her About It

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • Gary Barlow

    Incredible

    • Music Played By Humans.
    • Polydor.

  • S Club

    Reach

    • Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • A Taste of Honey

    Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • Disco Fever 2 (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Doja Cat

    Say So

    • Hot Pink.
    • Kemosabe/Ministry of Sound.
    • 005.

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Ariana Grande

    positions

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • Leslie Odom, Jr.

    Cold (feat. Sia)

    • The Christmas Album.
    • S-Curve Records.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.

  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • 大象传媒 Children In Need

    Stop Crying Your Heart Out (大象传媒 Radio 2 Allstars)

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All Over The World (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2019)

  • Camila Cabello

    Havana (feat. Young Thug)

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Donna Summer

    On The Radio

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • MEDUZA

    Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island Records.

  • Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

    My Christmas Is Better Than Yours

  • D:Ream

    U R The Best Thing

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • P!nk

    Get The Party Started

    • The Very Best Of All Woman 2003 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Kungs vs Cookin鈥� on 3 Burners

    This Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Sound Of Barclay.

  • Haddaway

    What Is Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Logic Records.

  • Neil Diamond

    Heartlight

    • Classic Diamonds.
    • Capitol Records.

  • John Farnham

    You're The Voice

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.
    • 2.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds:听
Good news!听 In only four weeks the days start getting longer again. The light will start to grow. But, for me, the next four weeks won鈥檛 just herald the end of lockdown or the approach of the Christmas juggernaut, it鈥檒l bring something even more powerful as we look towards the end of a tough year for everyone. Advent - the season that dares to defy the darkening days and awaken our imagination to the possibility of hope - and it starts next Sunday. I was once in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, engaged in a difficult conversation with the then deputy Foreign Minister, a rabbi.听
At one point he stood up and banged the table. He said: 鈥淪ometimes it seems as if there is no light at the end of the tunnel. But, it is not because the light is not there; it鈥檚 because the tunnel is not straight.鈥� And I wrote it down as I thought it might be a good line for a Pause for Thought script one day. It鈥檚 a vivid image, isn鈥檛 it? Drive through the Mersey Tunnel and you鈥檒l get the image as the road bends around in the darkness. (And ignore the late great Terry Pratchett鈥檚 line: 鈥淭here was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.鈥�)听
But, Advent, as we anticipate Christmas, beckons us to wait - to look and watch and not be done in by the present gloom. For the people of the first Christmas this meant yearning for the end of military occupation and daily suffering or humiliation. The light was coming into the world and no darkness - not even imperial Roman violence - would be able to kill it off. Or, in the words of the songwriter Bruce Cockburn, in the darkness we are actually 鈥渃loser to the light鈥�. So, in this sense, Advent needn鈥檛 just be for Christians. I think it offers an invitation for all of us in these days of gloom to lift our eyes towards the light that will come, however bendy the tunnel we are in.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Nov 2020 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2