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Bill Bailey, Oti Mabuse and Paul Weller

Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse chat to Zoe about being in the Strictly Come Dancing Final. Plus Paul Weller has some exciting news about a future project.

Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse, one of the Strictly Come Dancing couples facing the final, phone in to chat to Zoe as they look ahead to the weekend. The biggest show on TV is nearing the Grand Final as the four remaining couples dance live on Saturday night on 大象传媒 One to take home the legendary glitterball trophy. Last year professional dancer Oti and actor Kelvin Fletcher were crowned champions of the series.

Plus Paul Weller has some exciting news about a future project.

Along with Adam Porter 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, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a daily Pause For Thought with Nick Baines The Bishop of Leeds, as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Dec 2020 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Darkness

    Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Robbie Williams

    Can't Stop Christmas

    • The Christmas Present (Deluxe).
    • Columbia.

  • Lighthouse Family

    Lifted

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Donna Summer

    Winter Melody

  • Alexandra Stan

    Mr Saxobeat

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.

  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa)

    • Plastic Hearts.
    • RCA.

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Weeknd

    Blinding Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.
    • 1.

  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Nathan Dawe & Little Mix

    No Time For Tears

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Coldplay

    Christmas Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Ella Henderson & AJ Mitchell

    Blame It On The Mistletoe

    • CD Single.
    • Atlantic.

  • Girls Aloud

    The Promise

    • (CD Single).
    • Fascination.
    • 1.

  • Darlene Love

    All Alone On Christmas

    • Christmas Hits (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • Beverley Knight

    A Christmas Wish

    • The Loss Adjuster O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Pink Flamingo Records.

  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Paul Weller

    Village

    • On Sunset.
    • Polydor.

  • The Style Council

    My Ever Changing Moods

    • The Style Council - Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Jona Lewie

    Stop The Cavalry

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • 大象传媒 Children In Need

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

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Crying At The Discotheque

  • Mike Oldfield

    In Dulci Jubilo

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Tony Christie

    (Is This the Way to) Amarillo

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Elbow

    Golden Slumbers

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Becky Hill

    Forever Young

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Nick Baines, the Bishop of Leeds:


When I was a kid I found December a hard month. Waiting for Christmas was a sort of torture. Do you know what I mean? I鈥檓 not even sure I can remember what I was waiting for that made it so exciting: it was the 鈥榮omething鈥� that Christmas promised that couldn鈥檛 be nailed down to presents I might or might not get.

I now think it had something to do with just growing up and learning that some things can鈥檛 be rushed - they have to be waited for. You can buy cards and presents, but you can鈥檛 make Christmas Day come any quicker. A bit like pregnancy: you have to let nature take its course and wait for the time to come when the baby enters the world with a cry.

The Welsh poet RS Thomas wrote that in fact 鈥渢he meaning is in the waiting鈥�. The journey is as important as getting there. And if we simply waste the journey dreaming of what might meet us at the end, we鈥檒l miss the surprises and mysteries along the way ... if we keep our eyes and ears open for them.


But, waiting is really hard. Especially for children. And in a year when many families will have to reduce expectations of material gifts, this waiting might be coloured by a certain fear or regret. But, even this experience can bring its own gifts.


For example, lockdown restrictions can give us time and space to think afresh about what Christmas is for - not just a midwinter festival of light, but rooted in a story that changed the world. Like the teenaged Mary living through her pregnancy and not knowing what the future might hold for her or her child - probably just as well, really. Or her people longing for freedom from Roman oppression, but unable to bring it on. Or us wanting freedom from Covid and an end to restrictions, but finding any relaxation leading to further problems and the grinding pain of uncertainty.


Mary鈥檚 baby came when he was ready. And he came into a world as conflicted as ours to people as complex as we are.


So, we wait on. And mustn鈥檛 waste the waiting.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Dec 2020 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2