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Wake up with Nicki Chapman! Sheridan Smith joins Nicki to talk about her new TV show 'Pooch Perfect' where Sheridan is on the prowl for the nation's best Dog Groomer.

Wake up and embrace the day with Nicki Chapman. Sheridan Smith joins Nicki to talk about her new TV show 'Pooch Perfect' where Sheridan is on the prowl for the nation's best Dog Groomer.

Pooch Perfect is 大象传媒 One鈥檚 brand new entertainment competition series starring Sheridan Smith and her fluffy co-host Stanley as they go on a mission to find the nation鈥檚 Top Dog Groomer. The series will feature sixteen professional dog groomers from around the country, taking part in a series of themed challenges to create epic transformations of beloved pets, as they compete to be crowned the Uk鈥檚 Top Dog Groomer. The series will take place over eight weeks - breaking down into 4 heats, 2 quarter finals, 1 semi-final and the final. Each week, the groomers will reveal their creations on 鈥楾he Dogwalk鈥 where the judges will deliberate over the week鈥檚 canine contenders, and their owners are given the chance to see their newly transformed dogs for the first time. Scruffy to fluffy, audiences across the country will be breaking mad for this new show. Judges for the new show include Dog Groomers Colin Taylor and Verity Hardcastle. The winner of the show will receive a 鈥楪olden Stanley trophy鈥

Along with Jason K 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 a daily Pause For Thought from Dave Tomlinson and listeners on the line, as Nicki entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Jan 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Lola Lennox

    La La Love Me

    • (CD Single).
    • LaLennoxa.
  • Boy Meets Girl

    Waiting For A Star To Fall

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.
  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

    • Smash Hits Chart Summer 2003.
    • EMI/Virgin/Universal Music.
  • Peter Frampton

    Show Me The Way

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
  • Madonna

    Material Girl

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 2.
  • Liam Gallagher

    All You're Dreaming Of

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Love Is You

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.
  • Leslie Odom, Jr.

    Cold (feat. Sia)

    • The Christmas Album.
    • S-Curve Records.
  • Ella Henderson

    Take Care Of You (Radio 2 House Music, 07 Aug 20)

  • Girls Aloud

    Sound Of The Underground

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • The Weeknd

    In Your Eyes

    • After Hours.
    • XO.
  • David Bowie

    Ashes to Ashes

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Real Groove

    • DISCO (Deluxe).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
    • 3.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.
  • Tom Jones

    It's Not Unusual

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.
  • Laura Branigan

    Self Control

    • Now 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Nathan Dawe & Little Mix

    No Time For Tears

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
  • Dermot Kennedy

    Giants

    • (CD Single).
    • UMGRI Interscope.
  • Will Smith

    Men In Black

    • All Time Greatest Movie Songs Vol. II.
    • Columbia.
  • The B鈥52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.
  • Liberty X

    Just A Little

    • Now 52 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Ray Charles & Blues Brothers

    Shake A Tail Feather

    • Genius & Soul - The 50th Anniversary Collection.
    • Rhino Records.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    The Power Of Prayer

    • Letter To You.
    • Columbia.
  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    The Way It Is

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

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
From Dave Tomlinson, writer and vicar at large:
My wife Pat and I are big coffee lovers. And one of my favourite pastimes (sadly denied at the moment) is a relaxed hour or so in a homely coffee shop reading, writing or having a fine conversation over a lovingly brewed latte. A while back, we were doing just this in a quiet town we visited. On the next table, sat a young girl with (we presumed) her grandma having an orange juice and a large slice of cake after school.聽
I couldn鈥檛 help overhearing their charming conversation and gestured to Pat to listen in. When she got up to leave, the lady (who鈥檇 clearly taken note of our interest) leaned across, smiling, and said, 鈥業鈥檓 not really her grandma, you know, my grandchildren are grown up and long gone. But when my husband passed away, I decided to put a small ad in a shop window offering to be a grandma to any family that needed one. I鈥檓 a big believer in recycling, so, I thought 鈥 why not recycle myself?鈥櫬
To which the girl added, 鈥楢nd when my mummy saw the sign, she asked the shopkeeper to take it down right away so no one else could get her.鈥 The sagely Dr Seuss, says, 鈥榃hen something bad happens, you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.鈥 To which our coffee shop grandma may add: 鈥楢nd you can recycle yourself!鈥 Which I think is an inspired way to put it, because whilst drawing strength from adversity clearly requires courage, to recycle or reinvent oneself transforms that courage into affirmative action 鈥 like overcoming the loss of a beloved partner by becoming a treasured 鈥榞randma鈥.聽
From my experience, hardship can easily turn attention inward, an understandable instinct of self-preservation, yet I know that I flourish best in hard times when my attention turns outwards toward others. Kindness, consideration and gratitude are some of the best medicines I know for healing distress, disappointment or a broken heart. Or as St Francis famously prayed: 鈥楪rant that I may not so much seek to be loved as to love鈥or it is in giving that we receive.鈥

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Jan 2021 06:30